July 24, 2008
By JGideon
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issue
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org In today's featured article Bo Lipari of New Yorkers For Verified Voting opens, "It's become obvious that New York State's new voting systems will not be able to complete New York State certification testing in time for the scheduled 2009 rollout. The state sets the highest bar in the nation for approval of voting machines, one that vendors have never been required to meet before. Their performance in New York demonstrates that they are a long, long way from understanding that the public will not stand for poorly designed, badly tested and outrageously overpriced equipment, and a business philosophy of let the customer be damned."...
Featured – NY: Schedule Slips and Slippery Slopes Voting Machines Can't Meet NY Standards in Time for 2009 LINK National: Editorial - A Lesson Not Learned LINK National: Columnist - They Fight but Can't Vote LINK National: Lots of Bullets, Not Enough Ballots LINK National: EAC Chair Urges Recruitment of Two Million Poll Workers for Presidential Election LINK National: VA of two minds when it comes to voting help for veterans LINK AL: Selma - Time to move forward LINK AL: Selma - Visually impaired voters count, too. LINK AL: Selma - ES&S: There's nothing to hack in optical voting machine LINK CO: State no longer overseeing elections in Routt, Montrose counties LINK GA: Early numbers show low voter turnout for primaries LINK MA: Same-day registration push on hold LINK MD: Predicting long delays at polls, group urges paper ballots in Nov. LINK MS: Jones forms committee to craft new voter ID bill LINK NY: Union County - Malfunctioning machines cause ire LINK OH: Ohio GOP criticizes Brunner's ruling LINK VA: Virginia edges towards backup for electronic votes LINK **"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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Authors Bio:John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org