Article: 'Daily Voting News' For February 10, 2009

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Scantegrity, a registered non-profit organization, has announced a collaborative effort with Takoma Park Maryland to hold a primary and general election on an open-source voting system with both conventional paper and cryptographic audit trails. I'm sure there will be a lot more on this later....

National: Thousands of Americans Abroad Got No Ballots LINK

AL: Opinion - Clean, open elections LINK

CA: Riverside County registrar completes hand count of e-ballots LINK

CO: Coffman to face conflict-of-interest hearing LINK

GA: Election board preps for 2009 votes LINK

KS: Hearing Held On Voter ID Bill LINK

MD: Collaboration with Takoma Park and an Open Workshop https://scantegrity.org/blog/2009/02/09/collaboration-with-takoma-park-and-an-open-workshop/

MN: Senate recount trial resumes: Judges ponder Franken objection A Dakota County official testified that some absentee ballots were rejected in error. LINK

MN: Senate judges order count of 23 rejected ballots LINK

MN: Senate recount trial: Franken picks up likely 24 votes LINK

MS: Hosemann plugs early voting in Miss. LINK

ND: Campaigning ban at ND early vote sites backed LINK

PA: Lackawanna County election officials: Few show interest in poll work LINK

TX: 5,000 seniors meet to nix voter ID bill Requires voters to show a photo ID LINK

TX: Photo Voter ID System a Thin Line for States LINK

WA: WA State Seeks to Use Military and Overseas Voters as Internet Voting Guinea Pigs LINK

Ireland: E-voting machines may be scrapped LINK

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