Article: 'Daily Voting News' For November 13, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org In the face of a large number of problems with unverifiable, inaccurate, and unreliable voting systems the state of New Jersey is on the verge of making another decision to put-off any requirement for a voter verified paper ballot. It was originally supposed to happen on Jan. 1, 2008 but that date was allowed to slip until Jan. 2009. Now the legislation is about to change the date to sometime in 2010. Why? One legislator claimed that refitted units were too complicated. Why are they even thinking about refitting the junk they have now? They need to scrap their unreliable voting system and go a different direction....

National: Voter-rights advocates hope that this year they've won LINK

CA: Napa County - Editorial - Election raises new questions LINK

CA: Stanislaus County - Totaling ballots drags out LINK

CO: Polling sites pose barriers to disabled voters, advocate says LINK

CO: Reform panel finds its cup overflowing LINK

CO: Boulder County - Hillary Hall: A letter from Boulder County Clerk & Recorder LINK

CO: Boulder County - County wrapping up election, starting inquiry Work to begin soon to find out why vote-tally took three days LINK

CO: Boulder County - County Clerk: Confidence in our accuracy LINK

FL: Hillsborough counts 846 ballots a week after election LINK

KS: Local outcomes not effected by Crawford County recount LINK

KS: Crawford County - Attorney's race to see hand recount LINK

MI: Cathy Church Announces Recount Petition in Independent race for Marquette County Prosecutor LINK

MN: Canvassing Board set for Senate recount The secretary of state appointed four judges to certify Senate election and rule on any disputes; the recount starts Wednesday. LINK

MN: Franken Sues For Access to List of Voters Whose Ballots Were Rejected LINK

MN: Election 2008: Spotlight on Minnesota LINK

MN: Beltrami County conducts post-election review LINK

MO: Nine days later, and Missouri's presidential outcome up in the air LINK

NJ: Paper-receipt voting machines delayed once again LINK

NJ: Bill would scrap voting machine retrofit deadline LINK

NV: Nye County - Could vote totals have been released earlier? LINK

OH: Franklin County - Stivers' supporters sue Brunner over provisional ballots LINK

VT: Ballots found, recount ordered in Barre race LINK

WV: Evadna Bartlett: West Virginia should consider allowing voters to cast ballots by mail LINK

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