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'Daily Voting News' For October 20, 2006

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Alachua Co Florida elections people have admitted that not all votes in an April 11 city election were considered. They have also admitted that one voting machine had an error and that absentee ballots were not put into "secrecy folders". / Some county election officials across the country seem to be discussing the need for emergency paper ballots at the poll site "just in case" / 'Provisional ballots could again be a leading concern at the polls this year, with new figures showing one in three--more than 650,000 of 2 million cast--were left uncounted or discarded in 2004, according to a new briefing paper by Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy and research center.' / Sadly activist judges have legislated from the Supreme Court and found that Arizona can require Voter ID / Benton Co Arkansas has not received their absentee ballots from ES&S and won't until next week. No change for ES&S. / VoteTech (VTI) machines in Randolph Co Indiana are not working properly during testing....

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  • NAtional: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom For November 7, According to New Publication LINK


  • NAtional: Ballot blunders abound as election nears LINK


  • NAtional: Guardian of the Ballot Box - Ion Sancho LINK


  • NAtional: Latino voter registration skyrockets LINK


  • NAtional: The E-voting Blame Game LINK


  • NAtional: Are Voting Machines Reliable? Congress Is Questioning The Security Of New Electronic Voting Machines LINK


  • NAtional: E-voting Push Started With HAVA LINK


  • NAtional: PFAW Presses Election Assistance Commission to Release Report Debunking Myth of Voter "Fraud" LINK


  • NAtional: E-voting Technology Faces Critical Test. Challenges to results likely if systems fail during election LINK


  • AR: No Ballots Spell Election Concerns In Benton County LINK


  • AZ: High Court: Arizona Can Require Photo ID To Vote LINK


  • AZ: Arizona's New Voter ID Requirement Will Prevent Citizens From Voting. Voting Rights Group Responds to Supreme Court Decision Allowing State to Implement New Voter ID Law LINK


  • CO: Denver judge issues ruling on security for voting machines LINK


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