Article: 'Daily Voting News' For June 7, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org The Connecticut House has voted 150-1 to follow the unanimous "yes" vote of the Senate to require audits in 10 percent of randomly selected polling districts during state elections starting in 2008. Only 13 states require audits of election results, and most stipulate far less than 10 percent of polling places. Our congratulations go to the voters in the state of Connecticut. The Sarasota Co Florida Commissioners decided that not only will they follow the mandate from the voters to dump their ES&S iVotronic DREs but also to dump ES&S. One commissioner said, "I've lost faith in ES&S entirely". The county will now turn to Diebold to provide their optical-scan voting system....

NAtional: Voter Supression? LINK

NAtional: Model for the Nation: New Jersey May Do Audits Right (And Other Needed Reforms) LINK

NAtional: The American Way of Voting Needs a Major Tune-up: Part Two LINK

AZ: Pima County - Opinion - Kimble: Does the RTA vote really add up? LINK

CA: Monterey County - Just what does 'No' mean? Sides differ on interpretation of election results LINK

CA: San Diego County - County's registrar Deborah Seiler says she hopes to win over critics LINK

CA: San Diego County - Ballot-machine review could change primary LINK

CT: House approves lawmaker employment disclosure, voting audit program LINK

CT: New Britain - Voting machines wind up costing city LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota scrubs touch-screen voting LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota backs voting machines with a trail LINK

FL: Sarasota County switches vote machines LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota endorses Diebold voting machines LINK

MI: Opinion - Sensible path to paper trail LINK

MS: Pearl River County - Poll worker training to be held LINK

NJ: Report: Disabled voters face challenges LINK

NJ: Warren County - Paper-trail voting printer gets a test run in Warren LINK

NJ: Warren County Experience with Voter-Verified E-Ballots Bodes Well for State LINK

NY: State will continue to use current voting machines LINK

TX: Counties look to state for funds Texas to reimburse for election LINK

UT: Counties hone plan for primary LINK

UT: Covering Costs of November Election Still Uncertain LINK

WA: Opinion - Election errors must not be repeated LINK

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