Article: 'Daily Voting News' For June 14, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Concerned about overseas and military voters? According to the Military Times, "Continued problems and the high cost of fixing them make it unlikely service members outside the U.S. will be voting by electronic ballot in 2008, according to a new congressional report. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, says it is already too late for the Defense Department to resolve issues that have stymied electronic voting before the 2008 election. The report also says that without some guidance from the Election Assistance Commission, which has been busy with other projects - including problems with electronic voting machines - electronic voting may not be available to service members abroad in time for the 2010 elections either, as mandated by Congress in last year's defense authorization bill."...

NAtional: Ciber is denied testing approval Greenwood Village firm's Alabama lab applied to check voting machines for compliance LINK

NAtional: Groups Join on Press Conference Call to Warn That New Senate Bill Would Dismantle States Rights and Legalize Disenfranch LINK

NAtional: State's vote machine testers flunk CIBER bid for certification rejected by Election Assistance Commission, further delaying efforts LINK

NAtional: GAO: Electronic voting stuck in slow lane LINK

NAtional: Criticism grows as House e-vote debate delayed Co-sponsor Kucinich withdraws support for bill that mandates paper trail LINK

CT: The future is here: optical scan voting machines on display at Senior Center LINK

FL: South Florida Will Revert To Paper Voting Ballots LINK

FL: Fl-13 - House Task Force Plans Vote On Sarasota Voting Dispute Investigation Surrounds 'Flawed' Voting Machines LINK

FL: FL-13 - Congress wants answers quickly in Florida election dispute LINK

GA: Ga. election board says move forward with voter ID LINK

IL: Kane County - New machines should ease election-day lines LINK

IL: Kane County - Budget set for eSlates LINK

PA: Fayette County - Fayette addresses poll worker shortage LINK

TX: Perry picks top aide as secretary of state Phil Wilson, former Gramm man, has focused on economic development. LINK

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