Article: 'Daily Voting News' For July 6 and 7, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Two years ago, on July 7, our friend and fellow election integrity activist, Andy Stephenson lost his fight against pancreatic cancer. Andy was an outspoken supporter of paper ballots and worked as hard as any of us for the integrity of our elections. Andy was so entrenched in the movement that he ran for Washington Secretary of State in the Democratic primary in 2004. Many of his supporters, in Washington and at his on-line hangout, Democratic Underground, are now leaders in the movement. Thank you, Andy, for your fight for better elections and for leaving us with a healthier and more intelligent community of activists. ES&S may be taken to task in California for not providing the source code to their InkaVote Plus voting system on time, and apparently at all. In an article in the Los Angeles Daily News, California Deputy Secretary of State Lowell Finley is quoted, "There also are discrepancies between the software version number held by the escrow company, and the version that was certified by McPherson last year."...

NAtional: More Election Officials in Diebold Sales Literature LINK

CA: Voting system in jeopardy Key part of L.A. County operation may be decertified due to delay LINK

CA: State elections chief courts chaos LINK

FL: FL-13 - Jennings mum about '08 plans LINK

FL: Martin County - Guest columnist: Changes in store for local, state voters in '08 LINK

OH: Columbiana County - Johnson gives up seat on elections board The board approved a service contract with Election Systems & Software LINK

OH: Lucas County - Fired elections worker sues for board records LINK

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