Article: 'Daily Voting News' For July 19, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Yesterday the key word was "decision". Today I will continue with that word. Has a 'decision' been made with respect to HR-811? Time will only tell. Information is the grist that is fed into the mill to become a 'decision'. New York now has more information on the vendors so they can make a 'decision' on their voting system selection. Another Pennsylvania county has to decide how they are going to pay for a maintenance contract for the ES&S voting machines. Maybe it's time the counties decide it's time to kick ES&S out of the state. Oklahoma did it years ago and, you know, there is very little news about voting machine failures in Oklahoma reported in DVN....

NAtional: Holt Paper-Trail Election Bill Dead? LINK

NAtional: Voting System Companies Fail to Meet New York State's Requirements for "Responsible Contractors" LINK

NAtional: The Electric Kool-Aid Voting Test LINK

NAtional: Crippling Cost of HR 811 Leaves States Exposed and Defenseless LINK

NAtional: Bush Government To Poor Voters: We Don't Want You To Vote LINK

NAtional: UMBC grad student's team wins voting-machine design contest LINK

NAtional: U.S. Senate Bill S. 1487: Escalating the Federal Control and Privatization of Elections LINK

AL: Governor's race remembered for 'funny numbers' LINK

AL: Covington County - County voting system gets software, hardware upgrade LINK

AR: Clay County - Court gives okay for election coordinator LINK

FL: FL-13 - Jennings to challenge Buchanan again LINK

FL: FL-13 - Jennings vies another run at Buchanan LINK

FL: FL-13 - Florida Democrat Seeks Rematch of Contested 2006 Race LINK

HI: Editorial - State cutting it close with new voting system LINK

MI: Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Photo ID Law LINK

MS: In Mississippi, Ruling Is Seen as Racial Split LINK

MS: Jackson County Tests Hundreds Of Voting Machines For Accuracy LINK

PA: Mercer Co. asks for help with voting machines LINK

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