Article: 'Daily Voting News' For December 06, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org For election watchers there will be a special congressional election next week in northwest Ohio. There will also be another congressional election in Virginia at the same time. In the Virginia election voters are being given their choice between DRE or paper ballots.

Goshen New York held an election on a $70M school bond issue and brought out two lever machines to count the votes. As the counters on both machines hit 999, they each rolled back to 000 like an overused car odometer. The question that will never be answered is, for which side were those 1,998 votes cast? ...

NAtional: U.S. Voter Confidence Is Linked To Positive Voter Experience, According To New Colorado State Study LINK

NAtional: Voter confidence linked to positive voter experience LINK

AZ: Pima County - Election Integrity on Trial in Pima County: Day Two Summary A Courtroom Report as Pima County Democrats Seek Public Records Access to Diebold Election Databases LINK

CA: San Francisco - S.F. supervisors' panel backs Sequoia voting machines LINK

CA: San Francisco - SF still counting votes from November election LINK

CA: San Francisco's Final Election Results Delayed Again LINK

CA: San Francisco - Supes near voting machine contract LINK

CT: Advantages of new voting machines uncertain LINK

MO: Indiana Voter ID case gets close attention in Missouri LINK

NJ: Paper record deadline extended to June 2008: Audit bill to count random election results approved LINK

NJ: Integrity of voting machines questioned SCI criticizes no-bid purchasing by counties LINK

NJ: Report: Voting machines 'vulnerable to abuse' LINK

NJ: Voting Machines Vulnerable? LINK

NJ: Poll turnout in state one of the lowest LINK

NY: Elections Official Wants to Help Troops at War Vote LINK

NY: Goshen - Results of Goshen school vote on $70M bond are lost forever LINK

OH: State hopes vote counting fixed for special Congressional race LINK

OH: Knox County - Board recounts votes from election LINK

TX: Milam County - Viewpoint: Electronic voting machines should be banned LINK

VA: Paper ballots an option for Dec. election LINK

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