Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro wants to change the state's voting machines to a paper based system using optical-scan machines. Meanwhile Iowa's Governor and ex-Secretary of State Chet Culver wants to just add a vvpat printer to the state's DREs. Mauro has support from the state's active election integrity community and members of the state legislature from both parties and county election officials from both parties. Culver wants the counties to sink or swim on their own while the state still has over $3M of HAVA money that they can use to partially pay for the change-over. Unfortunately, Culver is in a position to veto any plan that supports Mauro and the voters in Iowa....
NAtional: Opinion - A Clearer Picture on Voter ID LINK
AR: Benton County - Officials Expect Smooth E-Voting
Training aims to avoid past troubles LINK
CA: Los Angeles County - Ex-county clerk lists system faults, job rigors LINK
CA: Riverside County - Paper ballots likely to mean late nights, slow results LINK
CO: Signature verification machines for mail ballots LINK
FL: Volusia County - Using 2 types of voting machines slows count in Volusia County LINK
GA: State ready for first real test of voter ID law, official says LINK
IA: Spending voting money on entertainers 'unallowable' LINK
IA: Culver, Mauro disagree on how to update voting systems LINK
NY: The Fixer LINK
NY: DREs Take It To Court
Court Asked to Reverse State Ruling Eliminating DREs Judge Expected to Rule on 2/4/8 LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
 54
  
'Daily Voting News' For February 03, 2008 |
JGideon 
|
| Rate It | View Ratings |
John Gideon Social Media Pages: 
John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org
The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.
If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.
STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
To View Comments or Join the Conversation:
