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'Daily Voting News' For May 16, 2008

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Some county election officials in Ohio are pushing to continue using only central-count optical scan. The ACLU withdrew a suit against Cuyahoga Co because the county promised to go to precinct-count optical scan. Now the county wants to renege on that deal.

It appears that Tennessee will join the paper-age. Newly passed legislation requires all voting machines to be paper based, i.e. optical scan, beginning in 2010.

The Missouri legislature was unable to pass any Voter ID legislation today, the end of their legislative session....

  • NAtional: Election Fraud, not Voter Fraud, is a National Security Threat LINK
  • NAtional: The Dubious Integrity of Alice P. Miller and the Elections Assistance Commission LINK
  • NAtional: The State of the Vote LINK
  • CA: Los Angeles County - LA Officials Announce Changes To Facilitate Voting LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County - When can we have too much voting integrity? LINK
  • FL: Volusia County - Volusia supervisor tests revamped voting equipment LINK
  • IN: Allen County - Board approves 36% of provisional ballots LINK
  • KY: Kentucky - "Serious Poll Worker Shortage" LINK
  • KY: Logan County - Logan to use new voting machines in upcoming election LINK
  • MO: Press Release - Proposed Photo ID Legislation Failed LINK
  • NJ: Judge to rule on tests for e-voting machines LINK
  • OH: Opinion - Costs of voting have to be considered LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County - Election Machines Debated Again LINK
  • TN: Paper voting record required by 2010 LINK
  • TN: State Senate Approves Paper-Trail Voting Machines Requirement LINK
  • WV: Mercer County - Counting confusion... Tech, poll errors snarl LINK
  • Canada: Recount process stalled Election Defeated incumbent expected to advise election officials of his intentions next week LINK
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