a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org "Almost any system, including paperless touch-screen voting systems, can be jury-rigged to attach a printer and generate a hard copy of each voter's choices. That is a far more complicated, and potentially troublesome, process than one which generates a real, live, legally valid paper ballot; it does nothing, for example, to mitigate the security risks that so many researchers have exposed in a number of e-voting systems. In addition, I suspect that no matter what type of voting system is involved, paper ballots are likely to carry far more legal weight in a court challenge -- thus allowing a judge to rule on the matter as quickly and confidently as possible and to keep the process moving along."...

NAtional: More Than 30 Election Integrity Orgs. Issue Open Letter Demanding 'A Paper Ballot For Every Vote Cast' LINK

NAtional: E-Voting: Will A 'Paper Trail' Get Us Where We Want To Go? LINK

NAtional: E-Voting Bill: Dead Trees And Democracy LINK

NAtional: Editorial - Help America secure LINK

NAtional: E-voting requires long-term strategy: IDC LINK

NAtional: Thirty-Four Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress To Require Paper Ballots LINK

NAtional: Column: American elections no longer the gold standard LINK

NAtional: David Dill Unplugged: Computer glitch leaves electronic voting machine advocate without a script LINK

CA: Napa County - Tuteur explains long lines at polls on Election Day LINK

CA: Riverside County – Columnist - Hack Attack LINK

CO: Denver County - Denver holds back $52,160 from Sequoia LINK

FL: Crist taps two top officials LINK

FL: Pasco's Browning named secretary of state LINK

FL: Columnist - Politics foul up election oversight LINK

FL: Florida Voting System Standards: Commentary LINK

FL: Michael Collins: The Long Road to Democracy LINK

FL: FL-13 - Group petitions for District 13 revote LINK

FL: FL-13 - State withdraws motion to dismiss lawsuit in contested race LINK

MI: Michigan's voting system a wise choice Officials consider requiring paper trail LINK

MN: Minnesota Performs First Post-Election Review LINK

NJ: Ocean County - County gets more time on vote query 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**

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John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org