'Daily Voting News' For January 30, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Today the Atlanta Journal Constitution [see below] reported, "Some key components of one of Georgia's most sacred institutions - that had been discovered in discarded office furniture - were recently auctioned on eBay. About 40 voter access cards and three electronic ballot encoders belonging to DeKalb County were purchased earlier this month on the auction Web site, according to Secretary of State Karen Handel. Another seven supervisor's cards, used to activate the encoders, also were up for bid." // The revolving door is in effect in Williamson Co. Texas where an ex-Hart Intercivic and Sequoia employee has just been named to be their county elections chief. // According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel [see below] the new Florida Gov. Crist will recommend that DRE voting systems be replaced by optical-scan voting systems throughout the state....

NAtional: Ciber downplays criticism of voting software testing LINK

NAtional: Olde Fashioned Legal Loopholes Allow Rigging of Hi-Tech Elections LINK

NAtional: Thirty-Four [Now Forty-two] Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress to Require Paper Ballots LINK

CA: Alameda County - County: Instant Run-Off Voting on Schedule LINK

FL: Gov. Crist to recommend ditching touch-screen machines LINK

FL: Editorial - Paper trail is important LINK

FL: Opinion - Four steps toward precise voting LINK

FL: Sarasota County - FL-13: It's the Machines, Not the 'Paper Trails', Stupid LINK

GA: Sale on eBay exposes vote security flaw Encoders, access cards auctioned LINK

KS: Lawmakers look to expand early-bird voting LINK

NM: House pulls for better poll turnout LINK

OH: Blackwell's Actions In Ohio Boost US Voting Rights LINK

OH: Editorial - Ohio Needs Basic Elections Reform LINK

OH: Editorial - Drafting poll workers isn't best solution LINK

OR: Opinion - Reject paper-trail voting; support vote-by-mail LINK

TX: Williamson County - New Williamson County elections chief hired LINK

VA: Election Security in Virginia One Step Closer LINK

VA: Lawmakers want to phase out electronic voting machines LINK

VA: Senate passes bill for wider absentee voting LINK

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