Article: 'Daily Voting News' For April 17, 2009

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org "Announce plans to improve the quality of your equipment." "Announce plans to guarantee adequate staff to support first deployment of the new equipment." "Negotiate supportive policies for software licensing fees, especially for small counties.""Announce a provision for "open-source" software." These are all requests of two potential vendors of voting systems to New York State in an open letter to them from New Yorkers for Verified Voting. See our 'Featured' article....

Featured - NY: An Open Letter to Vendors of Voting Equipment for New York LINK

AZ: Pima County - AP Notices AZ AG's Criminal Investigation Ballot Count in Phoenix LINK

CA: Riverside County - Save R Vote presentation in Riverside Co, CA LINK

CA: Riverside County supervisors will consider a ballot measure asking residents for their confidence in voting machines LINK

FL: Overhaul of Voting Rules Proposed Republican state lawmakers have proposed major changes. LINK

FL: With little discussion, Florida House passes sweeping changes to voting rules LINK

KY: Franklin County - Back to the paper ballot LINK

WI: Trouble Voting (Three videos of vote flipping on AutoMark) LINK

Bulgaria - Offline: e-vote to failure LINK

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