Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The House Administration (full committee) is planning to markup Rep. Holt’s Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 (HR. 811) on Thursday, March 29th at 10am. Any letters in opposition to this bill’s lack of a ban of DREs should be addressed to House Administration and faxed to them today or tomorrow so they can be inserted in the Record. Meanwhile a judge in Orange Co. California ruled in a contested election that the “voter verified paper audit trail” [VVPAT] did not have to be counted. And one more Cuyahoga Co. Ohio board of elections member has resigned leaving just one member to be removed from his position by the Secretary of State.
Those, and many more voting stories of note from today’s media coverage, all linked below…
NAtional: Time for Congress to Move on the Holt Bill LINK
NAtional: Press Release – HBO’s “Hacking Democracy” released on DVD — a must see film LINK
NAtional: International observers find fault with 2006 United States election and call for Congressional reform LINK
CA: CACEO Goes Coo-Coo Over New ‘Top-to-Bottom Review’ Criteria for Voting Systems in California LINK
CA: Elections Officials Worry About Bowen Plan LINK
CA: State elections review prompts concern, optimism LINK
CA: Orange County – Janet Nguyen wins O.C. supervisor’s seat
A judge proclaims her the winner over Trung Nguyen by three votes. She will take office today, but an appeal is likely. LINK
CA: Orange County – Election Contest Decided by 3 Votes, Judge Refuses to Order Hand Count of Touch-Screen ‘Paper Records’ LINK
CA: San Diego County – Votes of little confidence LINK
CA: Santa Cruz County – County registrar scrambles to hold early presidential primary LINK
FL: Changes Possible For Voting Machines LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Terms of vote review disputed
The state says the machine maker sent terms for a review of the Sarasota race but it ignored them LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Company’s memo involving District 13 draws criticism LINK
IA: Bill allows voters to register on election day LINK
IL: Cook County – Orr says election will be smoother LINK
MA: Judge denies Diebold request to block ES&S pact with Massachusetts LINK
MD: Vote trail hits dead end in Senate
Bill to require paper records has likely failed LINK
MD: Md. Senate deals blow to voting paper trail idea LINK
NY: Judge plans to view machines in Sleepy Hollow election today LINK
NY: Judge orders Sleepy Hollow voting machines opened LINK
NY: Judge orders Sleepy Hollow mayor’s re-election confirmed LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Resignation leaves 1 person on Cuyahoga County elections board LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – 3rd member quits Cuyahoga elections board under pressure LINK
TX: Lamar County – Commissioners seek reprieve from machines 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 BradBlog.Com**
Speaking of voting … 🙂 … a bill moving thru congress (HR 1591) would end combat by US troops in early 2008.
One democrat (Pryor D-AR) and one independent (Lieberman I-CT) voted to NOT stop the carnage in Iraq … contrary to the will of the people, by stripping the re-deployment language from the bill.
All republicans, save two, (Hagel R-NE, Smith R-OR) and one independent (Sanders (I-VT) voted to end the combat by US forces in Iraq in accord with the will of the people.
The bill (HR 1591) originated in the House, and passed 218-212 there. The vote in the senate was 50-48.
Good.
I said (in post #1):
when I should have said: