{"id":4776,"date":"2007-07-05T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T03:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2007-07-06T15:21:53","modified_gmt":"2007-07-06T22:21:53","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-july-4-and-5-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"‘Daily Voting News’ For July 4 and 5, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/a>In a move that could set a disastrous precedent, the Republican Governor and Democratic Secretary of State of Mississippi have come together to ask that a federal judge rule that the state legislature must enact a voter ID law. <\/p>\n

Also, Florida activists are now looking into other counties<\/a> beside Sarasota and they are finding plenty of questionable results:<\/p>\n

“We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re inviting Charlotte County voters who experienced a problem voting in the November 2006 election to attend a public forum next Wednesday evening, July 11,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explained Kitty Garber, Florida Fair Election Center\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Research Director. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For example, did your vote vanish from the review screen? Did you have trouble getting your vote to register? Did the machine fail while you were voting? Did any of your friends and neighbors have the same problem? If you had a problem voting, we hope you will attend to share your voting experience with us.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n

The rest of today’s notable voting news, all linked below as usual…<\/em><\/p>\n

ADDENDUM FROM BRAD:<\/i> Please note, in re: John’s Mississippi item mentioned above. Mississippi’s Democratic SoS is Eric Clark. We ran a video of Clark in a meeting last year with a Diebold lobbyists in which Clark says that Diebold’s touch-screen machines are “the most secure thing outside of a Wells-Fargo truck.” The man is clueless. Check out the exclusive — and amusing — video here…<\/a><\/p>\n

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  • NAtional: Justice Department’s Failure to Enforce National Voter Registration Act Underscored by New Report LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • NAtional: Election fraud: Where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the outrage? LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • CA: San Bernardino County – Grand jury finds several problems with voting LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • CT: Wilton – Residents save lever machines from scrap heap LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • FL: Charlotte County – Disappearing Votes in Charlotte County LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • FL: Lee County – Lee elections supervisor upset about switching, paying for new systems LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • FL: Sarasota County – Voting chief warns of high costs LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • MS: Voter ID order generates debate LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
  • OH: Franklin County – Magistrate’s ruling latest setback for former judge
    \nSquire says election appeal will continue     LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n

    **”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<\/a> or BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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