{"id":6255,"date":"2008-08-07T16:05:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T23:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2008-08-07T16:05:42","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T23:05:42","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-07-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=6255","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 07, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have two \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Featured\u00e2\u20ac\u009d articles. The Connecticut Office of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has allowed Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do voter education. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hope this is a small hole that will finally cause the wall between the DVA and veteran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rights to vote to crumble into dust. <\/p>\n<p> More good news from the US Election Assistance Commission where computer scientist and election integrity advocate Dr Barbara Simons has been selected to fill a seat on the EAC Board of Advisors. This is a good addition as Dr. Simons will add a voice of reason to combat the voices of the vendor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s surrogates who are on that committee&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Featured &#8211; National: Patients at West Haven Veterans&#8217; Hospital registered to vote<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stamfordplus.com\/stm\/information\/nws1\/publish\/News_1\/Patients_at_West_Haven_Veterans_Hospital_now_registered3027.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.stamfordplus.com\/stm\/information\/nws1\/publish\/News_1\/Patients_at_West_Haven_Veterans_Hospital_now_registered3027.shtml<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Featured &#8211; National: ACM Electronic Voting Expert Named to Key Federal Advisory Committee; Dr. Barbara Simons Fills Position for Technology Professionals<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/newswire.ascribe.org\/cgi-bin\/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080807.074451&#038;time=10%2029%20PDT&#038;year=2008&#038;public=0\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/newswire.ascribe.org\/cgi-bin\/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080807.074451&#038;time=10%2029%20PDT&#038;year=2008&#038;public=0<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Democracy Victory\u00e2\u20ac\u009d At VA<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhavenindependent.org\/archives\/2008\/08\/vetsvote.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.newhavenindependent.org\/archives\/2008\/08\/vetsvote.php<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: The Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/democracy\/94040\/the_youth_vote:_a_matter_of_access,_not_apathy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/democracy\/94040\/the_youth_vote:_a_matter_of_access,_not_apathy\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Who Here Thinks We Have the Right to Vote?<br \/>\nThink Again. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Continues His Fight for a Constitutional Amendment&#8230;<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6249\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6249<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Experts Say Expected Surge in US Voters May Strain Polls<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2008-08-07-voa40.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2008-08-07-voa40.cfm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Shawnee County &#8211; Vote count \u00e2\u20ac\u201c oops<br \/>\n4,446 went untallied, but winners remain same<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/cjonline.com\/stories\/080708\/loc_315085890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/cjonline.com\/stories\/080708\/loc_315085890.shtml<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Electing to Prepare for a Record<br \/>\nVoting Officials Boost Purchases<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/06\/AR2008080601100.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/06\/AR2008080601100.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Missouri Voter Refuses Illegal Demand to Show Photo ID at Poll, Gets Thrown in Jail<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6252\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6252<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Cole County &#8211; Wrong ballots may prompt revote in Cole County&#8217;s Eastern District<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/newstribune.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/07\/news_local\/146local02error.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/newstribune.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/07\/news_local\/146local02error.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Last votes being tallied in St. Louis County<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/news\/stories.nsf\/news\/politics\/story\/48ecdedc85b3f75a8625749d00586d37?OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/news\/stories.nsf\/news\/politics\/story\/48ecdedc85b3f75a8625749d00586d37?OpenDocument<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Catawba County \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editorial &#8211; $3 billion solution: Paper ballots<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.hickoryrecord.com\/content\/2008\/aug\/07\/3-billion-solution-paper-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www2.hickoryrecord.com\/content\/2008\/aug\/07\/3-billion-solution-paper-ballots\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Editorial &#8211; Safe ballots<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midhudsoncentral.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19898827&#038;BRD=1706&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=613310&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.midhudsoncentral.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19898827&#038;BRD=1706&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=613310&#038;rfi=6<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Missing votes spark lawsuit<br \/>\nBrunner: Touch-screen machines defective, company should pay<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/dispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2008\/08\/07\/state_sues.ART_ART_08-07-08_A1_OLAV6VF.html?sid=101\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/dispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2008\/08\/07\/state_sues.ART_ART_08-07-08_A1_OLAV6VF.html?sid=101<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Local counties join vote machine suit<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middletownjournal.com\/n\/content\/oh\/story\/news\/local\/2008\/08\/06\/ddn080608votingweb.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.middletownjournal.com\/n\/content\/oh\/story\/news\/local\/2008\/08\/06\/ddn080608votingweb.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ashland County &#8211; County board says state&#8217;s mandate &#8216;seems excessive&#8217;<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times-gazette.com\/news\/article\/4203422\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.times-gazette.com\/news\/article\/4203422<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Greenville County &#8211; Gibson complains about voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080807\/NEWS01\/80807027\/1004\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080807\/NEWS01\/80807027\/1004\/NEWS01<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in Virginia<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/maxwrite\/diarypage.php?did=8518\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/maxwrite\/diarypage.php?did=8518<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Human error mars Allendale vote totals, officials say<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/grpress\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-43\/1218114916131030.xml&#038;coll=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/grpress\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-43\/1218114916131030.xml&#038;coll=6<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Milwaukee &#8211;  Fake names get voter registration workers investigated<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=780716\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=780716<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: Belmont County &#8211; Paper Ballots Getting the Vote<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-register.net\/page\/content.detail\/id\/512624.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.news-register.net\/page\/content.detail\/id\/512624.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; 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 &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have two \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Featured\u00e2\u20ac\u009d articles. The Connecticut Office of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has allowed Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do voter education. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hope this is a small hole that will finally cause the wall between the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}