{"id":6257,"date":"2008-08-08T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T23:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2008-08-08T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T23:33:25","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-08-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=6257","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 08, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are going to have a change of pace and introduce a new word to the vocabulary of some. This is actually a word that I heard for the first time a couple days ago and I like learning new words. Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s word is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153obscurantism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. What does obscurantism have to do with voting issues you ask? Obscurantism (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dctist) is defined as the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. There are two common senses of this: (1)opposition to the spread of knowledge\u00e2\u20ac\u201da policy of withholding knowledge from the general public; and (2) a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness. It seems to me that the voting machine vendors are an excellent example of both definitions of obscurantist&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Some Homeless Citizens Face \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRoadblocks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 When Registering<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2929&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2929&#038;Itemid=26<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentpoliticalreport.com\/2008\/08\/greens-launch-effort-against-electoral-college-manipulation-of-presidential-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.independentpoliticalreport.com\/2008\/08\/greens-launch-effort-against-electoral-college-manipulation-of-presidential-elections\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Questions to Ponder as We Hurl Toward November<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/Questions-to-Ponder-as-We--by-Susan-Guest-080806-202.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/Questions-to-Ponder-as-We&#8211;by-Susan-Guest-080806-202.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: VA, state reach deal on voter sign-ups<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19899952&#038;BRD=1281&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=635049&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19899952&#038;BRD=1281&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=635049&#038;rfi=6<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County &#8211; Goodbye touch screens, hello paper as Florida changes how we vote<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/politics\/broward\/blog\/2008\/08\/goodbye_touch_screens_hello_pa.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/weblogs.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/politics\/broward\/blog\/2008\/08\/goodbye_touch_screens_hello_pa.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Indian River County &#8211; Race for Indian River Supervisor of Elections crowded<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2008\/aug\/08\/race-for-elections-supervisor-crowded\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2008\/aug\/08\/race-for-elections-supervisor-crowded\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>HI: Akaka pushes for more voter assistance at VA medical sites and homes<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080808\/BREAKING01\/308080017\/-1\/LOCALNEWSFRONT\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080808\/BREAKING01\/308080017\/-1\/LOCALNEWSFRONT<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Shawnee Co. mistake doesn&#8217;t alter outcome; No big problems in Riley<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themercury.com\/News\/article.aspx?articleId=cd278f85e2384871a7b133ddcda00c4b\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.themercury.com\/News\/article.aspx?articleId=cd278f85e2384871a7b133ddcda00c4b<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Voter Arrested After Not Showing Photo ID<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxkc.com\/myfox\/pages\/Home\/Detail?contentId=7160121&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=1.1.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.myfoxkc.com\/myfox\/pages\/Home\/Detail?contentId=7160121&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=1.1.1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: More on Those Voting Machines in Ohio<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2008\/08\/07\/more_on_those_voting_machines.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2008\/08\/07\/more_on_those_voting_machines.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio Sues Over Trouble With Voting Machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/07\/AR2008080703083.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/07\/AR2008080703083.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio official sues e-voting vendor for dropped votes<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2008\/080808-ohio-official-sues-e-voting-vendor.html?hpg1=bn\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2008\/080808-ohio-official-sues-e-voting-vendor.html?hpg1=bn<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Electronic Voting Machines At Center Of Ohio Lawsuits<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/management\/legal\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000402\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/management\/legal\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000402<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Schuylkill County &#8211; Commissioners move to pay bill for 20 touch-screen voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.republicanherald.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/08\/news\/local_news\/pr_republican.20080808.a.pg6.pr08commissioners_s1.1863917_loc.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.republicanherald.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/08\/news\/local_news\/pr_republican.20080808.a.pg6.pr08commissioners_s1.1863917_loc.txt<\/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 are going to have a change of pace and introduce a new word to the vocabulary of some. This is actually a word that I heard for the first time a couple days ago and I like learning new words. Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s word is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153obscurantism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. What does obscurantism have to do with voting issues [&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-6257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257","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=6257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}