‘Daily Voting News’ For January 16, 2006

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org


In Virginia today, Omnibus election bills requiring voter verified paper records, mandatory hand counted audits, and public disclosure of voting system software have been introduced in both chambers of the state legislature. Virginia Verified Voting and The New Electoral Reform Alliance for Virginia together with VoteTrustUSA have launched a citizen action in support of legislation introduced in the Virginia legislature. Concerned citizens in Virginia are urged to visit the Virginia Action Page where you can send a message to your state legislators calling on them to support accurate and verifiable elections….

  • CA: California counties hope to escape Voting Rights Act rules LINK
  • CT: A Better Voting Machine LINK
  • CT: Middletown – Re-Election Causes Scramble LINK
  • GA: Georgia Black Caucus Boycotts MLK Event Over Voter ID Bill LINK
  • MI: Harrison Township – Clerks disagree on instructions printed on township ballots LINK
  • NC: Chatham County – Opinion – New voting machines for Chatham County LINK
  • NC: Cumberland County – Voting machines on commissioners’ agenda LINK
  • NC: Wayne County – Officials to finalize new voting machines LINK
  • NY: N.Y. way behind in voting reforms LINK
  • NY: Fixing elections LINK
  • VA: Virginia Voting Rights Groups Launch Legislative Action LINK
  • VA: Time for Reform – Assembly Must Act to Eliminate Voting-Machine Manipulation LINK
  • VT: Blind will be able to vote in Stamford with trial equipment (Telephone) 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**

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    1. 1)
      dolphin said on 1/16/2006 @ 4:20pm PT: [Permalink]

      Hey John and Brad:
      Your coverage on the voting mess is wonderful. I check your site everyday to see ‘Whats Up’.

      By the way, have you read the story in Rawstory…’Ohio Churches Could Face IRS Inquiry’. Two mega churches may face investigation regarding their tax exempt status. They have backed KEN BLACKWELL for governor way beyond their limits as a church.

      Again….Thanks for all you do

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      Doug Eldritch said on 1/16/2006 @ 4:51pm PT: [Permalink]

      Call to action: NORTH CAROLINA, WISCONSIN, ARIZONA & TEXAS NOW need to boot the vendors who sell illegal code and put forth new laws on security

      Voters Unite,

      Good to see Virginia going the way of other states! Now we need to make it count, and keep Diebold out by exposing and over-riding HAVA a sham voting law done by vendors.

      Doug E.

    3. 3)
      MarkH said on 1/16/2006 @ 7:30pm PT: [Permalink]

      Another one bites the dust, uh uh.
      Another one bites the dust, uh uh.

      It’s fun watching dominoes fall.

    4. 4)
      Doug Eldritch said on 1/16/2006 @ 7:33pm PT: [Permalink]

      Action ALERT: Post your own action-alert to force the voting machines out in mass

      Yes George Bush, fuck you. And fuck the neocons since they have never been for, will never be for, and can’t ever be for voting rights.

      Or the voting rights act, or anything else.

      YOUR TIME HAS COME: THE TRUE RIGHT OF VOTING WILL BE RESTORED AND YOU NEOCONS WILL BE SLAUGHTERED IN THE JUSTICE OF RULE OF LAW!

      Doug Eldritch

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      Dredd said on 1/17/2006 @ 4:29am PT: [Permalink]

      Dolphin #1

      I posted the ohio church story here yesterday (link here). Thanks for the reminder, though, because it is important.

      Churches must not be above the law, and they must not break the seperation of church and state by doing political/religious mixtures against the law.

      Or if they do, they should pay taxes like the rest of us, since they are not being religious when being political. It is the American way.

      State of Virginia

      You are on the right trail. Verifiable trails are happy trails.

    6. 8)
      Dredd said on 1/17/2006 @ 5:29am PT: [Permalink]

      Who you voted for or against could be the subject of NSA spying, as well as other political matters.

      ACLU sued the NSA today over domestic spying (link here).

      The ACLU Complaint filed today against the NSA and its spying on Americans is available in PDF (link here).

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