Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
There may finally be some progress made in Maricopa County, AZ where the FBI has stepped in and subpoenaed to get control of the ballots from Nov. 2004. These ballots may show if there was massive election fraud or voting machine failure. A vvpat bill has been proposed for the GA Senate. Congressman Fitzpatrick (PA) has filed a new bill, HR-4666, that will allow states until Nov. 2006 to comply fully with HAVA without penalty. This bill has bi-partisan support. I also need to clarify a statement I made in the preamble to yesterday’s DVN; I reported that Vote-PAD had gotten a favorable opinion from the DoJ. In fact, the DoJ did not give an opinion one way or another they just made it clear that they saw nothing to stop Wisconsin from using it….
NAtional: Fitzpatrick Acts to Protect State and Voter Rights. Announces Legislation to Delay HAVA Penalties to Counties LINK
AK: Opinion – Open up voting files LINK
AZ: Agency chief, 34, to run for secretary of state LINK
AZ: Initiative: Check voting machines LINK
AZ: Maricopa County – FBI seizes ballots in close ’04 legislative race LINK
CA: El Dorado County – County backs all mail-in ballot LINK
GA: Senator proposes paper ballot voting bill LINK
MD: Paper trail for ’06 voting impossible, panel told LINK
MO: Taney County – Touch screen voting comes to Taney County LINK
NC: More help available for voting machines LINK
NH: House passes new voter identification requirements (Note: The Gov may not support this bill) LINK
OH: Taft signs voter ID law LINK
OH: Ohioans will need ID on Election Day LINK
OH: Other Provisions Of The New Voting Bill LINK
PA: Opinion – New voting machines a crazy idea LINK
PA: Allegheny County – County remains undecided about new voting machines LINK
PA: Allegheny County – Board delays pick on voting machines LINK
PA: Butler County – Voting machine foe widens appeal LINK
PA: Luzerne County – County voting gets high-tech (ES&S iVotronic) LINK
PA: Luzerne County – County vote device pick a surprise (iVotronic) LINK
PA: Schuylkill County – Schuylkill to buy touch-screen units (Diebold TSx) LINK
PA: Wyoming County – Commissioners rap state over HAVA LINK
TN: Unicoi County – Election Commission considers buying voting machines LINK
TX: Cherokee County – Secretary of state shows off new electronic voting machines LINK
TX: Grayson County – Grayson Commissioners approve early voting sites LINK
TX: Lamar County – New voting equipment homeless for now LINK
WI: Vote-PAD Approved for Use by State of Wisconsin after Conferring with U.S. Dept. of Justice! LINK
WV: Morgan County – Hearing set for touch-screen voting in Morgan Co. (ES&S iVotronic) LINK
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Good news John!
Pennsylvania is passing a VVPB law as well and finally taking in Vote Pad!
That means Georgia, Texas, and of course Ariizona, North Dakota and Idaho are some of the last remaining states….
We must make sure of, and especially Utah, that the law is passed and they switch to vote-pad or something simple!
I’m going to be working on Utah, Arizona is coming along…..Its ALSO time to work for instant-runoff voting and just go all the way now
Doug
The gerrymandering case in the Supreme Court may be the biggest voting news of this election year. It would effect all states where gerrymandering has taken place.
Tom DeLay is responsible for the gerrymandering in Texas which gave the GOP increases it would not have received but for the gerrymandering.
It was approved over the objections of the career lawyers in the DOJ. Bush political appointees overruled the objections, and the gerrymandering went forward.
If the Supreme Court holds the gerrymandering to have been done illegally, it could have a favorable effect for democratic and independent candidates.
Alito decided his case. Anyone here know how he voted and in what case? Most of you probably dont because it would never be covered here. The ‘press’ nees to keep the picture of him painted as they want to see him not as how he really is.
Ricky I suspect no one will listen but Alito isn’t the really bad judge the left wants to paint him as…..I HAVE studied the whole record….Alito is not only against the crazies in the White House, but he’s a fairly open minded judge compared to Scalia or Thomas….
Either way the folks will just have to agree to disagree…..the election case for instant runoff voting needs to go to court. That is what we must pass into law. I just hope John Paul Stevens does not retire for a while since he’s always been the best judge to me…..
Doug E.
Voting System transparency–A Case Reaches Federal Court. This is interesting.
http://www.EcoTalk.org/lawsuit.doc.
Comment #4 Doug
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