Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

On Oct. 13 I led off DVN with a graf concerning an "Alert" that was on the Maricopa County Democratic Party website. If you waited until Saturday morning to go to the link provided you would not have found the "Alert." It had been removed. I followed up today and talked to the County Recorder and the Executive Director of the county Democratic Party. What I wrote in that graf was true to some extent. In fact, a contractor for the state Democratic Party pays $4 per registration for each registration turned-in to the County Recorders. Maricopa County has received 26,000 new registrations. Of those 26,000 only 5,000 were any good. The reasons for the rejected forms were varied and among those were some forms for legal aliens. The County Recorder has met with the contractor and a representative of the state party. She has also talked to Immigration on behalf of those who were taken in by the scheme. Is there a problem with the way legal aliens are being treated and the possibility that they may lose their ability to file for citizenship? Yes, very much so. The overriding problem, however, is paying people to gather registrations. That practice needs to stop.

There was a public hearing in California today. There are no reports yet about whether ES&S will be punished for selling uncertified voting machines to some counties. I'm sure we will hear more tomorrow....

• NAtional: Take a Look: Prof. Steven Freeman's Presentation On Stolen US Elections
  http://www.opednews.com/...professor_steve_free.htm
• NAtional: Hearing to be Held on Rep. Susan Davis's No-Excused Absentee Voting Legislation
  http://www.votetrustusa....8;id=2609&Itemid=26
• CA: Riverside County - Progress made, but room for more
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...obs/11_21_2610_13_07.txt
• FL: Florida Counties, Voters, and Taxpayers Headed for Another Voting Meltdown, Voters Coalition Warns
  Voters With Disabilities to Be Forced to Use Unreliable Equipment
  http://www.aclufl.org/ne...e&emailAlertID=3044
• FL: Miami-Dade County - Latest recall: Miami absentee ballots
  http://www.miamiherald.c...-print/story/271413.html
• FL: Four Possible Options for Pinellas County for Compliance with FL's New Paper Ballot Legislation
  http://www.opednews.com/...four_possible_option.htm
• HI: Hawaii reviewing bids to overhaul voting system
  http://www.honoluluadver...03/710140353/1007/NEWS03
• MA: Polling machines aid blind voters
  http://www.masslive.com/...04200790.xml&coll=1
• MT: Yellowstone County - County elections to be conducted via mail in ballots
  http://www.billingsgazet...s/local/20-elections.txt
• NC: Orange County - Voting process offers quicker results
  http://media.www.dailyta...er.Results-3032357.shtml
• NC: Wake County - Instant runoff gets test run
  Cary election previews vote in Hendersonville
  http://www.citizen-times...rticle?AID=2007710150302
• OH: Opinion - Changes to improve election system would need to be swift
  http://www.advertiser-tr...nt.detail/id/500635.html
• OH: Athens County - Equipment to be tested to ensure flawless voting
  http://www.thepost.ohiou...s/News/2007/10/15/21725/
• SC: Typo Causes Frantic Day for County Election Officials
  http://www.wspa.com/mida...SPA-2007-10-15-0014.html
• UT: Utah, Summit County targets in election activist's lawsuit
  http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7183278

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