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'Daily Voting News' For January 4 and 5, 2009
“There can be little doubt that, of the issues springing from elections held since President Bush signed the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), two are among the most significant. Those issues are failures of voting systems to be accessible and accurate and the confusion over the proper use ...
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Franken Declared 'Winner', But Final Certification Will Likely (and Appropriately) be Delayed
-- Brad Friedman, The BRAD BLOG
The state canvassing board in Minnesota has now certified Al Franken (D) as the winner over incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in the race for the U.S. Senate. Barring a successful legal challenge by Coleman, Franken will have won the seat by an astoundingly close ...
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission Further Delays Federal Mandates
Guest Blogged by John Gideon and Ellen Theisen, VotersUnite.Org
There can be little doubt that, of the issues springing from elections held since George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, two are among the most significant. Those issues are failures of voting systems to meet the ...
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POLL: Will Reid Stick to Guns on IL Senate Nom?
Majority leader Sen. Harry Reid and the rest of the Senate Democrats have long said they'd refuse to seat anybody that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed to fill Obama's seat.
But as of yesterday's Meet the Press, Reid stated that "he's always ready to negotiate."
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'Daily Voting News' For January 02 and 03, 2009
I guess the best I can say about today’s DVN is that it is a little bit of this and a little bit of that....
National: Opinion - Blackwell: Obama justice
Race, judges and future elections http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/31/obama-justice/
National: IRV: A Grain Of Truth, A Ton Of Bulloney http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=1435
IN: Grant County - County looks ...
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'Daily Voting News' For December 30, 2008 to January 1, 2009
We would like pass on our hopes that you have a wonderfully successful year in 2009. There will be struggles and there is certainly a lot of work to do including with elections. VotersUnite.Org will spend this year doing all we can to decrease vendor control over elections and hold ...
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Here's to You & 2009...
As we near our fifth(!) anniversary (1/24) at The BRAD BLOG,
We thank you, and wish you all a very Happy New Year,
And pray that 2009 brings the dawn of a much brighter day...
-- Brad --
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Anderson & Kathy on CNN: Funniest New Years Eve Show Ever!
Seriously. It's hysterical. If you happen to catch this in time to turn it on, do. Kathy Griffin is hysterical. (And psst...I voted right after her in line on November 4th, and she asked me how she should vote. I'm sure she disregarded my suggestions.)
Nice to see CNN with ...
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Tom Tomorrow's 2008 Year in Review: Part Two...
Part One was here. Part Two follows...
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The BRAD BLOG Named as 'Finalist' for 2008 Weblog Award
As The BRAD BLOG hobbles wrist-wrecked and flu-fallen towards the finish line of a particularly harrowing and exhausting year, we're heartened by a very nice distinction, being named as Finalist in the 2008 Weblog Awards.
We hadn't even realized we were in the running, until the list of nominees was announced ...
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Deep (Flu-Ridden) Thought
It is no more offensive for a potential chair of the RNC to circulate a song called "Barack the Magic Negro" than it would be for a potential chair of the DNC to circulate a song called "Bristol's Bastard Baby."
Both acts would be equally amusing.
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'Daily Voting News' For December 27 to 29, 2008
Over a week ago Sequoia issued a press release and a blog item that were misleading in their content. In both cases the headline intimated, amongst other things, that Princeton Professor Andrew Appel was ordered by a New Jersey judge to apologize to Sequoia for supposed violations of a court ...
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One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Guess what I got for Xmas? Yup, got slammed by the flu on XMas weekend, just to make sure I had extra fun this year. Well, I've taken the hint, and have been standing down, way down, lying down, in fact, for several days, and may continue to do so, ...
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Exclusive: Princeton Prof Responds to Misleading Attacks from E-Vote Company Rep
Guest blogged by John Gideon, VotersUnite.Org
In an October BRAD BLOG article we reported that a court-ordered report highly negative of Sequoia Voting Systems products being used throughout New Jersey could soon be released to the public. Prior to the release date, and then again last week, Sequoia Voting Systems attacked ...
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'Daily Voting News' For December 25 and 26, 2008
Today we have more from Maryland where the state’s Attorney General has filed a claim against Premier/Diebold to force the vendor to pay for the problems the state’s voting machines have encountered. If every state would do the same thing the vendors might actually realize it is their responsibility to ...
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Peace on Earth...
At this year's Christmas, I'm happy to associate myself with my colleague, the good John Gideon of VotersUnite.org who offered these well-writ holiday thoughts at the top of last night's DVN:
[We'd] like to express our wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all who have done so much ...
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'Daily Voting News' For December 24, 2008
Yesterday in this space I told you that yesterday would be the last DVN for the week. Well, that was before today’s news. I just couldn’t stay away and there are three stories that I feel are important. First in ‘National’ news are two articles for those interested in Internet ...
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The End Finally Nears in Coleman/Franken Race
One last update before the two Jews running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota stop to celebrate Christmas.
It's almost all over but the court case, and even that, if it happens, doesn't seem to have much left to stand on. In summary then, here's where we now are in the ...
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Where's the MSM Coverage of the Death of Connell, a Top Bush/Rove/GOP Operative?
Yesterday, "Mediabloodhound" Brad Jacobson (an occassional guest contributor to The BRAD BLOG) covered the coverage, noting the curious lack thereof, in the corporate mainstream, of the death of Mike Connell, the longtime top Bush/Rove/McCain IT consultant.
Jacobson's piece concludes:
Connell was allegedly a linchpin in the biggest maze of White House scandal ...
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'Daily Voting News' For December 22 and 23, 2008
This will be the last DVN until this coming weekend. VotersUnite.Org would like to express our wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all who have done so much for our democracy over this past year. Those of you who have been a part of the Election Integrity ...
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10,000 Election Simulation proves effectiveness of UBS ballot count validation system. 
