Project HAVA

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August 2008

People with Disabilities Treated like Second Class Citizens...Again

August 29, 2008 - By Helen Benlisa, Project HAVA Coordinator

July 2008

New York faces voting challenge

July 19, 2008 - By Cara Mathews - Albany Bureau

May 2008

Time to improve polling place access with a law

May 5, 2008 - By Brad Williams - NYSILC

April 2008

Counties buying new voting machines

April 26, 2008 - By Tom Grace - Cooperstown News Bureau

February 2008

NY board approves voting machine panned by disability advocates

February 27, 2008 - By VALERIE BAUMAN - Associated Press Writer

Board considers poll site removals

February 21, 2006 - By Patricia Breakey, Delhi News Bureau

January 2008

Otsego must avoid DREs

January 29. 2008 -The Daily Star

State selects voting machines

January 25, 2008 - Cooperstown News Bureau

Federal Judge Rules On Voting Compliance In N.Y

January 16, 2008 - wbctvs.com

A big step for voting in our state

Jaunary 14, 2008 - Opinon Colum - The Daily Star

Can You Count on Voting Machines?

January 6, 2008 - By Clive Johnson - The New York Time Magizine

N.Y's plan: Scan votes

January 5, 2008 - By Tom Grace - Cooperstown News Bureau

NY election board to submit new plan to meet voting requirements

January 4, 2008 - By VALERIE BAUMAN - Associated Press Writer

December 2007

Judge: Get vote plan by Jan. 4

December 21, 2007 Tom Grace - Cooperstown News Bureau

Judge: NY must create a plan to comply with voting law by Jan. 4

December 20, 2007 - By Valerie Bauman - Associated Press Writer

Judge “embarrassed” by state’s violation of HAVA

December 20, 2007 - Cara Mathews - The Journal News!

Judge says NY must comply with voting machine law by Jan. 4

December 20, 2007 - Newsday.com

State awaits judge's decision on voting plans New York proposes increasing accessible machines for 2008

December 20, 2007 By Valeri Bauman, Associated Press

N.Y. balks at federal voting demands

December 15, 2007 -By Cara Matthews -Star-Gazette Albany Bureau

New York Must Work On HAVA

December 3, 2007-The Daily Star

November 2007

Poll access for disabled heats debate

November 27, 2007, By Tom Grace

The Daily Star

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New York not meeting voting regulations

November 26, 2007, By VALERIE BAUMAN

The Post Star

Election polling sites in our state are lacking

November 15, 2007, By

AARON BELISLE, Downstate PAVA Project Coordinator

Center for Independence if the Disabled

New York

HELEN BENLISA

Project HAVA Coordinator/Upstate PAVA Catskill Center for Independence

Oneonta

Feds weigh takeover of NY voting machine selection

November 7, 2007, By James T. Madore
Newsday

September 2007

Crtics Slam Plan For Disabled Voting Equipment

September 19, 2007, By James T. Madore
Newsday

Voting by lever may last till '09

September 5, 2007, By Tom Grace
Cooperstown News Bureau

August 2007

State refuses to restrict the use of paper ballots

August 17, 2007, - DAN WIESSNER
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Albany Bureau

Poll Acces for the Disabled

August 2007, By Andrea Senteno and Doug Israel

July 2007

Overhaul Plan for Vote System Will Be Delayed

July 20, 2007, By Christopher Drew-New York Times

Lever voting machines to be legal again

July 20, 2007, Cara Matthews - Albany bureau

May 2007

Candidates waiting on campaign calendar

May 30, 2007 - By Tom Grace, Cooperstown News Bureau

February 2007

Another voice / Voting rights
Spitzer must protect New York voters with disabilities

February 24, 2007 - By Brad Williams

Voters and Disability, Civic and Civil Rights Groups Challenge State's Vote Plan in Court

News Release - For Immediate Release:

Thursday, May 18, 2006

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To find out what voting machine companies have spent on lobbying to influence voting machine purchases in NYS (distributed by Common Cause NY) or to read the Common Cause press release click links below.

Voting Machine Vendors Lobbying Expenses (pdf)

Common Cause Press Release (pdf)

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