Contributed photo New York’s lever-style voting machine may not be replaced untill 2009.

New York voting future still uncertain

No new machines until 2009?

By FRITZ MAYER

ALBANY, NY—When New York was sued in March 2006 to force the state to buy new voting machines, some officials predicted the new machines would be in place by September 2007. Now, officials say they probably won’t be able to have the new machines in place until 2009.

Every other state had purchased new voting machines by last year. The machines were required under the federal Help America Vote Act. New York adopted rules that allow each county to decide which type of new machine would be purchased, but the standards the state adopted regarding the specifications for new machines were sufficiently rigorous that no machine currently on the market meets those standards.

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Highlights for Children Magazine

holds annual Christmas Open House

By TOM KANE

HONESDALE, PA - It’s a long- standing tradition, but no one at the event was sure just how long it’s been going on. It’s the annual “Highlights for Children” Open House.

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DOE authorizes rehearings on corridor designation

Opposition widespread

By FRITZ MAYER

WASHINGTON, DC—About 70 critics of federal energy corridors will have another chance to have their concerns and objections considered. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on December 3 that it has authorised “rehearings” on the corridors in response to applications filed by individuals, corporations and public officials from West Virginia to New York.

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Other stories in this issue:

• PA ONE author and illustrator visits Damascus School
• Scenic byway visitor center may be delayed
• Assemblyman to propose universal healthcare plan
• Sullivan County personnel commissioner position abolished
• The sickening side of supersanitizing
• SCIL kids vie for Renaissance grant
• WJFF to pursue new building

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