Daily Voting News For December 17, 2006

Many in the Election Integrity community have been telling anyone who would listen that the new voting technology is expensive. Utah didn't listen but now they are learning. The cost of this year's election on Diebold DREs is twice what it was in previous elections using punch-cards. AND the taxpayer gets to continue paying millions of dollars to Diebold for the privilege of using their machines. The costs are so high that many Utah jurisdictions will revert to hand-counted paper ballots in local elections....

• California: Dan Walters: Limiting choices in voting LINK
• Florida: Opinion - Comic echo of 2000 election -- it's not funny LINK
• Florida: FL-13 – Opinion - E-glitch
  Sarasota mess creates a test case LINK
• Florida: FL-13 - Partisan battle boils over Fla. House seat
  A dispute over a GOP victory may test Pelosi's pledge to keep peace. LINK
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• Florida: FL-13 – Opinion - The case for Jennings
  Stakes demand completion of audit, fair hearing of her challenge LINK
• Florida: Sarasota County - Report: Ballot Design Caused Jennings to Lose LINK
• Kentucky: Straight-ticket voting may end LINK
• Maryland: Opinion - Early voting issue hardly worth reviving LINK
• New Jersey: Morris Township - Grayzel challenges 1-vote loss; suit claims several votes should have been counted that weren't LINK
• New York: Opinion - Voted down
  Election machines fail to win state certification LINK
• Ohio: Analysis shows record use of absentee ballots in '06 election LINK
• Utah: E-vote tab adds up to big trouble
  Contract with Diebold may put ballot expenses out of reach for some cities, counties in Utah LINK
• Virginia: Groups seek law to verify voting
  Va. lawmakers will push for paper audit trails for machines LINK

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