Daily Voting News For January 08, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Colorado's Secretary of State, Mike Coffman, seems to be doing all he can to get away from the decisions he made
recently that were negative toward the state's voting machines. Amazingly he has allowed ES and Mesa and Jefferson Counties to run a test on their equipment in an attempt to prove his computer experts wrong. Of
course, they can find none of the problems found during the testing done by experts for the state. Also today there are
reports that Coffman called election officials in Denver last week and told them that all they need to do is to appeal
his decision and he will probably change his decision. This all happened after Coffman met with Sequoia Voting Systems
officials. Coffman might just as well have ignored the court when they told the state they had to retest and certify all
voting systems. Simply amazing!!...
National: As primary season ramps up, an e-voting snapshot Are states across the nation ready for the elections to
begin? LINK
National: Interview - Bits, Bytes and Votes LINK
National: Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Indiana Voter ID Law LINK
National: Voter-ID Law Draws Political Clash at Supreme Court LINK
National: Voter ID: "much ado about nothing"? LINK
National: Our view on improving elections: Photo ID to vote? Only if all who are eligible can get one LINK
National: Election (including security) madness The continuing saga of poorly designed voting machines LINK
National: Election Burden Indiana's voter-ID law is harmful and worthless. LINK
National: White House Watch: The question the candidates aren't asked and won't answer LINK
Arkansas: Ark. officials expect electronic voting to go smoothly at primary LINK
California: San Diego County - Security Concerns Sideline Electronic Voting Machines LINK
California: San Mateo County - Voting contract changing County's move will not affect use of e-machines LINK
Colorado: Lack of election-plan direction after April 1? Foolish LINK
Colorado: Denver - E-voting could be back in '08 LINK
Colorado: Mesa County - County vote machines pass tests LINK
Florida: Columnist - An accurate vote count is essential -- but elusive -- in a democracy LINK
Florida: Editorial - Paper counts The issue isn't electronics, but verifying votes LINK
Hawaii: Maui County - County officials scrambling to ready for elections in fall LINK
New Hampshire: The cat that controls New Hampshire election programming LINK
New Hampshire: ALL Diebold ALL the Time - It's the New Hampshire Primary LINK
New Jersey: New Jersey's Post-Election Audit Bill Goes to the Governor! LINK
Tennessee: TACIR to act on verifiable votes LINK
Wisconsin: Advocates outraged after audit finds polling sites inaccessible LINK
Germany: German activists move to block e-voting Out of the Chaos Computer Club, calls for dropping the computers LINK
Germany: German hackers fight electronic voting LINK
Germany: Voting Computers Spark Controversy German State Election LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org