Daily Voting News For February 02, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Liberty Election Systems (NEDAP) has already been to court in New York and should have a decision early next week as to
whether their argument to be put on the short list of voting systems that can be purchased by the state’s counties.
Their DRE machine has already been banned in their corporate home in The Netherlands and may soon be banned in parts of
Germany. Yesterday Premier Election Systems (Diebold) went to court and have obtained a show-cause order directing
members of the state Board of Elections to appear for a hearing in state Supreme Court, on Tuesday, to learn why the
Premier version of AutoMark was not on the same short list of approved voting systems.
The following message is for the few election officials who are in counties in Colorado and California and a couple
other states and who will not be able to use their DRE voting machines. You know who you are. We’ve mentioned this
before but the statements are still flowing so it is worth mentioning again; Stop Whining. Stop whining about not being
able to use your DRE voting machines while being required to allow your voters to vote on a paper ballot. Yes, you may
have to spend a little more time counting your ballots. However, counties all over the country vote on paper ballots and
have a majority of those ballots counted at some point on election night. Of course, you’ve now told the media that you
won’t be done counting for a week or two so you now have to do all you can to drag out the process so you can be right
and you can then thumb your nose at your Secretary of State. Suck it up and do your job and stop acting like a spoiled
brat....
NAtional: The Democratic Party's Dangerous Experiment LINK
National: Super Tuesday Results Could Take a While LINK
National: Is the ease and convenience of electronic voting worth the risk in potential screw-ups? LINK
California: Riverside County - County: Paper Balloting Expected to be 'Very Smooth' LINK
California: San Diego County - Limited Use Of Electronic Voting Machines To Slow Ballot Counting LINK
California: Shasta County - Late voting tally expected Election official cites return to paper ballots for possible
delay LINK
California: Tehama County - Paper ballots in Tehama County likely to cause delays Fewer machines expected at some sites
due to decertification of Sequoia voting system LINK
Florida: Ruling ejects public from tally of votes Florida legal opinion is drawing protests LINK
Florida: Leon County - Some precincts ran out of paper ballots Tuesday LINK
Georgia: Voter ID Law Leaves Some Votes Uncounted LINK
Georgia: Ga. sticks with electronic voting, despite concerns elsewhere LINK
Illinois: Kane County - Warning issued after ballot error in Campton Hills LINK
Mississippi: Hosemann wants Voter ID soon LINK
New Hampshire: Recount reveals little change in GOP ballots LINK
New York: Voting machine maker takes Board of Elections to court LINK
New York: Editorial - If an Election Is Close ... LINK
New York: Action Needed Regarding Selection of Ballot Marking Devices! LINK
New York: Otsego County - Otsego GOP to vote on paper LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County Bites Brunner Bullet, Shells Out $1.5 to Lease Optical Scanners for March Primary LINK
Ohio: Montgomery County - Absentee voting glitch found on county Web site The problem affects those who applied online
for a Democratic ballot. LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org