Daily Voting News For February 01, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Next Tuesday is "Tsunami Tuesday" in which 22 states will participate and of those 15 states will hold primaries. The
primary states are: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, IL, MA, MO, NJ, NY, OK, TN, and UT. Whether these states will have
successful elections or total meltdowns should be based, in large part, on their past history in elections using the
same voting systems. Using only data such as whether a state requires a vvpat or post election audits tells only a small
part of the story. Have the states experienced large numbers of machine failures, ballot programming errors, tabulating
errors, long lines, and/or disenfranchised voters for instance? For instance, looking at VotersUnite's "Election Problem Log - 2004 to Date" there have been no reported problems from Oklahoma. The risk of any major meltdown in Oklahoma is small when compared
to Georgia with 13 machine malfunction reports or California with 24 machine malfunction reports. States that have a
real risk of meltdown based on past record are Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Tennessee and Utah.
Those will be the states that get our extra attention....
NAtional: Elderly Voters - Some Improvements in Voting Accessibility from 2000 to 2004 Elections, but Gaps in Policy and
Implementation Remain LINK
National: Report: Voting Machines In Some States Could Malfunction On Super Tuesday LINK
National: Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be Counted? LINK
National: Super Tuesday states face hurdles LINK
National: A Far-Fetched Fix for E-Voting Woes: Open Source LINK
National: Percentage-Based versus Statistical-Power-Based Vote Tabulation Audits LINK
California: California registrars predict a long vote count Use of Paper Ballots Means Slow Voting Results LINK
California: Los Angeles County - L.A. County sees no big delay in local vote LINK
California: Napa County - Switch from e-voting may slow results for weeks LINK
California: San Diego County - San Diego's Registrar Urges Absentee Voters to Get Ballots in Soon LINK
California: San Diego County - Registrar: Expect slow vote-counting LINK
California: San Francisco County - SF Registrar Expects Smooth Sailing Next Week LINK
Colorado: The politics of paper Rift between clerks, Coffman continues over next election's voting methods LINK
Colorado: Boulder County votes up in the air Clerk waiting on decertification details LINK
Colorado: Boulder County - County clerk shares vote uncertainties LINK
Colorado: Broomfield - Election uncertainty not weighing on Broomfield LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Urgent to Tallahassee: SOE: Save Our Election LINK
Hawaii: State picks voting machines LINK
Massachusetts: Watertown Town Council asks Secretary of State to investigate election LINK
New Hampshire: Republican NH Primary Candidate Demands Secretary of State Allow All Ballots to be Counted in Ongoing
Election Contest LINK
New Jersey: N.J. judge gives voters a do-over LINK
New York: Voting-machine firm takes state to court over its disqualification LINK
New York: Advocates Say City Doesn't Have Enough Disabled Voting Machines LINK
New York: Chemung County - New Voting Machines Selected LINK
New York: Monroe County - Exit poll on new voting machines: A mixed reaction LINK
Ohio: We NEED Our HAVA Money Back LINK
Ohio: Brunner Should Cancel Mandate LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County will lease voting equipment for $1.5 million Cuyahoga won't be reimbursed, Jones says LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Vote Approves $1.4 M to be Spent on New Voting System LINK
Pennsylvania: Fayette County - Paper voting ballots possibility in Fayette LINK
Pennsylvania: Fayette County - Fayette commissioners consider new voting machines LINK
Pennsylvania: Wayne County - County Chooses Paper Ballot Alternative LINK
Tennessee: Editorial - State should try to achieve paper trail for November LINK
Tennessee: Opinion - Bills would put vote in people's hands LINK
Tennessee: Opinion - Rush to new system could create a crisis LINK
Tennessee: Other states are going to paper ballots this year; why can't we? LINK
Tennessee: Film's showing to inspire interest in electoral process LINK
** "Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and
voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News"
may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop. **
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org