Daily Voting News For February 05, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
There is a lot of voting news today so this will be the morning edition of today's news. There have been voting machine
problems reported around the country. All of the reported problems, so far, have been on DRE machines. None of the
reported problems would have been solved by the inclusion of a vvpat printer or an audit. In fact, of the reports we
have seen so far, the inclusion of vvpat printers on DREs has actually caused problems with paper jams. ...
NAtional: States Prepare for Tests of Voting-System Changes LINK
National: Perspective: The Democratic Party's dangerous experiment LINK
National: 'Crash tested' e-voting machines spread doubt on Super Tuesday LINK
National: AUDIO: How Do You Know If Your Vote is Counted Accurately or Even at All? LINK
National: Super Tuesday: An e-voting report from the trenches A closer look at three states' e-voting readiness LINK
National: Why America Needs Coalition - Clean Elections and Freedom LINK
Arkansas: Tuesday will test success of Arkansas' earlier party primaries LINK
California: Counting votes -- it ain't fast food, folks! LINK
California: 20 Calif. Counties Scrap Electronic Vote Machines LINK
California: Columnist - Thomas Elias: Voting machines back on track LINK
California: Columnist - Peter Schrag: A one-of-a-kind Rube Goldberg election machine LINK
California: After a reboot, does my vote count? LINK
California: State Officials Predict Slow Vote Count LINK
California: Los Angeles County - California's Butterfly Ballot? LINK
California: Riverside county back to using paper ballots LINK
California: Riverside County - County using all-paper ballots LINK
California: San Diego County - Out of touch: Voting machines sit idle LINK
California: San Diego County - Registrar staff expects to work through night LINK
California: San Joaquin County - Paper ballots filling in for touchscreens LINK
California: San Mateo County - Dozens to help oversee voting Local Democrats volunteer to ensure smooth counting LINK
Colorado: Editorial - Lessons in other states' elections LINK
Georgia: Extra eyes on the polls for presidential contests LINK
Georgia: Georgia voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday LINK
Georgia: Glitches Reported at Metro Atlanta Polls LINK
Georgia: State workers fan out when problems arise at polls LINK
Georgia: Habersham County - State still investigating Habersham Several reported violations in July election means polls
may be monitored LINK
Georgia: Hall County - Glitch slows things to start with at Wilson II polling place LINK
Iowa: Culver, Mauro disagree on paying for voting machine upgrades LINK
Illinois: Early voters took their chances Those who chose candidates who dropped out knew it could happen LINK
Illinois: ELECTION '08: State officials alert to voter fraud LINK
Illinois: Chicago and Cook County - Some voters face minor problems, delays, election officials report LINK
Indiana: Requiring IDs, Revoking IDs LINK
Missouri: St Louis - Some technical issues reported at polls in St. Louis LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - N.J. governor vote delayed because of poll problems LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - Machine problems at Corzine's voting station LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - Technical Difficulties Delay The Vote In Hoboken Several Voting Machines Malfunction LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - Some Voting Machines Malfunction On Super Tuesday Technical Difficulties Delay The Vote LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - Hoboken voting machine now working LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - Computer Glitch Delays Corzine's Vote LINK
New York: Lawsuits could jeopardize NY's compliance with federal voting law LINK
New York: Ruling rocks N.Y. voting debate State Supreme Court gives touch-screen company's bid new life. LINK
New York: Chemung County - Chemung Leg. Approves New Voting Machines LINK
New York: Debate in Essex Co. over voting machines for the disabled LINK
New York: Otsego County - New voting machines ordered LINK
New York: Saratoga County - Saratoga stuck with obsolete voting machines? Upgrades in parts of county don't meet the
newer requirements of federal law LINK
New York: Ulster County - Hearing focus is voting machine law LINK
Ohio: Large number of people want paper ballots; shortage feared LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County elections board fires one ballot printer Replacement scanner ballots ordered after six tests fail LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga's plan to vote on paper goes before federal court judge LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Paper ballots await voters LINK
Ohio: Union County officials contest state's decision on paper ballots LINK
Pennsylvania: Editorial - It's time to fix voting LINK
West Virginia: Kanawha County - Audit finds flaws in table games election, but determines no laws were broken 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