Daily Voting News For February 09, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Iowa appears to be on its way to a statewide paper ballot voting system. The Governor is backing down from his plan to
outfit the state’s DREs with vvpat printers. Instead he now seems willing to support the plan of the Secretary of State
who wants to get rid of the DREs and use optical-scan and paper ballots.
New York counties have made their choices for voting systems for voters with disabilities. Those choices were very
important because they lead to the choice that the counties will make for next year for all voters. If a county chose a
DRE (only one small county did) then chances are excellent that all voters in that county would end-up using those
machines. Three counties and New York City chose AutoMark marketed by either Premier or ES and the rest chose a paper based system by Sequoia. These decisions are a tribute to the hard work by citizens in New
York state....
National: Stop The Presses LINK
California: San Diego County - County turnout projected at 53 percent LINK
California: San Mateo County - Election complaints build LINK
Colorado: Editorial - Clock is ticking on ballot issues LINK
Colorado: Penry: Revolt over ballots at hand LINK
Colorado: Garfield County plays election waiting game LINK
Florida: CD-13 - Panel Votes to End Fla. Election Probe LINK
Florida: CD-13 - Auditor's report inconclusive on Florida undervote mishap LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough chooses new voting system LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - The continuing saga of Sarasota’s lost votes LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Blind voter's poll experience raises red flags, spurs apology LINK
Iowa: Culver willing to back plan to buy new voting machines LINK
Illinois: Kane County - Clerk's office cleared in election discrepancies LINK
Maryland: Scouring the Screens And the Scanners Election Officials Check and Re-Check Equipment to Try to Head Off
Trouble LINK
Mississippi: Jackson County - Democrats want voting machines with printers LINK
New Mexico: N.M. Votes Still Being Tallied LINK
New Mexico: Editorial - It's not rocket science; it's a simple election LINK
New Mexico: N.M. Democrats Get Apologies, No Winner LINK
New Mexico: Privatization of New Mexico Voting Rolls May Have Played Major Role in Super Tuesday's Democratic Caucus
Mess LINK
New York: Decision on N.Y. voting machines sent to counties LINK
New York: Choice of Voting Machines in New York, County by County LINK
New York: Albany County's voting future Officials select optical scan machines to begin replacement of obsolete
lever-action machines LINK
New York: Clinton and Essex Counties to purchase similar voting machines North Country makes deadline for choosing new
voting machines LINK
New York: Niagara County - Elections: County commissioners choose new system for disabled voters LINK
Ohio: Shadows On High: Election Machine Drama; All Damm-ed Up And Nowhere to Go! LINK
Ohio: Ohio Officials at Odds Over Paper Ballot LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Election-bill fix surprises officials Cuyahoga County might not do midday ballot pickup LINK
Ohio: Union County - Court hears county's case against paper-ballot plan LINK
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County - Pittsburgh Evening News: Hackable Allegheny County Voting Systems Left Unguarded,
Memory Cartridges Gone, Felons Working as Election Judges LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County - County sells 255 voting machines to scrap yard LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Injunction to stop voting machine certification denied LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Judge nixes stop on voting machine funds Northampton County one of three seeking new
equipment. LINK
Washington: Thousands of WA primary votes invalid because oath not signed LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org