The news today was overwhelmed by the announcement that Florida’s Governor has said he will recommend replacing all of the state’s Direct Recording Electronic voting machines with optical-scan machines. According to the Miami Herald [see below] Gov. Charlie Crist will recommend on Thursday that Florida's problem-plagued touchscreen voting machines should go the way of the butterfly ballot the trash heap and his proposed budget will recommend replacing them all with optical scan machines, which produce a paper trail, at a cost of up to $35 million.
AR: Benton County - Commission Seeks To Smooth Election Process
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/01/31/news/013107bzelectioncomm.txt
CA: Contra Costa County - Clerk vows to improve voter access
RICHMOND: Poorly placed polling booths, last-minute changes have hampered local electoral participation
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16586739.htm
CO: Denver - Voters toss out election panel
http://www.denverpost.com/sportscolumnists/ci_5122912
FL: Crist wants voting paper trail
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16584583.htm
FL: Congressman says Crist to seek money for optical voting machines
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/16583093.htm
FL: Crist expected to back voting switch
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2007/01/31/m1a_SCAN_0131.html
FL: Touch-screen voting machines on the way out?
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cvoting31jan31,0,5001761.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
FL: Q & A on optical scanning machines
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cvotingbox31jan31,0,4174023.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
FL: Crist-Wexler Proposal Could Help End Long Nightmare for Florida Voters
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23483
FL: Florida governor wants to dump touch-screen voting
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-01-31T172532Z_01_N31148174_RTRIDST_0_FLORIDA-BALLOTS.XML
FL: Fla. governor looks to replace touch-screen voting in 17 counties
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9009900&intsrc=news_ts_head
FL: Florida’s New Governor To Recommend Paper-Based Optical Scan Voting System For Entire State!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4100
NY: Secrets of Voting Machine Testing Exposed!
http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html
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