ABC News [see below] reports this quote: "This is the wave of the future, that states are looking to scrap their electronic touch screens and move to some other system that has a paper trail," said Michael McDonald of the Brookings Institute. "It's not always good to get ahead of ourselves," he said. "The best way of doing elections is just the old-fashioned way, by paper." To which I say: “This wave is the result of the unprecedented work of thousands of Election Integrity activists around the country. Aided by the Internet and new means of communication the Election Integrity community has grown and its voice is being heard. The fight is not over but we have them on the run. // U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) announced that the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, February 7 on "The Hazards of Electronic Voting – Focus on the Machinery of Democracy." The hearing will focus on concerns related to the security and auditability of voting systems used in federal elections, with an emphasis on reported problems in the 2006 federal elections.

 

NAtional: Senate Rules Committee to Hold Hearing on Electronic Voting Problems of 2006 Election

Hearing Chaired by Senator Feinstein is first step in the Committee's efforts to address the hazards of electronic voting

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_50573.shtml

 

NAtional: Obama-Schumer and the Advance of Voter-Centered Reform

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2236&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Editorial - The Right Reform

Lawmakers are correct to push for voting changes, but they need to move carefully.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR2007020201535.html

 

AZ: Pima County - Pima Dems sue for access to '06 early vote counts

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/40636.php

 

FL: Florida Governor Crist Endorses 'Paper Trail' Voting Machines

http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2845672

 

FL: Opinion - Toward a better ballot

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070203/OPINION/702030597/1030

 

FL: FL-13 - Voting debate cuts in on talk

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16612549.htm

 

KS: Fate of House seat rests with five ballots

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/16612132.htm

 

OH: Ohio is keeping its touch screens

Brunner plans review to improve voting

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1170497002253971.xml&coll=2

 

VA: Assembly panel looking to nix touch-screen voting method

http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=118735&ran=233697

 

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