First some business. I thought it was readily apparent that comments that I write and post in this lead ‘graf’ are comments and opinions on what has happened during the day or what may be happening in the future. What I write here is not news. Apparently a handful of readers failed to recognize that fact. Now on to my comments. What is going on in New Jersey? The legislature passed a law in 2005 that any voting system used in the state would have to provide a voter verified paper audit trail. The state elections people were given until January 2008 to make that happen. There were no printers developed for the state’s full-face DREs so they had to be built and tested. The state chose to take that avenue rather than go with a state-wide change to optical scan and the state waited until the last minute and now is asking for extensions from the legislature and the court. This is a parallel to HR-811 which will require an as yet undeveloped printer for DREs and probably four years to develop that printer. This is Holt’s home state. They didn’t change systems. Why should anyone believe that his legislation, that does not ban DREs, would cause any state to change systems to get rid of their DREs?

 

NAtional: Are Elections Very Important?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_pokey_an_070917_are_elections_very_i.htm

 

NAtional: IT industry group calls for technology-neutral voting audit trail

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45062-1.html

 

NAtional: Group says e-voting paper trail wouldn't improve security

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/18/Group-says-e-voting-paper-trail-would-not-improve-security_1.html

 

CA: California Secretary of State: Voting Machine 'Sleepovers' Violate State Law

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5081

 

CA: Riverside County set to sole-source purchase decertified Sequoia vote scanners

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_tom_cour_070917_riverside_county_set.htm

 

GA: Georgia Dems push paper ballot mandate, despite local opposition

http://www.examiner.com/a-941710~Georgia_Dems_push_paper_ballot_mandate__despite_local_opposition.html

 

IA: Election reforms could be costly

New regulations could require touch-screen machines to create paper trail

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=173506

 

KS: Voter Confidence Act could cost Kansas counties a bundle

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/story/178070.html

 

NJ: Judge: No printers for voting machines before primary

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/09/judge_no_printers_for_voting_m.html

 

NJ: Judge: Extend deadline for e-voting 'paper trail'

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-8/119009070045370.xml&coll=1

 

NJ: Editorial - Lagging on election integrity

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2007/09/lagging_on_election_integrity.html

 

NJ: Judge refuses to require new voting machines for N.J.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTk2Njc2JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==

 

NJ: Judge extends deadline to bolster voting machines in N.J.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njvotingmachinechal0918sep18,0,7738019.story

 

NY: Don't let the NY Board of Elections allow uncertified DREs in your polling place!

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/vevo/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12799

 

OH: Columbus Dispatch endorses untested hackable computer voting machines

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2007/1605

 

OH: Mark Naymik: Ohio primary won't change; neither will Cuyahoga voting machines

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1190106322178990.xml&coll=2

 

OH: GOP wants Brunner to count faster

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2007/09/gop_wants_brunner_to_count_fas.html

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Election snafu tab $100,000

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18827253&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

PA: Schuylkill [County] Election Bureau sees need for budget hike

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_1schuylkill.6047614sep18,0,1079733.story

 

WA: King County - Online plan to monitor ballots goes off track

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003889710_elections18m0.html

 

WI: Editorial: Congress: Leave Wisconsin elections be

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/OSH06/709180340/1190/OSHopinion

 

WI: No new polling place for Algoma voters despite long lines in '04

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/OSH0101/709180342/1987

 

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