'Daily Voting News' For January 18, 2008

 

Direct Recording Electronic voting is on the wane. New Mexico has already gone from DREs to paper. Florida is in the process of making the change and will be there by Nov. Ohio may make the move from DREs to paper ballots before Nov. Colorado clerks in all but three counties want to go to vote-by-mail for all elections and their SoS has now flip-flopped over to their side. Maryland has now budgeted $6.8M to make the move. Yet officials in Northampton Co, Pennsylvania have decided to buy DREs from Sequoia and they won’t even have a vvpat printer. Even the vendors are beginning to admit that while they have made hundreds of millions of dollars selling flawed technology their time is coming to an end. Soon the DRE purveyor will go the way of the snake-oil salesman. But officials like those in Northampton need to look beyond their county border and realize there is a world out there and they can learn from more than just a “slick-willie” salesman who is selling them junk.&&& Tax payers in four California counties need to question their counties decision to file a wasteful lawsuit against the Secretary of State. How much San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Kern money was wasted in this attempt to not follow the rules? Kern stupidly announced they were joining the suit on Wed. and heard the tentative ruling against them on Thurs. That’s great planning.

 

NAtional: Paper jam may curb Latino vote

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/74472.php

 

NAtional: The Legacy of Hanging Chads

As the Florida recount implodes, the high court decides Bush v. Gore

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2008/01/17/the-legacy-of-hanging-chads.html

 

NAtional: Can America Run a Fairer Election?

Why it's so hard to make sure that voting day goes as it should

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2007/11/01/can-america-run-a-fairer-election.html

 

NAtional: Rep. pushes bill offering cash for paper ballots

http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/337321.html

 

NAtional: New Jersey Congressman Rush Holts Grand Notion…

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_james_st_080117_new_jersey_congressm.htm

 

CA: Growth in absentee voters threatens to delay California tally

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8000601

 

CA: Tentative decision in San Diego case favors Secretary of State

http://calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html

 

CA: State's tallying may be delayed

http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_8008293

 

CA: San Diego County - Judge Rules Against San Diego's Recount Dispute

http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10699

 

CA: San Diego County - Hand count of ballots for primary may grow

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080118-0642-1bo18handcount.html

 

CA: Solano County - Absentee voters told not to err

http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_8008261

 

CA: Tulare County - One size does not fit all ballots

Absentee votes can be folded to send back to the county

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/NEWS/801180337

 

CO: County clerks want all-mail ballot after machine, database problems

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080117/NEWS/215990441

 

CO: Coffman bows to clerks on mail vote

Secretary of state attempts to mend election fences

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/18/coffman-bows-to-clerks-on-mail-vote/

 

CO: All-mail ballot wins ally

Secretary of State Coffman says he may support it, but not all clerks on board

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_8003346

 

CO: Voting system fix may need a 'time out'

Lawmakers should approve all-mail-in election this year

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/OPINION01/801180371

 

CO: Secretary of state closer to voting machine retest

http://www.gazette.com/articles/voting_32112___article.html/machines_coffman.html

 

CO: Voting machine measure clears House committee

http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1200646971/6

 

FL: Touch-screen voting popular with many but on the way out

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-equipment1808jan18,0,1055249.story

 

IL: Elections officials defend safety of technology, watchdogs say it invites fraud

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=74867

 

MA: New voting machines help sight-challenged voters

http://www.wickedlocal.com/orleans/news/x1295938680

 

MD: Funding set for vote with 'paper trail'

Md. budget has $6.8 million for new optical-scan system

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.voting18jan18,0,4975106.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout

 

MD: Board gets grant to study 2008 election

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.election18jan18,0,5641950.story

 

NH: 'No Problems' in NH Hand Count Says Local Media (Who Apparently Didn't Bother to Check First with Anybody but the SoS)

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5572

 

NH: New Hampshire law spells out how AccuVote technology must be used

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/NEWS08/756085301/-1/news

 

NH: Election officials shrug off criticisms of voting machines

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/NEWS08/421841469/-1/news

 

NJ: Bill prods states to paperless voting machines

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08018/850251-176.stm

 

NJ: Opinion - Electronic voting machines should have backup system

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/OPINION/801180331/1046

 

NY: Opinion - Judicial action gets New York moving on voting machines

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/OPINION04/801180347/1041/OPINION

 

OH: Brunner backs off centralized vote-counting demand

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=78219&r=0

 

OH: Ohio leaders, minus speaker, huddle to prepare for election

Husted cites scheduling conflict in missing presidential vote meeting on counting ballots

http://www.ohio.com/news/13887562.html

 

OH: Brunner backs off proposals for voting

Touch-screens still out; other changes can wait

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/01/18/brunner_backs_off.ART_ART_01-18-08_A1_AG93F1T.html?sid=101

 

OH: Brunner backs off centralized vote-counting demand

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/13899392.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio ACLU Sues SOS Brunner on Claims Voting System Changes Unlawful and Will Result in More Uncounted Ballots

http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/531

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - ACLU files suit to block paper ballots

New paper ballots called unconstitutional

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1200648648154251.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Northampton County - County picks new electronic voting machines

Sequoia voting machines resemble lever machine ballots.

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1200632747185131.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Northampton County - County: It's Sequoia by a landslide

With lone holdout, council picks new voting machine vendor.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1-3vote.6232153jan18,0,5272650.story

 

SC: Absentee vote gaining popularity

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/318700.html

 

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