'Daily Voting News' For February 22, 2008

 

Colorado Secretary of State Coffman seems to be jumping from one boiling pot to another. No matter what decision he makes now he stands to make someone mad. The counties want their voting systems recertified as soon as possible while voting activists are pointing to the fact that he has broken the law more than once in his attempts to appease the counties.

 

NAtional: Following the Paper Trail

http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/following-paper-trail_489836_1.html

 

CA: San Mateo County - Aiming to go all-mail for special congressional election

http://insideelections.shapethefuture.org/2008/02/21/aiming-to-go-all-mail-for-special-congressional-election/

 

CO: County officials dispute state test results on voting equipment

http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=7908347

 

CO: Activists, county clerks vie over voting-machine recertification

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8330622

 

CO: Flap over electronic voting heats up

Coffman accused of violating law in machines' review

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/22/key-voting-machine-hearing-today/

 

CO: Coffman’s voting tests disputed

Officials say decertification of machines wasn’t necessary

http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=6725

 

CO: Mesa County will stay with voting machine vendor for now

http://kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7908157

 

CO: Mesa County - Contract on vote machines rescinded

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/02/21/022208_1b_Vote_machine.html

 

CT: State to audit Greenwich primary results

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-audit7feb22,0,1417683.story

 

FL: Sarasota County – Editorial - It could be time to reinvent the elections office

http://www.pelicanpress.org/main.asp?SectionID=132&SubSectionID=244&ArticleID=4753

 

IL: Transparency and the DuPage County Election Commission

http://cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/transparency-and-the-dupage-county-election-commission803/

 

MS: Lafayette County - Lafayette keeps voting machine printers after outcry

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=266766&pub=1&div=News

 

MS: Wilkinson County - Judge: New election needed

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2008/feb/22/judge-new-election-needed/

 

NC: Voting turnout could create problem

http://news14.com/content/headlines/593180/voting-turnout-could-create-problem/Default.aspx

 

NJ: Backup vote printouts delayed in New Jersey

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20080222_Backup_vote_printouts_delayed_in_New_Jersey.html

 

NJ: Voting machines on verge of delay, likely out for November

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080222/NEWS01/802220370/1006

 

NJ: Voting Machine Discrepancies Leave Questionable Results

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/27137/

 

NJ: E-Vote: Voter Verified Paper Record System for Electronic Voting Machines Delayed in New Jersey

http://www.govtech.com/gt/265782?topic=117674

 

NY: New York City - Bloomberg Backs Off Feb. 5 Fraud Allegation, Slams BoE

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/02/bloomberg-backs-off-feb-5-frau.html

 

NY: Ulster County - Ulster buys new voting machines

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19320186&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74958&rfi=6

 

OH: Voting Changes May Snarl Tallies in Big Ohio County

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120364389402984793.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

OH: Ohio voting system at risk

http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2008/02/22/Campus/Ohio-Voting.System.At.Risk-3228984.shtml

 

OH: Cuyahoga County elections director outlines changes for primary

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/02/cuyahoga_county_elections_dire.html

 

OH: Mahoning County - Judge denies ballot order for Aey

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/feb/22/judge-denies-ballot-order-for-aey/

 

TN: Opinion - Voting machines need trail of paper

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080222/OPINION01/802220314

 

TX: Waller County - Young Texans March for Voting Rights

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080222/cm_thenation/45288815

 

WI: Voter registration fraud an administrative error

http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2072

 

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