While the voters in Florida have received good news from the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) which has told them they can spend HAVA funds for new optical-scan machines to replace their DRE machines, all is not golden. The interplay with the EAC has revealed that the state only reimbursed the counties with 20% of the funds they had coming when they bought new voting systems. Where did the rest of the money go and why are the counties still making payments for something that should have been paid for? Also, the state House of Representatives has taken the just passed Senate bill that would have given the voters optical-scan systems and they have begun a ‘slice and dice’ job on the bill. The House just needs to pass the Senate bill and fund the change and not play political games that will only harm the voters, again. Meanwhile a committee in the US House of Representatives has voted on party lines to investigate the FL-13 congressional election and what happened to 18,000 votes.

 

 

NAtional: Observations on HR 811

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2415&Itemid=26

 

CA: Riverside County - County eyes new absentee ballots

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/californian/8_22_165_1_07.txt

 

CO: Denver - Election Officials: Mail-In Ballot Election Running Much Smoother Than November Fiasco

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/13238138/detail.html

 

CO: Larimer County - County to have mail-in election

November ballot decision aims to save money for 2008 vote

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/NEWS01/705020319/1002

 

CT: Woodbury to Use New Voting Technology in May 8 Polling

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18283617&BRD=1380&PAG=461&dept_id=157533&rfi=6

 

FL: Florida permitted to use federal funds to replace voting machines

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/APN/705011828

 

FL: Federal funds pave way to voting paper trail

http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/93086.html

 

FL: Money For Paper Ballots OK'd

http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB51I3871F.html

 

FL: Editorial - Dumping touch screens an expensive non-solution

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2007/05/02/m14a_leadedit_elections_0502.html

 

FL: Editorial - Accuracy counts

Our position: State House should approve optical-scan voting machines.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed02107may02,0,6306286.story?coll=orl-opinion-headlines

 

FL: FL-13 task force to vote today on whether to investigate

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/fl-13-task-force-to-vote-today-on-whether-to-investigate-2007-05-01.html

 

FL: FL-13 - Task force studying D-13 meets in public today

http://www.bradenton.com/180/story/37986.html

 

FL: FL-13 - U.S. House task force votes to investigate the District 13 vote

http://www.bradenton.com/180/story/38130.html

 

FL: FL-13 - GOP, Dems class over District 13 investigation

http://www.bradenton.com/180/story/38234.html

 

FL: FL-13 - Congress launches probe into Florida congressional race

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-bk-election050207,0,5493683.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

 

IN: Wayne County - Richmond test aims to boost voter turnout

Opening vote centers a week before primary is 1 experiment among many across U.S.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/LOCAL19/705020450/1195/LOCAL18

 

OH: Licking County - Birth of a political machine?

http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/05/01/diebold.ART_ART_05-01-07_A1_2S6I6LJ.html

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Changing Voting Machines in Lackawanna County

http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=6461378&nav=menu158_2

 

UT: Utah County - County will have fewer polling places in February

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/220219/4/

 

VT: Opinion - My Turn: Instant runoff voting is needed

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/OPINION/705020326/1006

 

United Kingdom: Hacking the online ballot box

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2070609,00.html

 

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