'Daily Voting News' For December 22, 2007

 

Colorado Secretary of State Coffman continues to step as far away from state law as he possibly can. Rather than protect the voters it seems that Coffman wants to do everything possible to cut corners and ignore the facts in order for counties to use the machines he just decertified. Now Coffman is allowing Mesa Co to do their own certification testing to see if they can figure out a way to make their ES&S iVotronics work. “Even if Omaha, Neb.-based ES&S couldn’t get the systems to work for the certification, county officials likely can, Coffman said.” He wants to allow the counties to do their own testing and then go to the legislature and have them approve what has been done by the counties. Does anyone smell another law suit?

 

NAtional: Who gets to vote matters

http://www.athensmessenger.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=274&ArticleID=7376&TM=63301.84

 

CO: Rocky article on Coffman controversy omitted that GOP consultant also was Coffman campaign contributor

http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200712220001

 

CO: County clerks urge all-mail election

Plea caps week of controversy about machines

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/22/clerks-plead-all-mail-vote/

 

CO: Editorial - Narrow line for Coffman

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_7781705

 

CO: Mesa County allowed to test vote machines

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/12/21/122207_1a_Voting_machines.html

 

FL: Volusia County - Clerks won't take voting machines home

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlEAST08APOL122207.htm

 

MS: Appeals court freezes judge's voter ID mandate

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071222/NEWS/712220367

 

OH: Cuyahoga County elections chief ready for difficult change

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=80235

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - State elections chief votes to abolish Cuyahoga County's touch-screen system

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/12/state_elections_chief_votes_to.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio County to Switch Voting Machines

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h6y0nVXefzLWXOImRcDXQxW8LPxQD8TM66700

 

OH: Van Wert County - County commissioners working on financial cuts

http://www.timesbulletin.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=145078&TM=492.435

 

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