'Daily Voting News' For February 01, 2008
Next Tuesday is “Tsunami Tuesday” in which 22 states will participate and of those 15 states will hold primaries. The primary states are: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, IL, MA, MO, NJ, NY, OK, TN, and UT. Whether these states will have successful elections or total meltdowns should be based, in large part, on their past history in elections using the same voting systems. Using only data such as whether a state requires a vvpat or post election audits tells only a small part of the story. Have the states experienced large numbers of machine failures, ballot programming errors, tabulating errors, long lines, and/or disenfranchised voters for instance? For instance, looking at VotersUnite’s “Election Problem Log – 2004 to Date” (http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp) there have been no reported problems from Oklahoma. The risk of any major meltdown in Oklahoma is small when compared to Georgia with 13 machine malfunction reports or California with 24 machine malfunction reports. States that have a real risk of meltdown based on past record are Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Tennessee and Utah. Those will be the states that get our extra attention.
NAtional: Elderly Voters – Some Improvements in Voting Accessibility from 2000 to 2004 Elections, but Gaps in Policy and Implementation Remain
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08442t.pdf
NAtional: Report: Voting Machines In Some States Could Malfunction On Super Tuesday
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009906426
NAtional: Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be Counted?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_david_sw_080131_your_vote_will_be_th.htm
NAtional: Super Tuesday states face hurdles
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/NEWS07/802010340/1009/NEWS07
NAtional: A Far-Fetched Fix for E-Voting Woes: Open Source
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/A-Far-Fetched-Fix-for-E-Voting-Woes-Open-Source-61474.html
NAtional: Percentage-Based versus Statistical-Power-Based Vote Tabulation Audits
http://verifiedvoting.org/downloads/TAS_paper.pdf
CA: California registrars predict a long vote count
Use of Paper Ballots Means Slow Voting Results
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_8137237
CA: Los Angeles County - L.A. County sees no big delay in local vote
http://www.dailybulletin.com/politics/ci_8134554
CA: Napa County - Switch from e-voting may slow results for weeks
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/02/01/news/local/doc47a2c7177b876276071812.txt
CA: San Diego County - San Diego's Registrar Urges Absentee Voters to Get Ballots in Soon
http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10801
CA: San Diego County - Registrar: Expect slow vote-counting
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/01/elections2008/alerts/doc47a1109d90b04714647360.txt
CA: San Francisco County - SF Registrar Expects Smooth Sailing Next Week
http://www.kcbs.com/SF-Registrar-Expects-Smooth-Sailing-Next-Week/1575593
CO: The politics of paper
Rift between clerks, Coffman continues over next election's voting methods
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=8&ArticleID=18288
CO: Boulder County votes up in the air
Clerk waiting on decertification details
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb/01/boulder-county-votes-up-in-the-air/
CO: Boulder County - County clerk shares vote uncertainties
http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=6264
CO: Broomfield - Election uncertainty not weighing on Broomfield
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb/01/election-uncertainty-not-weighing-on-broomfield/
FL: Palm Beach County - Urgent to Tallahassee: SOE: Save Our Election
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/02/01/s18a_leadedit_elections_0201.html
HI: State picks voting machines
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/NEWS05/802010361/1009/NEWS05
MA: Watertown Town Council asks Secretary of State to investigate election
http://www.wickedlocal.com/watertown/news/x142941457
NH: Republican NH Primary Candidate Demands Secretary of State Allow All Ballots to be Counted in Ongoing Election Contest
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5636
NJ: N.J. judge gives voters a do-over
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1201844155300760.xml&coll=1
NY: Voting-machine firm takes state to court over its disqualification
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/NEWS01/802010357/1002/NEWS01
NY: Advocates Say City Doesn't Have Enough Disabled Voting Machines
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=3&aid=78031
NY: Chemung County - New Voting Machines Selected
http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f4f9243a-226f-4d3c-8822-ec99d988decf
NY: Monroe County - Exit poll on new voting machines: A mixed reaction
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/NEWS01/802010362/1002/NEWS
OH: We NEED Our HAVA Money Back
http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/OEJC/C3pQ
OH: Brunner Should Cancel Mandate
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/505229.html
OH: Cuyahoga County will lease voting equipment for $1.5 million
Cuyahoga won't be reimbursed, Jones says
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1201858502166590.xml&coll=2
OH: Cuyahoga County - Vote Approves $1.4 M to be Spent on New Voting System
http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5642802&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
PA: Fayette County - Paper voting ballots possibility in Fayette
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19253315&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6
PA: Fayette County - Fayette commissioners consider new voting machines
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_550329.html
PA: Wayne County - County Chooses Paper Ballot Alternative
http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1151558551
TN: Editorial - State should try to achieve paper trail for November
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/OPINION01/802010427/1008
TN: Opinion - Bills would put vote in people's hands
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/OPINION01/802010424/1008
TN: Opinion - Rush to new system could create a crisis
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/OPINION01/802010429/1008
TN: Other states are going to paper ballots this year; why can't we?
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/OPINION01/802010426/1008
TN: Film's showing to inspire interest in electoral process
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/COMMUNITY/802010332
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