'Daily Voting News' For February 02, 2008

 

Liberty Election Systems (NEDAP) has already been to court in New York and should have a decision early next week as to whether their argument to be put on the short list of voting systems that can be purchased by the state’s counties. Their DRE machine has already been banned in their corporate home in The Netherlands and may soon be banned in parts of Germany. Yesterday Premier Election Systems (Diebold) went to court and have obtained a show-cause order directing members of the state Board of Elections to appear for a hearing in state Supreme Court, on Tuesday, to learn why the Premier version of AutoMark was not on the same short list of approved voting systems.

 

The following message is for the few election officials who are in counties in Colorado and California and a couple other states and who will not be able to use their DRE voting machines. You know who you are. We’ve mentioned this before but the statements are still flowing so it is worth mentioning again; Stop Whining. Stop whining about not being able to use your DRE voting machines while being required to allow your voters to vote on a paper ballot. Yes, you may have to spend a little more time counting your ballots. However, counties all over the country vote on paper ballots and have a majority of those ballots counted at some point on election night. Of course, you’ve now told the media that you won’t be done counting for a week or two so you now have to do all you can to drag out the process so you can be right and you can then thumb your nose at your Secretary of State. Suck it up and do your job and stop acting like a spoiled brat.

 

NAtional: The Democratic Party's Dangerous Experiment

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2736&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Super Tuesday Results Could Take a While

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hn1l0ek0pJGJQ9eR2HZLMsOxlJMQD8UHQDMO0

 

NAtional: Is the ease and convenience of electronic voting worth the risk in potential screw-ups?

http://www.helium.com/debates/sbs/106326-convenience-electronic-voting-worth

 

CA: Riverside County - County: Paper Balloting Expected to be 'Very Smooth'

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7811481&nav=menu191_2_1

 

CA: San Diego County - Limited Use Of Electronic Voting Machines To Slow Ballot Counting

http://www.10news.com/news/15202658/detail.html

 

CA: Shasta County - Late voting tally expected

Election official cites return to paper ballots for possible delay

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/feb/02/late-voting-tally-expected/

 

CA: Tehama County - Paper ballots in Tehama County likely to cause delays

Fewer machines expected at some sites due to decertification of Sequoia voting system

http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_8150617

 

FL: Ruling ejects public from tally of votes

Florida legal opinion is drawing protests

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080202/NEWS/802020405

 

FL: Leon County - Some precincts ran out of paper ballots Tuesday

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080202/CAPITOLNEWS/802020351/1010

 

GA: Voter ID Law Leaves Some Votes Uncounted

http://www.cbs46.com/news/15167250/detail.html

 

GA: Ga. sticks with electronic voting, despite concerns elsewhere

http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/020208/D8UIAC903.shtml

 

IL: Kane County - Warning issued after ballot error in Campton Hills

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=126560

 

MS: Hosemann wants Voter ID soon

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS01/801300303

 

NH: Recount reveals little change in GOP ballots

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080202/NEWS02/147447352/-1/news

 

NY: Voting machine maker takes Board of Elections to court

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-nyvotingmachines0201feb01,0,6428453.story

 

NY: Editorial - If an Election Is Close ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/opinion/02sat3.html?ref=opinion

 

NY: Action Needed Regarding Selection of Ballot Marking Devices!

http://capwiz.com/rochestercdr/issues/alert/?alertid=10908241&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]

 

NY: Otsego County - Otsego GOP to vote on paper

http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_033040056.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County Bites Brunner Bullet, Shells Out $1.5 to Lease Optical Scanners for March Primary

http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/678

 

OH: Montgomery County - Absentee voting glitch found on county Web site

The problem affects those who applied online for a Democratic ballot.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/02/01/ddn020208elex.html

 

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