'Daily Voting News' For February 03, 2008

 

Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro wants to change the state’s voting machines to a paper based system using optical-scan machines. Meanwhile Iowa’s Governor and ex-Secretary of State Chet Culver wants to just add a vvpat printer to the state’s DREs. Mauro has support from the state’s active election integrity community and members of the state legislature from both parties and county election officials from both parties. Culver wants the counties to sink or swim on their own while the state still has over $3M of HAVA money that they can use to partially pay for the change-over. Unfortunately, Culver is in a position to veto any plan that supports Mauro and the voters in Iowa.

 

NAtional: Opinion - A Clearer Picture on Voter ID

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/opinion/03carter.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

AR: Benton County - Officials Expect Smooth E-Voting

Training aims to avoid past troubles

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/02/02/news/020308azpolltech.txt

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Ex-county clerk lists system faults, job rigors

http://www2.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_8153626

 

CA: Riverside County - Paper ballots likely to mean late nights, slow results

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/03/news/californian/21_00_722_2_08.txt

 

CO: Signature verification machines for mail ballots

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_charles__080202_co_3a_signature_verifi.htm

 

FL: Volusia County - Using 2 types of voting machines slows count in Volusia County

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-vvote03x08feb03,0,7413863.story

 

GA: State ready for first real test of voter ID law, official says

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/03/voteready_0204.html

 

IA: Spending voting money on entertainers 'unallowable'

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080203/NEWS10/802030342/-1/SPORTS09

 

IA: Culver, Mauro disagree on how to voting systems

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080203/NEWS10/802030340/-1/SPORTS09

 

NY: The Fixer

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/nyregion/thecity/03elec.html?ref=thecity

 

NY: DREs Take It To Court

Court Asked to Reverse State Ruling Eliminating DREs Judge Expected to Rule on 2/4/8

http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html

 

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