'Daily Voting News' For February 05, 2008 - Morning Edition

 

There is a lot of voting news today so this will be the morning edition of today’s news. There have been voting machine problems reported around the country. All of the reported problems, so far, have been on DRE machines. None of the reported problems would have been solved by the inclusion of a vvpat printer or an audit. In fact, of the reports we have seen so far, the inclusion of vvpat printers on DREs has actually caused problems with paper jams.

 

NAtional: States Prepare for Tests of Voting-System Changes

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05voting.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=login

 

NAtional: Perspective: The Democratic Party's dangerous experiment

http://www.news.com/The-Democratic-Partys-dangerous-experiment/2010-1028_3-6229091.html?tag=nefd.lede

 

NAtional: 'Crash tested' e-voting machines spread doubt on Super Tuesday

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/super_tuesday_evoting_doubts/

 

NAtional: AUDIO: How Do You Know If Your Vote is Counted Accurately or Even at All?

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5650

 

NAtional: Super Tuesday: An e-voting report from the trenches

A closer look at three states' e-voting readiness

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9060961&pageNumber=1

 

NAtional: Why America Needs Coalition – Clean Elections and Freedom

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/51382

 

AR: Tuesday will test success of Arkansas' earlier party primaries

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2008/02/05/ap-state-ar/d8uk84c82.txt

 

CA: Counting votes it ain't fast food, folks!

http://www.calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html

 

CA: 20 Calif. Counties Scrap Electronic Vote Machines

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18672642

 

CA: Columnist - Thomas Elias: Voting machines back on track

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/machines_59898___article.html/election_voting.html

 

CA: Columnist - Peter Schrag: A one-of-a-kind Rube Goldberg election machine

http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/687192.html

 

CA: After a reboot, does my vote count?

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9864972-35.html

 

CA: State Officials Predict Slow Vote Count

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/15222388/detail.html

 

CA: Los Angeles County - California's Butterfly Ballot?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/04/californias-butterfly-ba_n_84969.html

 

CA: Riverside county back to using paper ballots

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/NEWS03/80205005/1263/

 

CA: Riverside County - County using all-paper ballots

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20080205-0359-election.html

 

CA: San Diego County - Out of touch: Voting machines sit idle

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/05/news/top_stories/17_55_082_3_08.txt

 

CA: San Diego County - Registrar staff expects to work through night

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080205-9999-1n5vote.html

 

CA: San Joaquin County - Paper ballots filling in for touchscreens

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/A_NEWS/802050330

 

CA: San Mateo County - Dozens to help oversee voting

Local Democrats volunteer to ensure smooth counting

http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_8172879

 

CO: Editorial - Lessons in other states' elections

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_8166324

 

GA: Extra eyes on the polls for presidential contests

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/04/pollwatch0205.html

 

GA: Georgia voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/239407.html

 

GA: Glitches Reported at Metro Atlanta Polls

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=110698

 

GA: State workers fan out when problems arise at polls

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/05/pollpolice_0206.html

 

GA: Habersham County - State still investigating Habersham

Several reported violations in July election means polls may be monitored

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/3197/

 

GA: Hall County - Glitch slows things to start with at Wilson II polling place

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=206554

 

IA: Culver, Mauro disagree on paying for voting machine upgrades

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/02/05/ap-state-ia/d8ujvprg1.txt

 

IL: Early voters took their chances

Those who chose candidates who ped out knew it could happen

http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/776716,CST-NWS-brown05.article

 

IL: ELECTION '08: State officials alert to voter fraud

http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=352864

 

IL: Chicago and Cook County - Some voters face minor problems, delays, election officials report

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-illinois-primary-voting_webfeb06,0,7841800.story

 

IN: Requiring IDs, Revoking IDs

http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/indiana_requiring_ids_revoking_ids/

 

MO: St Louis - Some technical issues reported at polls in St. Louis

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/BREAKING01/80205006

 

NJ: Hudson County - N.J. governor vote delayed because of poll problems

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20080205_ap_njgovernorvotedelayedbecauseofpollproblems.html

 

NJ: Hudson County - Machine problems at Corzine's voting station

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=5936011

 

NJ: Hudson County - Technical Difficulties Delay The Vote In Hoboken

Several Voting Machines Malfunction

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/voting.super.tuesday.2.646027.html

 

NJ: Hudson County - Some Voting Machines Malfunction On Super Tuesday

Technical Difficulties Delay The Vote

http://wjz.com/xcampaign08/voting.super.tuesday.2.646035.html

 

NJ: Hudson County - Hoboken voting machine now working

http://www.nj.com/hudsoncountynow/index.ssf/2008/02/hoboken_voting_machine_now_wor.html

 

NJ: Hudson County - Computer Glitch Delays Corzine’s Vote

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/computer-glitch-delays-corzines-vote/

 

NY: Lawsuits could jeopardize NY's compliance with federal voting law

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7822383&nav=menu183_2

 

NY: Ruling rocks N.Y. voting debate

State Supreme Court gives touch-screen company's bid new life.

http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/NEWS01/802050327/-1/ARCHIVESdate=20070313

 

NY: Chemung County - Chemung Leg. Approves New Voting Machines

http://www.weny.com/News-Local.asp?ARTICLE3864=7369761

 

NY: Debate in Essex Co. over voting machines for the disabled

http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=10272

 

NY: Otsego County - New voting machines ordered

http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_036040042.html

 

NY: Saratoga County - Saratoga stuck with obsolete voting machines?

Upgrades in parts of county don't meet the newer requirements of federal law

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=661159&category=REGION&newsdate=2/5/2008

 

NY: Ulster County - Hearing focus is voting machine law

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19262582&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74958&rfi=6

 

OH: Large number of people want paper ballots; shortage feared

http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/UPDATES01/80205003

 

OH: Cuyahoga County elections board fires one ballot printer

Replacement scanner ballots ordered after six tests fail

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1202203843245850.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Cuyahoga's plan to vote on paper goes before federal court judge

http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=7824682

 

OH: Franklin County - Paper ballots await voters

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/05/papervote.ART_ART_02-05-08_A6_4298T5M.html?sid=101

 

OH: Union County officials contest state's decision on paper ballots

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/05/voting_wrap.html?sid=101

 

PA: Editorial - It’s time to fix voting

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/02/05/editorial/editorial/daily662.txt

 

WV: Kanawha County - Audit finds flaws in table games election, but determines no laws were broken

http://www.dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/200802050255

 

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