'Daily Voting News' For February 09, 2008

 

Iowa appears to be on its way to a statewide paper ballot voting system. The Governor is backing down from his plan to outfit the state’s DREs with vvpat printers. Instead he now seems willing to support the plan of the Secretary of State who wants to get rid of the DREs and use optical-scan and paper ballots.

 

New York counties have made their choices for voting systems for voters with disabilities. Those choices were very important because they lead to the choice that the counties will make for next year for all voters. If a county chose a DRE (only one small county did) then chances are excellent that all voters in that county would end-up using those machines. Three counties and New York City chose AutoMark marketed by either Premier or ES&S and the rest chose a paper based system by Sequoia. These decisions are a tribute to the hard work by citizens in New York state.

 

NAtional: Stop The Presses

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_james_st_080208_stop_the_presses_21_21_21.htm

 

CA: San Diego County - County turnout projected at 53 percent

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/09/news/top_stories/20_71_532_8_08.txt

 

CA: San Mateo County - Election complaints build

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=87155

 

CO: Editorial - Clock is ticking on ballot issues

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_8209814

 

CO: Penry: Revolt over ballots at hand

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/02/08/020908_1B_vote_machines.html

 

CO: Garfield County plays election waiting game

http://www.postindependent.com/article/20080209/VALLEYNEWS/284559683

 

FL: CD-13 - Panel Votes to End Fla. Election Probe

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hmsMHBNK1Tq-YZqsW4FAocXAuDSQD8UMFES00

 

FL: CD-13 - Auditor's report inconclusive on Florida undervote mishap

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/08/Auditors-report-inconclusive-on-Florida-undervote-mishap_1.html

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough chooses new voting system

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/09/Hillsborough/Hillsborough_chooses_.shtml

 

FL: Sarasota County - The continuing saga of Sarasota’s lost votes

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1255

 

FL: Volusia County - Blind voter's poll experience raises red flags, spurs apology

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newEAST06POL020908.htm

 

IA: Culver willing to back plan to buy new voting machines

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/NEWS10/802090336/1011

 

IL: Kane County - Clerk's office cleared in election discrepancies

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/785301,2_1_AU09_VOTING_S1.article

 

MD: Scouring the Screens And the Scanners

Election Officials Check and Re-Check Equipment to Try to Head Off Trouble

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020803708.html

 

MS: Jackson County - Democrats want voting machines with printers

http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1202555707308850.xml

 

NM: N.M. Votes Still Being Tallied

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/08/nm_votes_still_being_tallied.html

 

NM: Editorial - It's not rocket science; it's a simple election

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/09/editorial-its-not-rocket-science-its-simple-electi/

 

NM: N.M. Democrats Get Apologies, No Winner

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuTr5I6fctixTRIou3hRY4wjaPyAD8UMPTC00

 

NM: Privatization of New Mexico Voting Rolls May Have Played Major Role in Super Tuesday's Democratic Caucus Mess

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5674

 

NY: Decision on N.Y. voting machines sent to counties

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/NEWS01/802080356

 

NY: Choice of Voting Machines in New York, County by County

http://www.reformny.blogspot.com/

 

NY: Albany County's voting future

Officials optical scan machines to begin replacement of obsolete lever-action machines

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=662362&category=REGION&newsdate=2/9/2008

 

NY: Clinton and Essex Counties to purchase similar voting machines

North Country makes deadline for choosing new voting machines

http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_039234553.html

 

NY: Niagara County - Elections: County commissioners choose new system for disabled voters

http://www.niagara-gazette.com/local/local_story_039203008.html

 

OH: Shadows On High: Election Machine Drama; All Damm-ed Up And Nowhere to Go!

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/brianrothenberg/C3c7

 

OH: Ohio Officials at Odds Over Paper Ballot

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/us/politics/10ohio.html?ref=politics

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Election-bill fix surprises officials

Cuyahoga County might not do midday ballot pickup

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/09/cuyahoga_pickup.ART_ART_02-09-08_B3_GO9ABPN.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

 

OH: Union County - Court hears county's case against paper-ballot plan

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/08/ebrown.html

 

PA: Allegheny County - Pittsburgh Evening News: Hackable Allegheny County Voting Systems Left Unguarded, Memory Cartridges Gone, Felons Working as Election Judges

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5671

 

PA: Northampton County - County sells 255 voting machines to scrap yard

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/120253354530520.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Northampton County - Injunction to stop voting machine certification denied

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/120253351930520.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Northampton County - Judge nixes stop on voting machine funds

Northampton County one of three seeking new equipment.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b4_3vote-2.6266214feb09,0,7450291.story

 

WA: Thousands of WA primary votes invalid because oath not signed

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_primary_invalid_ballots.html

 

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