'Daily Voting News' For February 19, 2009

 

Here we are again opening our elections system to a vendor and software that has not been tested by any test lab or certified to be used on any voting system. Aspen Colorado is going to hold a mock election using two different modes of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). In order to do this with the voting machines they will be using the city has hired “True Ballot” to write the software to count the ballots on the optical scan machines in use by the city. Yes this is a mock election. But who expects that once a decision on which IRV system will be used the new software will be removed from the machines and never used until it has been certified for use on those machines.

 

Featured - CO: Public weighs instant runoff in mock election

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/132610

 

CO: Colorado Western Slope Excluded from Election Reform Commission

http://www.examiner.com/x-1818-Denver-Election-Reform-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Colorado-Western-Slope-Excluded-from-Election-Reform-Commission

 

CO: Mesa County - Battle over all paper ballots brewing

http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9868769

 

FL: Three-vote margin spurs Palm Beach mayoral ballot recount Saturday

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/02/18/recount0219.html

 

FL: New voting machines coming to St Johns County

http://www.pontevedrarecorder.com/content/728_1.php

 

KS: Topeka legislator's voter ID bill stalls

http://cjonline.com/stories/021909/bre_voter.shtml

 

MN: Opinion - Is Team Coleman stalling?

http://www.minnpost.com/ericblackblog/2009/02/19/6808/is_team_coleman_stalling

 

MN: Senate recount trial: Franken legal win streak continues

http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2009/02/19/6812/senate_recount_trial_franken_legal_win_streak_continues

 

MN: Coleman lawyers blast judges

After two adverse rulings, Coleman team says panel has created a "legal quagmire."

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/39780762.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUMEaPc:E7_ec7PaP3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

 

MN: Coleman's quagmire

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/02/022875.php

 

NE: New bill would allow voter registration on Election Day

http://new.khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=16284&storytopic=4

 

NM: State seeks change after audit to cover federal funds, pay bills

http://www.currentargus.com/ci_11735642

 

SD: ACLU Sues South Dakota Secretary Of State Over Illegal Voter Disfranchisement

http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/exoffenders/38762prs20090218.html?s_src=RSS

 

TX: Editorial - Voter ID legislation innocuous at best, politically malevolent at worst

http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2009/02/19/02192009waceditorial1.html

 

WI: Walworth County - Recount tonight in Darien

http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/feb/19/recount-tonight-darien/

 

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