'Daily Voting News' For January 05, 2008

 

Ohio counties have begun to fight back against SOS Brunner’s dictate that all DRE counties must provide a paper ballot for anyone who wants one. Counties are wringing their hands over how much longer it will take them to count the ballots. A threat heard often from California counties. Of course they dismiss the fact that an accurate count of ballots that people can be confident in is much more important than having final results within a couple hours of the polls closing. Let the media wait for the results but count the votes accurately. County officials have also begun to show some concern about the added cost of having ballots printed. This is a valid concern but would the counties really rather have voters standing in long lines in order to vote on a machine that flips their vote from one candidate to another or let those who want to vote on a paper ballot? They need to spend the extra money and do the right thing.

 

NAtional: Can You Count On These Machines?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/magazine/06Vote-t.html?ref=magazine

 

NAtional: Editorial - Remember hanging chads? Problems are still with us

http://www.caller.com/news/2008/jan/05/remember-hanging-chads-problems-are-still-with/

 

CO: Voting top priority for Legislature

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/04/010508_11a_voting_sidebar.html

 

CO: Mesa County - Commish: Mail vote not smart

‘Slick campaigns’ lure ‘unsophisticated’ voters

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/04/010507_1a_Voters.html

 

CO: Weld County - Clerk skeptical of mail-in general election ballot

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080104/NEWS/714243092/0/FRONTPAGE

 

NJ: New Jersey's Post-Election Audit Bill: Fact & Friction

http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-jerseys-post-election-audit-bill.html

 

NY: N.Y. sets timetable on ballot machines

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/NEWS05/801050354/1026/NEWS10

 

NY: NY Sets Voting-Machine Upgrade Schedule

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hM24D2P_dBmIDGu_u_mPKthDHpGQD8TVD5S83

 

NY: N.Y's plan: Scan votes

http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_005040147.html

 

OH: Paper-ballot rule may delay count

55 counties to get extra work

http://www.ohio.com/news/13225547.html

 

OH: Ohio Can't Fix Defective Digital Voting Machines; Will Use Paper Ballots

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009618464

 

OH: New rule says counties with touch screen voting must also have printed ballots available

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19171142&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6

 

OH: Ballots will cost county thousands of dollars

http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/01/05/ballots-will-cost-county-thousands-of-dollars

 

OH: Ohio campus measures legacy of '04 record-length voting lines

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/NEWS01/801050311/1002

 

OH: Ohio Might Test New Polling Concept at Primary

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/519969/ohio_might_test_new_polling_concept.html

 

OH: Ashtabula County to stick with its vote system — for now

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_005003819.html

 

OH: Portage County - Portage required to provide paper ballots Officials scramble to meet deadline

http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/3093591

 

PA: Centre County - Local vote machine issue makes the Times

http://blogs.centredaily.com/the_thin_man/2008/01/countys-vote-ma.html

 

TN: Report cites flaw in state's voting

Only 2 counties keep paper trail to verify ballots

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/NEWS0201/801050360/1009/NEWS

 

VA: Editorial - Editorial: Expect voter ID to be an issue, alas

The state's Republican lawmakers are ready again to take on the elusive voter fraud problem, but what of the evident issues damaging Virginia?

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/145934

 

WA: King County - Postponement of all-mail election urged

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004108647_elections05m.html

 

Guam: Final ballot count unavailable

http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/NEWS01/80106004/1002

 

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