Late yesterday a report was released (http://www.floridafairelections.org/CenterReports.htm )by the Florida Fair Elections Center regarding the Nov. 2006 election in which voting machines did not register over 18,000 votes in the congressional district 13 race. The report, “Sarasota's Vanished Votes - An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida January 2008”, is a well researched and presented report that chronicles the problems that very probably led to the wrong person serving the voters of Florida Congressional District 13. The report is damning to the vendor, ES&S, and to local and state election officials. ES&S’s statement about the report is that the writers of the report are “biased”. Of course the report had just been released and they had no way to have read a word. &&& This morning when I began working on this space I wrote something about New York and how the State Election Board could (would) not make a decision on what voting technology would be used for accessibility. A decision that allowed DREs would have nearly guaranteed that some counties in the state would be using DREs in the future. Apparently Board Member Doug Kellner was able to convince the other two members that New York State Law must be followed and that none of the DREs would meet the legal requirements. So, today the board met again and unanimously voted to allow only optical-scan or ballot-marking-devices for accessibility. No DREs were approved. This is a huge win for the voters in New York.

 

NAtional: Robert Koehler - Conspiracy theorist

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/2980

 

NAtional: Lou Dobbs Video: SC Set to Use Bad Voting Machines Again Saturday, CO Finally Getting a Clue...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5601

 

CO: Press Release - Gov. Ritter, Bipartisan Lawmakers Announce New Legislative Plan to Conduct 2008 Elections http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1200536079256&pagename=GovRitter%2FGOVRLayout

 

CO: Press Release - Colorado County Clerks More Than Alarmed With Governor Ritter's Recommendation for Paper Ballots at Precinct for 2008 Elections

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-24-2008/0004742387&EDATE=

 

CO: All-Mail Vote in Colorado Isn’t Needed, Governor Says

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/us/politics/24ballot.html?ref=us

 

CO: Probably polling places, paper

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2008/01/23/news/c_u_and_boulder/news1.txt

 

CO: Ritter plan promotes paper ballots as 'tried-and-true'

Proposal intended to restore trust in voting system

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/ritter-proposes-paper-ballots-at-polling-sites/

 

CO: Ritter wants ballots on paper statewide

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/23/012408_1B_Paper_ballots.html

 

CO: Governor backs paper ballots

County clerks seek mail-in election

http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080124_8.htm

 

CO: Will Colorado be Florida '08?

http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denver/rockytalklive/archives/2008/01/will_colorado_be_florida_08.html

 

CO: Governor Ritter wants paper election

Boulder's Madden among lawmakers backing request by governor

http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/jan/24/ritter-wants-paper-election/

 

CO: Editorial - A plan at last

Governor galvanizes consensus on paper ballots

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/a-plan-at-last/

 

CO: Paper ballots win over Ritter

Plan upsets clerks' call for all-mail vote

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8059495

 

CO: Ritter favors paper ballots for elections in November

http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1201162835/2

 

CO: Denver - Paper ballots for Denver

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/23/paper-ballots-denver/

 

CO: Denver election officials face imposing challenges

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/denver-election-officials-face-imposing/

 

CO: Denver opts for the paper route

http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_8059549

 

CO: Larimer County Clerk disagrees with voting plan

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS01/801240372/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02

 

CO: Logan County clerk still has questions after Ritter’s decision on ballots

http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2008/01/24/news/local_news/local3.txt

 

CO: Mesa County - Colorado closer to using paper ballots

http://kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7765417

 

CO: Weld County - Weld clerk calls governor's paper ballot proposal 'step back'

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080124/NEWS/229293939

 

CT: Lawmakers to hold hearings on performance of new voting machines

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ctvotingmachines0124jan24,0,7545997.story

 

FL: State Primary Votes Won't Have Paper Trail

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jan/24/me-state-primary-votes-wont-have-paper-trail/

 

FL: Florida Switching To Paper Ballots After February Voting

http://www.wftv.com/news/15122371/detail.html

 

FL: Flawed Software Will Count 1/3 of Votes in Florida’s January 29th Primary

http://www.floridafairelections.org/PressReleases/PR2008-01-23_FFEC.pdf

 

FL: Florida prepares to unplug touchscreen voting machines

http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/391788.html

 

FL: Sarasota's Vanished Votes

An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida January 2008

http://www.floridafairelections.org/CenterReports.htm

 

IA: Voting plan comes at a high price

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS10/801240391/-1/SPORTS01

 

IA - 70 counties need to voting machines under new law

http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?a=325023&z=16

 

IL: Some Illinois counties see major delays with primary ballots

http://www.bnd.com/326/story/237206.html

 

IL: Kane County - Election judges needed voter turnout likely to be big

[Quote of the Day – “They don't need computer experience because the voting machines are not computers”]

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=119534&src=109

 

NH: Paul backers paid for GOP recount

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS08/143908662/-1/news08

 

NH: New Hampshire Sec. of State Appears to Lie to Media About Kucinich Hand Count

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5602

 

NJ: Editorial – A boost for ……..

http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/120115261782680.xml&coll=5

 

NY: Breakdown at the Board

Protecting vendors, not voters

http://nyvv.org/blog/2008/01/breakdown-at-board.html

 

NY: Time running out for NY to choose voting machines

http://capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/109221/time-running-out-for-ny-to-choose-voting-machines/Default.aspx

 

NY: GOP, Democrats deadlock on voting-machine ion

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080123/NEWS/80123039

 

NY: Gridlock delays state voting machine ion

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stvote245549542jan24,0,276009.story

 

NY: NY board chooses new voting machines for handicapped

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-nyvotingmachines0124jan24,0,3081537.story

 

NY: NY Board Chooses New Voting Machines

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hM24D2P_dBmIDGu_u_mPKthDHpGQD8UCDU204

 

NY: Officials to new voting machines for physically challenged voters

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/01/24/news/latest/doc4798dd271811e950493254.txt

 

NY: A Victory for Election Integrity in New York

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2728&Itemid=113

 

NY: State picks optical-scan machines

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS03/80124002

 

OH: Press Release - Many Ohio Elections Officials' Views Inconsistent with Voters' Concerns

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/News/Read.aspx?ID=242

 

OH: History Made on a.m. 1360: Jennifer Brunner

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_marta_st_080123_history_made_on_a_m_.htm

 

OH: Ohio counties resist voting proposal

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS24/801240402

 

OH: Hardin County - Brunner wins fight with Hardin County elections officials

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/120116735230070.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Hardin County - County previously opposed to voting change now in compliance

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=78519&r=0

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Voting system choice up in air

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19227115&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

PA: Wayne County - County Still Deciding On Voting Machines

http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1925670987

 

SC: Columnist - The Next Florida

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080123_the_next_florida/

 

SC: Paper ballots standing by

State says it’s ready for any problems at polls Saturday

http://www.thestate.com/choosing/story/294859.html

 

SC: Civil rights group says it will increase SC voting scrutiny

http://www.thestate.com/scpolitics-wire/story/295742.html

 

SC: Horry County - Paper ballots not recorded by precinct

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/325463.html

 

SC: Horry County - Election Commission Says Voting Problems Corrected for Democratic Primary

http://www.wspa.com/midatlantic/spa/news.apx.-content-articles-SPA-2008-01-24-0021.html

 

SC: Horry County voting machines ready for second round

http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-BTW-2008-01-24-0009.html

 

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