'Daily Voting News' For November 4, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org The good folks in Luzerne Co. Pennsylvania are starting to wake-up and realize they may be spending a bit more of their tax money than they expected. Their contract with ES&S does not cover maintenance fees for next year. The tax payers will be expected to pony-up over $250,000 just for next year. Previously, the tax payers paid NOTHING for their lever machine maintenance. ...

NAtional: Voting System Testing and the Enclosure of Transparency LINK

NAtional: As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights LINK

NAtional: What do the Experts Say About Electronic Voting? LINK

NAtional: Early Voting: Getting the Jump on Election Day LINK

AK: Voters favor paper ballots Touch Screens: Machines may be too unpredictable for voters. LINK

AR: Ashley County - County to Stress Use of Machines Rather than Paper Ballots LINK

CA: Absentee voting, electronic systems on rise Registrars brace for computer glitches, counting of mail-ins LINK

CA: Riverside County - E-voting safer -- but safe enough? LINK

CA: San Bernardino County - Web site shows voting machine vulnerability Electronic election device has button that allows for multiple ballot castings LINK

CA: San Diego County - Debate Rages Over Electronic Voting Machine Hacking LINK

CA: San Joaquin County - Registrar of voters discusses possible strike, other election issues LINK

CO: Pueblo County - Officials say voting machines tamper-proof LINK

DE: Election officials: electronic voting safe, secure LINK

FL: I-Team: Florida Could Face Another Election Fiasco New Voting Machines Caused Problems In Sept. Primary LINK

FL: Editorial - Fixing the vote. Elections equipment faces hard test LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Careful with that voting LINK

FL: Volusia County - Plan in place to address vote machine time glitch LINK

IL: Polling changes aim to provide quicker results. LINK

KY: Opinion - Brave new ballot box LINK

MA: Newton - Election boss pick raises ethical questions LINK

MD: Officials Fear Counting Md. Ballots Could Take Days LINK

NM: McKinley County - Voters find problems at the polls LINK

NJ: Mercer County - Oversight of elections sought Mercer vote official wants feds to step in LINK

NY: Disabled voters' options are few LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County elections staff probe inaccurate scan test LINK

OH: Trumbull County elections board notifies voters of machine glitch LINK

PA: Pa. election will be first with all electronic machines LINK

PA: Chester County - Officials confident that vote-counting process will move efficiently LINK

PA: Lancaster County - VOTE of confidence Touch-screens ready for big turnout Tuesday LINK

PA: Luzerne County - E-voting machines will cost $250,000 in maintenance LINK

TN: Shelby County - Voting cards missing; no alarm Republican fears are groundless, says Election Commission LINK

TN: Shelby County - Missing Smartcards LINK

TX: Supreme Court denies Texas Democrats in voting case LINK

TX: Paper or electronic? Some voters get a choice LINK

TX: El Paso County - El Paso's Electronic Voting Machines Have Problems LINK

TX: Williamson County - Electronic voting machines causing problems in Williamson County LINK

UT: Spanish speakers to get help at polls LINK

VA: Newport News - Two NN election lawsuits dismissed LINK

WA: King County elections office: Are its problems solved? LINK

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