Article: 'Daily Voting News' For January 15, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org I'm not going to hold my breath but it seems that maybe some common sense is now being used in Colorado. While SoS Coffman has everything mucked-up with machines decertified based on testing results and his offers to recertify them without any testing if a county appeals his decision. Now the Senate Majority Leader has stepped forward. Senator Ken Gordon, who lost in a bid for SoS against Coffman, is the co-chair of a task force looking at the election issues. He says that involved legislators and clerks have nearly come to an agreement that the voters will vote on paper ballots with either precinct or central-count optical scan or vote-by-mail. Vote-by-mail will be done much like it is in Washington state with centralized vote centers for voters with disabilities and anyone who wants to vote on an e-voting machine. A single system will be used throughout the state....

NAtional: Bernard Weiner: U.S. Elections Still in SNAFU Mode LINK

CA: Editorial - The fictional crime of voter fraud LINK

CA: Merced County - LTTE - Voting machine challenge taken LINK

CO: State caucuses slated Feb. 5 Voting methods still uncertain for other elections coming up LINK

CO: Dem chair calls on Coffman to resign LINK

CO: Lawmaker sounds death knell for electronic voting LINK

CO: 2 more file voting-machine-ban appeals LINK

CO: Editorial - Clerks know Colorado voting best LINK

CO: Editorial - Counties appeal on vote machines LINK

CO: Boulder County - Mayo foils voting machines Boulder County Clerk begins to dig through ballots used to test voting equipment LINK

CO: Boulder County clerk seeks new verdict on decertified voting machine software LINK

CO: Mesa County clerk appeals Coffman action LINK

FL: Broward County - Some early voters in Hollywood get wrong ballots LINK

FL: Palm Beach County - Early voting steady on opening day; 20,000-30,000 expected to cast ballots in county in 2-week span LINK

KS: Editorial - Where is evidence for voter fraud? LINK

MI: Michigan voting officials confident of e-voting systems Expecting no problems with New Hampshire-style optical-scan units LINK

MS: [Senatorial] Election date overturned LINK

MT: Study prompts concern over voting machines LINK

NH: Recount cost could climb to $125,000 New hand tally would start tomorrow LINK

NH: Candidates say they can pay for recounts LINK

NH: 'Send Lawyers, Peace and Money': New Hampshire Election Contests Get Technical, Testy Before They Even Begin LINK

NJ: Group wants emergency ballots at polls LINK

NY: Suffolk County - FBI looking into Huntington election LINK

OH: Brunner Fires EVEREST Guru, Turns Down Help from Election Experts, Emboldens GOP Opposition LINK

OH: Ohio GOP To Meet In Secret Over Election Machines ProgressOhio Calls For GOP To Open Up Elections Meetings LINK

OH: GOP to privately meet on Democrat's voting proposal LINK

OH: Secretary of State solicits input on paper ballots LINK

OH: Brunner defends touch-screen ban Hearing on decision to scrap voting machines statewide set for next week LINK

OH: Ballot proposal turns partisan Democrats wary of private GOP meeting LINK

OH: Fulton, Union counties say move to optical-scan voting by fall not doable LINK

OH: Lucas County - New voting machines mandated for Ohio State wants 57 counties to scrap touch-screens LINK

OH: Ross County - Ross elections officials worried about changes LINK

SC: Chester County NAACP asks feds to monitor elections LINK

VoterID: Opinion - Photo ID for voting is just common sense LINK

VoterID: Opinion - Voter ID Laws Could Bar Minorities and Young People LINK

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