Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The headlines from Florida say it all today. The Miami Herald said, "Lawmakers ditch touch-screen machines" while the Sun-Sentinel said, "Bill to replace touch-screen voting with optical scanner sent to Gov. Crist". In a press release, the Florida Voters Coalition said in part, "In a historic vote, the Florida House today unanimously passed CS/HB 537, already passed in the Senate that provides almost all voters paper ballots in time for the 2008 Presidential election, and bans paperless DREs outright by 2012. The bill now goes to the Governor where he's sure to sign it since it's his initiative". Also, the EAC gave the state permission to use their HAVA funds to make the switch-over. And still in Florida, a House committee has now asked the GAO to investigate the District 13 debacle and report back to them....
NAtional: "Help America Vote...on Paper - a citizen call for election integrity" LINK
AR: Carroll County - Judge rules against Baker in election challenge LINK
CA: Riverside County - Voting system maker fields Riverside County's security questions LINK
CA: Riverside County - Voting vendor renews pitch LINK
FL: Millions Of Dollars Found For New Voting Equipment LINK
FL: Florida gets money to for e-voting hardware swap
Feds okay use of money for optical scan e-voting hardware LINK
FL: Fla. lawmakers move up state's primary LINK
FL: Bill to replace touch-screen voting with optical scanner sent to Gov. Crist LINK
FL: Lawmakers ditch touch-screen machines LINK
FL: Crist gets voting bill LINK
FL: Florida to abandon paperless touch screen voting LINK
FL: Governor Crist Applauds Legislature for Boldly Reforming Florida's Elections LINK
FL: ACLU Applauds Florida Legislature for Scrapping Flawed Voting Machines LINK
FL: Florida to dump touch-screen e-voting systems
Legislature passes bill to swap in optical-scan hardware LINK
FL: Florida Moves To Paper Ballots! LINK
FL: FL-13 task force will turn over investigation to GAO LINK
FL: FL-13 - Feds now probing Sarasota County vote LINK
FL: FL-13 - From CQ Today: Task Force to Probe Alleged Voting Machine Glitch in Disputed Florida Race LINK
FL: FL-13 - House panel sets GAO probe of Sarasota vote LINK
FL: FL-13 - Sarasota race to be examined LINK
FL: FL-13 - Election Inquiry Begins
U.S. House panel studies irregularities in District 13 that caused dispute. LINK
FL: FL-13 - House panel starts an election inquiry LINK
FL: Manatee County - Manatee activists divide along party lines in wake of D-13 probe LINK
LA: Lawmaker suggests mail-in voting system for La. elections LINK
NJ: Passaic County - Recount of tied board race begins LINK
NY: Rensselaer County - Voting machine draws scrutiny LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Changes at troubled Ohio elections board to get first test LINK
TX: Houston - County Uncovers Voter Fraud Plot LINK
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