Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Election officials in Colorado and Ohio seem to have a different opinion every day. Now Colorado SOS Coffman wants legislation that will say that federal certification is good enough. He doesn't want the state to do any certification testing of voting systems. Of course, that does nothing for any voting system presently used in the state but it may make a difference sometime next year when there are actually federally certified voting systems. Meanwhile Ohio SOS Brunner has reportedly announced that DREs used in counties other than Cuyahoga are alright and don't have to go away in favor of central-count optical scan. Do either of these people understand what they are doing? It seems not....
NAtional: Holt Takes Another Stab at Election Reform
Simplified Legislation Offers Money to Jurisdictions Who Wish to Move to Paper Ballots, Optional Audits... LINK
NAtional: The Best and Worst of 2007: Voting Rights and Elections -- by Tova Andrea Wang LINK
NAtional: Courts reflect partisan split on voter ID laws LINK
CA: Election Irregularities Exposed: "UNCOUNTED" West Coast Premiere in Sacramento LINK
CA: Napa County shutting down 41 little-used polling places LINK
CO: Paper trail in sight for November voting LINK
CO: Elections chief shifts stance again LINK
CO: Editorial - Look to county clerks to solve state vote problems LINK
CO: Coffman: Feds should do majority of vote-machine testing LINK
CO: Moffat County - Secretary of state looks at recertification
Clerk and recorder: No word from secretary LINK
CO: Montrose County - County will conduct '08 election on paper ballots LINK
CO: Ouray County - County backs clerks' plan on election snafu LINK
FL: State's new voter ID law on hold LINK
NY: Complaints from Essex Co. on state voting issues LINK
OH: Good luck resolving problems with voting machines LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Reaction and possible legal action to Cuyahoga County's March election plan LINK
OH: Lorain County voting machines can stay LINK
PA: Opinion - Voting machines prompt questions LINK
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