Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Late yesterday a report was released 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 LINK
NAtional: Lou Dobbs Video: SC Set to Use Bad Voting Machines Again Saturday, CO Finally Getting a Clue... LINK
CO: Press Release - Gov. Ritter, Bipartisan Lawmakers Announce New Legislative Plan to Conduct 2008 Elections LINK
CO: Press Release - Colorado County Clerks More Than Alarmed With Governor Ritter's Recommendation for Paper Ballots at Precinct for 2008 Elections LINK
CO: All-Mail Vote in Colorado Isn't Needed, Governor Says LINK
CO: Probably polling places, paper LINK
CO: Ritter plan promotes paper ballots as 'tried-and-true'
Proposal intended to restore trust in voting system LINK
CO: Ritter wants ballots on paper statewide LINK
CO: Governor backs paper ballots
County clerks seek mail-in election LINK
CO: Will Colorado be Florida '08? LINK
CO: Governor Ritter wants paper election
Boulder's Madden among lawmakers backing request by governor LINK
CO: Editorial - A plan at last
Governor galvanizes consensus on paper ballots LINK
CO: Paper ballots win over Ritter
Plan upsets clerks' call for all-mail vote LINK
CO: Ritter favors paper ballots for elections in November LINK
CO: Denver - Paper ballots for Denver LINK
CO: Denver election officials face imposing challenges LINK
CO: Denver opts for the paper route LINK
CO: Larimer County Clerk disagrees with voting plan LINK
CO: Logan County clerk still has questions after Ritter's decision on ballots LINK
CO: Mesa County - Colorado closer to using paper ballots LINK
CO: Weld County - Weld clerk calls governor's paper ballot proposal 'step back' LINK
CT: Lawmakers to hold hearings on performance of new voting machines LINK
FL: State Primary Votes Won't Have Paper Trail LINK
FL: Florida Switching To Paper Ballots After February Voting LINK
FL: Flawed Software Will Count 1/3 of Votes in Florida's January 29th Primary LINK
FL: Florida prepares to unplug touchscreen voting machines LINK
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 LINK
IA: Voting plan comes at a high price LINK
IA - 70 counties need to update voting machines under new law LINK
IL: Some Illinois counties see major delays with primary ballots LINK
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"] LINK
NH: Paul backers paid for GOP recount LINK
NH: New Hampshire Sec. of State Appears to Lie to Media About Kucinich Hand Count LINK
NJ: Editorial - A boost for ........ LINK
NY: Breakdown at the Board
Protecting vendors, not voters LINK
NY: Time running out for NY to choose voting machines LINK
NY: GOP, Democrats deadlock on voting-machine selection LINK
NY: Gridlock delays state voting machine selection LINK
NY: NY board chooses new voting machines for handicapped LINK
NY: NY Board Chooses New Voting Machines LINK
NY: Officials to select new voting machines for physically challenged voters LINK
NY: A Victory for Election Integrity in New York LINK
NY: State picks optical-scan machines LINK
OH: Press Release - Many Ohio Elections Officials' Views Inconsistent with Voters' Concerns LINK
OH: History Made on a.m. 1360: Jennifer Brunner LINK
OH: Ohio counties resist voting proposal LINK
OH: Hardin County - Brunner wins fight with Hardin County elections officials LINK
OH: Hardin County - County previously opposed to voting change now in compliance LINK
PA: Lackawanna County - Voting system choice up in air LINK
PA: Wayne County - County Still Deciding On Voting Machines LINK
SC: Columnist - The Next Florida LINK
SC: Paper ballots standing by
State says it's ready for any problems at polls Saturday LINK
SC: Civil rights group says it will increase SC voting scrutiny LINK
SC: Horry County - Paper ballots not recorded by precinct LINK
SC: Horry County - Election Commission Says Voting Problems Corrected for Democratic Primary LINK
SC: Horry County voting machines ready for second round LINK
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