a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

It's been a busy day today. Lot's of news from Texas where they had their statewide primary yesterday and they had some problems; nothing too big though. Many Texas counties gave the voters a choice between voting electronic and voting on paper. It sure looks like a majority of the voters chose paper. And in Florida, Ion Sancho has decided to take action against Diebold in court so he is suing them for breach of contract. Meanwhile TrueVoteMD has released documents that purportedly prove that Diebold has violated state law and failed in elections....

NAtional: Professor tells lawmakers paper print-out of votes needed LINK

CA: San Benito County - Electronic Voting Comes to SBC LINK

CA: San Francisco County - Talks fail over voting machines. City lacks contract with Oakland firm for June primary (Sequoia) LINK

CA: San Francisco County - San Francisco Stays All Paper LINK

CA: Diebold's Revenge LINK

CO: Editorial - Vote machines on quick ship LINK

CO: Boulder County - Should Sunshine rule? LINK

CO: Chaffee County - Commissioners approve buying new vote machines LINK

FL: No conspiarcy needed to support paper trail LINK

FL: Alachua County - Mastrodicasa, Henry win seats (Problems reported with Diebold and modems) LINK

FL: Leon County ? Legal Proceedings Launched Against Diebold In Florida! LINK

FL: Leon County - Ion Sancho Fights Back LINK

FL: Leon County - Thank you, Ion Sancho, guardian of voting integrity LINK

FL: Leon County - Sancho having trouble buying machines LINK

GA: Opinion - Paper voting trail a good proposal LINK

IN: St Joseph County - Polling place decision due today LINK

MD: TrueVoteMD Releases Documents Detailing Diebold Failures, Violations of State Law LINK

MD: Opinion - Our say: Voting switch likelier to cause problems than avoid them LINK

NY: Vote machine fiasco ripped LINK

NY: Cayuga County - County looking for more space LINK

NY: Ulster County - The future of voting LINK

PA: Centre County - County picks machines for May vote. Optical scan or touch-screen systems approved to be leased (ES&S) LINK

PA: Northampton County - Northampton voters challenge machine purchase (AVS WINvote) LINK

PA: Westmoreland County - Officials prepare for primary (ES&S iVotronic) LINK

TX: Most voters give the system a thumbs up (It's apparent that where voters are given a choice between e-voting and paper they go to the paper) LINK

TX: Galveston County - New voting system, same problems (Hart eSlate and eScan) LINK

TX: Jefferson County - Voting woes mar debut of electronic ballots (ES&S iVotronic) LINK

TX: Jefferson County - Confusion mars new voting process LINK

TX: Potter and Randall Counties - Electronic voting goes smoothly - not tallying (Potter ? ES&S iVotronic Randall ? Hart eSlate) LINK

TX: Robertson County - Robertson County vote tallies delayed (ES&S AutoMark) LINK

TX: Tom Green County - Computer problems delay election returns (Hart eScan) LINK

TX: Tom Green County - Election official: Paper ballots will stay despite delays LINK

TX: Webb County - Cuellar defeats Rodriguez in congressional grudge match (Counting problems ? ES&S) LINK

TX: Webb and Bexar County - ?Glitches' get blame in Webb (ES&S) LINK

TX: Willacy County - Tracking the primary elections (The county claims the new touch screens are a huge hit but only 30% of the voters are choosing to use them) LINK

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John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org