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

Two reports from Belmont County Ohio and both in the same news paper report how an Election Commission member said the machines were a complete success while the other article talks about how elections workers were saying they would never work in another election again. Diebold has announced in Pennsylvania only that they have ''potential security vulnerability''. It is probably not only an issue in PA but no one else has been notified yet. North Carolina seems to have been able to hold a relatively problem free election based on their first state-wide use of optical scan voting and even though their vendor is ES&S....

AR: Hempstead County – Train Wreck - Back to the future. Software delay puts early vote on paper LINK

AR: Pulaski County – Train Wreck - County uncertain if machines to be ready for early voting (ES&S) LINK

AR: Pulaski County – Train Wreck - County Calls Emergency Meeting Regarding Elections (ES&S) LINK

IN: Various Counties – Train Wreck - Computer glitch slows count in prosecutor’s race (MicroVote) LINK

IN: Clark, Harrison, Jackson and Washington Counties – Train Wreck - State to probe computer problems. 4 counties had serious glitches LINK

IN: Clark County – Train Wreck - Officials to discuss election night snafu (ES&S) LINK

IN: Dekalb County – Train Wreck - Machine systems delay vote tally LINK

IN: Grant County – Train Wreck - Overload triggers election glitch LINK

IN: Lake County – Train Wreck - Final vote tally to lag until mid-May LINK

IN: Madison County – Train Wreck - Vote count tried our patience (ES&S) LINK

IN: Parke County – Train Wreck - Election woes continue in Parke County (Voting Technologies International) LINK

IN: Randolph County (Also Cass, Boone and Parke) – Train Wreck - At least officially, Randolph election results on hold (Voting Technologies International) LINK

IN: Randolph County – Train Wreck - Republican incumbents (apparently) ousted. With final vote tallies for the county unavailable until today, however, some close races could still flip. (Voting Technologies International) LINK

MI: Barry County – Train Wreck - DIEBOLD DISASTER: Optical Scan Machines Fail in Michigan, Officials Forced to Hand-Count Ballots LINK

MI: Barry County – Train Wreck - Malfunction delays Hasting results LINK

NC: Granville County – Train Wreck - Glitches add to election problems (ES&S) LINK

OH: Belmont County – Train Wreck - Vote-Counting Process Mired LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County – Train Wreck - Ohio's largest county still counting votes LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County – Train Wreck - People, machines account for glitches in Cuyahoga voting (Diebold) LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County – Train Wreck - Countdown to chaos LINK

OH: Hamilton County – Train Wreck - Voting total takes 6½ hours. Human problem holds up Hamilton Co. count LINK

OH: Mahoning Valley Counties – Train Wreck - Problems slowed the process of getting voting results (ES&S and possibly other vendors) LINK

PA: Schuylkill and Carbon Counties – Train Wreck - Voting machine warning issued (Diebold) LINK

PA: Schuylkill and Carbon Counties – Train Wreck - Diebold Disasters Continue: Pennsylvania Issues 'Security Vulnerability' Alert for Diebold Electronic Voting Systems! LINK

WV: Berkeley County – Train Wreck - Crunch time arrives for voting machines (ES&S) LINK

NAtional - Diebold Not to Blame for Diebold Disasters Says Diebold LINK

AR: White County - County not affected by election glitches, says clerk LINK

CA: Media Release - California First in Nation to Implement Electronic Voting Reform; 40,000 Paperless e-Voting Machines Replaced or Upgraded for June Primary LINK

CA: Contra Costa County - Poll workers needed for primary LINK

CA: Solano County - Solano unlocks voting independence (AutoMark to be used w/ Diebold) LINK

IL: Peoria - Former election official pleads guilty to felony (Populex) LINK

IN: Hamilton County - Election glitches part of learning process (MicroVote) LINK

IN: Montgomery County – Editorial - Delays in counting votes LINK

MI: Voters with disabilities will be able to use new machines LINK

MO: Boone County - Voting devices crowd county. Commissioners consider adding space. LINK

NC: Voting machine rollout lauded LINK

NC: Few voting glitches pop up LINK

OH: Diebold and Ohio: Nothing ever changes LINK

OH: Ohio lawmaker demands vote accountability LINK

OH: Athens County - Voting machine verdicts range from 'really simple' to 'bunch of crap' LINK

OH: Belmont County - Belmont County Tops In Turnout LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County – Opinion - A touch off the mark. Cuyahoga elections officials have a lot of work to do preparing well-qualified poll workers for November LINK

OH: Franklin County - Phone woes stalled vote tally. Electronic machines handled major test reasonably well, elections official says LINK

OH: Stark County - Elections: New system can’t touch old punch cards for speed LINK

VA: Columnist - With new machines, votes weren't so private LINK

WV: Kanawha County - Voting Machines Pass the Test LINK

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