February 1, 2008
By JGideon
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Next Tuesday is "Tsunami Tuesday" in which 22 states will participate and of those 15 states will hold primaries. The primary states are: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, IL, MA, MO, NJ, NY, OK, TN, and UT. Whether these states will have successful elections or total meltdowns should be based, in large part, on their past history in elections using the same voting systems. Using only data such as whether a state requires a vvpat or post election audits tells only a small part of the story. Have the states experienced large numbers of machine failures, ballot programming errors, tabulating errors, long lines, and/or disenfranchised voters for instance? For instance, looking at VotersUnite's
"Election Problem Log – 2004 to Date" there have been no reported problems from Oklahoma. The risk of any major meltdown in Oklahoma is small when compared to Georgia with 13 machine malfunction reports or California with 24 machine malfunction reports. States that have a real risk of meltdown based on past record are Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Tennessee and Utah. Those will be the states that get our extra attention....
NAtional: Elderly Voters – Some Improvements in Voting Accessibility from 2000 to 2004 Elections, but Gaps in Policy and Implementation Remain LINK NAtional: Report: Voting Machines In Some States Could Malfunction On Super Tuesday LINK NAtional: Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be Counted? LINK NAtional: Super Tuesday states face hurdles LINK NAtional: A Far-Fetched Fix for E-Voting Woes: Open Source LINK NAtional: Percentage-Based versus Statistical-Power-Based Vote Tabulation Audits LINK CA: California registrars predict a long vote count Use of Paper Ballots Means Slow Voting Results LINK CA: Los Angeles County - L.A. County sees no big delay in local vote LINK CA: Napa County - Switch from e-voting may slow results for weeks LINK CA: San Diego County - San Diego's Registrar Urges Absentee Voters to Get Ballots in Soon LINK CA: San Diego County - Registrar: Expect slow vote-counting LINK CA: San Francisco County - SF Registrar Expects Smooth Sailing Next Week LINK CO: The politics of paper Rift between clerks, Coffman continues over next election's voting methods LINK CO: Boulder County votes up in the air Clerk waiting on decertification details LINK CO: Boulder County - County clerk shares vote uncertainties LINK CO: Broomfield - Election uncertainty not weighing on Broomfield LINK FL: Palm Beach County - Urgent to Tallahassee: SOE: Save Our Election LINK HI: State picks voting machines LINK MA: Watertown Town Council asks Secretary of State to investigate election LINK NH: Republican NH Primary Candidate Demands Secretary of State Allow All Ballots to be Counted in Ongoing Election Contest LINK NJ: N.J. judge gives voters a do-over LINK NY: Voting-machine firm takes state to court over its disqualification LINK NY: Advocates Say City Doesn't Have Enough Disabled Voting Machines LINK NY: Chemung County - New Voting Machines Selected LINK NY: Monroe County - Exit poll on new voting machines: A mixed reaction LINK OH: We NEED Our HAVA Money Back LINK OH: Brunner Should Cancel Mandate LINK OH: Cuyahoga County will lease voting equipment for $1.5 million Cuyahoga won't be reimbursed, Jones says LINK OH: Cuyahoga County - Vote Approves $1.4 M to be Spent on New Voting System LINK PA: Fayette County - Paper voting ballots possibility in Fayette LINK PA: Fayette County - Fayette commissioners consider new voting machines LINK PA: Wayne County - County Chooses Paper Ballot Alternative LINK TN: Editorial - State should try to achieve paper trail for November LINK TN: Opinion - Bills would put vote in people's hands LINK TN: Opinion - Rush to new system could create a crisis LINK TN: Other states are going to paper ballots this year; why can't we? LINK TN: Film's showing to inspire interest in electoral process LINK **"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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Authors Bio:John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org