Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

A very busy day today. There are still articles about the EVEREST report completed in the state of Ohio. Based on that report, recommendations were made to Cuyahoga County to change their voting system and vendor from DREs by Premier to central-count optical scan by ES&S. It appears that the county is going to do the correct thing and not make any rash decisions. They should probably make some changes but not a wholesale change of vendors and certainly not when that vendor is ES&S. A final decision will be made later this week.

This afternoon the state of Colorado announced that they were decertifying all voting machines and peripherals from ES&S as well as the Sequoia Edge II and Edge II Plus and optical scan systems provided by Hart Intercivic. Voting systems from Premier, optical scan and peripherals from Sequoia and DREs and peripherals from Hart were conditionally certified.

Also two amicus briefs were filed today in the NY v. DOJ case....

• NAtional: Stateside: Prelude to the 2008 Elections, Part 1
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00210.htm
• CO: E-voting machines tossed for '08
  http://www.rockymountain...ting-machines-tossed-08/
• CO: More than half of state's voting machines unsafe or inaccurate
  http://www.9news.com/new...ticle.aspx?storyid=82946
• CO: Voting Machines For Major Counties Decertified
  Machines Have Problems With Security, Accuracy, Secretary Of State Says
  http://www.thedenverchan...ews/14875334/detail.html
• CO: Voting machines banned over accuracy concerns
  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7744376
• CO: BREAKING: Colorado's Republican Sec. of State Decertifies E-Voting Machines After Failed Testing
  
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5451
• FL: Sumter County - Sumter elections office updating voting procedures
  http://www.thevillagesda...07/12/17/news/news03.txt
• IA: Latest report on Iowa Caucus protections
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00220.htm
• IN: Columnist - Mark Bennett: Voting-booth vacancy? Who cares?
  http://www.tribstar.com/...cal_story_348212753.html
• NM: Dona Ana County - ID restrictions may deter some voters, delay others, officials fear
  http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_7740088
• NY: Hand-Counting Paper Ballots Proposed In NY District Court
  http://www.opednews.com/...hand_counting_paper_.htm
• NY: I am Voter Hear Me Roar: Meet the New York Amici
  http://www.opednews.com/...i_am_voter_hear_me_r.htm
• NY: Amicus Filed in Federal - NY State Lawsuit Over Voting Machines
  http://www.opednews.com/...amicus_brief_filed_o.htm
• NY: Cuomo Fighting Voting Machine Law
  http://www.fox23news.com...5-4d0f-b91c-517abbb63118
• NY: NYVV files Amicus Brief in DOJ vs. NYS Lawsuit
  http://www.opednews.com/...nyvv_files_amicus_br.htm
• OH: Brunner's recommendations long on money, short on transparency
  http://www.opednews.com/...brunner_s_recommenda.htm
• OH: Wanna Change Votes in Ohio? Use a PDA and a Magnet
  http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4008511
• OH: Opinion - Vulnerable machines
  http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=76745
• OH: 2008: The year of hack the vote?
  http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=753
• OH: Editorial - Don't rush to judgment
  Voting-systems report should be subjected to careful review
  http://www.columbusdispa..._G4_JR8PFC6.html?sid=101
• OH: Ohio Finds All E-Voting Machines In The State Had Serious Flaws
  from the no-surprise-there dept
  http://www.techdirt.com/...es/20071216/154915.shtml
• OH: 'Critical' flaws in voting systems worry Ohio
  http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/646
• OH: Surprise: Ohio's e-voting machines riddled with critical security flaws
  http://www.theregister.c...o_voting_machines_study/
• OH: OH Sec. of State: ditch e-voting machines.
  http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=1502
• OH: Ohio e-voting system security bashed in new state report
  Problems threaten the integrity of future elections, officials say
  http://www.computerworld...326&intsrc=hm_topic
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Board struggles with voting technology
  http://www.coshoctontrib...71217/UPDATES01/71217025
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Brunner's plan gets cool reception in Cuyahoga County
  http://www.columbusdispa...2007/12/17/cuyahoga.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio County Mulls Over Voting Systems
  Cuyahoga Board Struggles With Voting Technology Decision
  http://money.cnn.com/new...7a2fe6586a17ef6dca6c.htm
• TN: Panel recommends changes for electronic voting in Tennessee
  http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9004291

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