Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Liberty voting systems is not able to take NO! for an answer. Liberty is the company that sold hundreds of thousands of Euros' worth of voting machines to Ireland only so those machines could be found to be insecure and to have them stored since delivery in warehouses across the country; and the company whose voting machines have been banned in its home country of Holland. Last week the New York State Board of Elections chose not to allow the use of any DRE voting machines for persons with disabilities, thus leaving Liberty with nowhere to sell its machines. Yesterday Liberty decided to ignore the decision and turn to the courts, so it filed a temporary restraining order in an attempt to get the courts to change the decision made by the state. Last night the court found against the company and refused to issue an immediate restraining order. A further proceeding will now take place on Thursday. The utter gall of this company that sells voting machines that can’t be used in its home country and that are gathering dust in Ireland is amazing.

There will be a report, in this space, on the Florida primary tomorrow....

• NAtional: In Too Many Elections, Voters Remain 'Uncounted,' Miscounted or Denied the Right to Vote, As Filmmaker David Earnhardt Shows Us
  http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/093
• NAtional: Voting with (Little) Confidence
  Experts say that when it comes to voting machines, usability issues should be as much of a concern as security.
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20122/
• NAtional: Are states ready for the 2008 election?
  http://www.stateline.org...s/story?contentId=274862
• NAtional: BuzzFlash Interview with 'Uncounted' Filmmaker, David Earnhardt
  PLUS: Why Machine-Printed Ballots and So-Called 'Paper Trails' are ALWAYS a No-Go if You Wish to Have Verifiable Elections...
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5620
• NAtional: Q&A: "There Is Such a Thing as Technology Overkill"
  Interview with Dr. Avi Rubin, expert on e-voting
  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40988
• AZ: Pima County - Ballots online: Can do but may be forbidden
  http://www.azstarnet.com...elatedstories/222469.php
• CA: Instant Runoff Voting Delayed
  http://novometro.com/new...details.php?news_id=2554
• CA: Sonoma County - Problems with mail-in ballots
  http://www1.pressdemocra...WS/801290411/1033/NEWS01
• CA: Sutter County - It will be voters' choice
  http://www.appeal-democr...l/johnston_machines.html
• CO: Johnson urges letter to Ritter
  Lawmaker criticizes paper ballot proposal
  http://www.coloradoan.co...7/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02
• CT: Connecticut: Bysiewicz Prepared To Eliminate Manual Recoun
  http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=139
• FL: Editorial - Change primary system
  http://www.palmbeachpost...a_primary_edit_0129.html
• FL: Touch-screen mysteries
  http://www.sun-sentinel....9sbjan29,0,5418038.story
• FL: Some problems crop up in Florida vote
  http://rawstory.com/news...small_problems_0129.html
• FL: Election chiefs warned about voting 'glitch'
  http://www.pensacolanews...20080129/NEWS01/80129028
• FL: Voting glitches reported in Florida
  http://www.tampabays10.c...ticle.aspx?storyid=72754
• FL: Broward County - Federal monitors will watch over polling sites
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g_news/story/397212.html
• FL: Broward County – Florida Voting Problems
  http://firstread.msnbc.m...e/2008/01/29/617612.aspx
• FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough Hires PR Firm To Explain New Voting Machines
  http://www2.tbo.com/cont...o-explain-voting-device/
• FL: Martin County - Voting going smoothly as election day begins
  http://www.palmbeachpost.../01/29/0129mcvoting.html
• FL: Miami-Dade County - Glitches blemish S. Fla. voting
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g_dade/story/398429.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Notable glitches mar otherwise smooth voting in Palm Beach County
  http://www.palmbeachpost...01/29/0129pbcvoting.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Voting underway; with a disruption in Kings Pointe
  http://weblogs.sun-senti...rway_with_a_disrupt.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Rush Limbaugh has trouble voting
  http://www.palmbeachpost...gh_has_trouble_voti.html
• FL: Sarasota County - Problems with new voting machines reported in two precincts
  http://www.heraldtribune...080129/BREAKING/63466273
• FL: Sarasota County - Problems with voting machines; reaction mixed on tax amendment
  http://www.heraldtribune.../63466273/-1/newssitemap
• FL: Volusia County - Canvassing board orders another count of early ballots
  http://www.news-journalo...a/evlEAST02POL012908.htm
• FL: Volusia County - Voters Report Problems In Florida
  http://www.local6.com/po...ics/15168479/detail.html
• IA: Area voting machines fine with state
  http://www.timesrepublic...nt.detail/id/502124.html
• IN: Marion County - Special election ballots to be tallied at central site
  Clerk defends plan to eliminate scanners at polls after GOP expresses concern
  http://www.indystar.com/...L19/801290354/-1/LOCAL17
• MN: Columnist - Nick Coleman: Every vote counts - unless, of course, it doesn't
  http://www.startribune.com/local/14623742.html
• NY: They’re Baaaack…
  DRE Vendor Demands Court Restraining Order
  http://nyvv.org/blog/2008/01/theyre-back.html
• NY: Next challenge for New York: Run better elections than New Hampshire
  http://www.opednews.com/...next_challenge_for_n.htm
• NY: Editorial: New York closer to better voting machines
  http://www.newsday.com/n...633jan29,0,1889042.story
• NY: Monroe County Has to Move Fast on Voting Machines
  http://www.publicbroadca...1219471&sectionID=1
• NY: Tompkins County - Elections board picks optical scan machine
  http://www.theithacajour...29/NEWS01/801290324/1002
• OH: If It’s Broke; Don’t Fix It
  http://www.opednews.com/..._it_s__broke_2c_don_.htm
• OH: Cuyahoga County - ACLU asks federal court to block paper ballots in Ohio county
  http://jurist.law.pitt.e...court-to-block-paper.php
• OH: Cuyahoga County - ACLU wants to keep Cuyahoga from using new voting system for primary
  http://www.cleveland.com...30271000.xml&coll=2
• OH: Lucas County - Ohio will review complaints about elections board
  http://toledoblade.com/a...0080129/NEWS24/801290371
• PA: Lackawanna County - Voters association says paper ballots best for primary
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=415898&rfi=6
• PA: Northampton County - No worries over voting machine challenge
  http://www.mcall.com/new...g0128-cn,0,3790737.story
• VA: Lawmakers wonder if state election laws are tough enough
  http://www.wdbj7.com/Glo...?S=7792121&nav=S6aK
• Germany: Security of Voting Machine in German State Election Questioned
  http://www.dw-world.de/d...e/0,2144,3094781,00.html

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