Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Florida’s primary is essentially over. There will still be some ballots to be counted, but the last election on the state’s DREs is complete. There were some reports of problems scattered around the state. Election officials and the media were pretty successful in minimizing the reports. However, there was one small graf in one article that jumped out at me. The county clerk in Volusia County had announced that they were going to have to recount one early voting precinct because the Diebold Optical-Scan used in that precinct had not counted 4 ballots. They are doing this, according to the report, because Diebold/Premier had sent counties in Florida an advisory that the machines used in those counties may stop with a ballot partially fed through. Those ballots are not being counted when this happens. My first reaction was, “How many other states/counties that use the Diebold AccuVote OS v. 1.94w have gotten this advisory?” This is the same system used in New Hampshire and many other Northeast jurisdictions as well as various counties across the nation. Why don’t vendors of these machines recall them when there is a problem like this? Who should be responsible to ensure the word is put out that there is a problem and ensure the problem is solved? ...

• NAtional: Electronic voting is facing a recall
  Officials are switching systems or trying to fix problems, even as they contend with new laws and earlier primaries.
  http://www.latimes.com/n...?ctrack=2&cset=true
• NAtional: Battle for Election Integrity 'Fought and Won by Activists' Says LATimes in 2,800-Word, 2-Part Series Which Doesn't Bother to Quote a Single One of Them...
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5626
• NAtional: What the World Needs Now: Voting method suggestions for archaic America
  Not the right to vote, but the ability to vote
  http://www.thepost.ohiou...pinion/2008/01/30/22615/
• NAtional: Filmmaker examines election fraud, voter suppression
  http://www.kccommunityne...9e2430ddb24930136992.txt
• NAtional: Touch-screen me not
  Reformers want change in voting procedures.
  http://www.arktimes.com/...9-4098-9ccb-c809d33e5d1c
• AR: Benton County - Early voting begins; ‘glitch’ doesn’t deter voters
  http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58289/
• CA: Appeals court rejects county election challenge
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...iego/20_47_441_29_08.txt
• CA: San Bernardino County - Planes may speed ballots
  County seeks to hurry vote tally
  http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_8114325
• CA: Santa Clara County predicts delays in vote count
  http://www.paloaltoonlin...s/show_story.php?id=7007
• CO: Decertification of machines has clerks looking for answers
  http://www.lamardaily.co...a0926169c7f442596911.txt
• CO: Denver to Use Paper Ballots, Consolidate Polls
  http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/260016
• CO: Logan County - Election woes may not affect Logan County
  Schneider reassures voters paper ballots work fine
  http://www.journal-advoc...ws/local_news/local2.txt
• CO: Mesa County - Residents urged to register for mail-in balloting
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...008_1b_Mail_ballots.html
• FL: It's the Voters' Fault. The DOG ATE MY BALLOT and Other URBAN LEGENDS!
  http://www.opednews.com/...it_s_the_voters__fau.htm
• FL: Diebold Issues 'Product Advisory' in Florida About Malfunctions with Optical-Scan Voting Systems
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5624
• FL: Reports: One out of every three registered voters cast ballots
  http://www.tallahassee.c...WS/801300355/1010/NEWS01
• FL: Touch screens pass primary test
  The much-maligned machines seemed to have few glitches handling the big turnout.
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...ch_screens_pass_pr.shtml
• FL: Editorial - Florida still struggling to get elections right
  http://www.alligator.org...nion/editorials/eddy.txt
• FL: Glitches plague voting throughout Orlando area
  Ballot mix-ups, heavy turnout keep officials busy
  http://www.orlandosentin...3008jan30,0,101390.story
• FL: Broward County - Complaints mar debut of voter check-in system in Broward
  http://www.sun-sentinel....0sbjan30,0,7869220.story
• FL: Hillsborough County - Touch screen problems reported in Hillsborough
  http://www.tampabays10.c...ticle.aspx?storyid=72767
• FL: Palm Beach County - Defective cartridge slows PBC vote counting
  http://www.palmbeachpost...1/29/0129latevoting.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - County officials' good day turns into rough night
  http://www.palmbeachpost..._ELEX_PBC_VOTE_0130.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Once again, reporting of election results is a struggle in Palm Beach County
  http://www.sun-sentinel....0pnjan30,0,6325088.story
• FL: Palm Beach County - Anderson criticized for election result delays
  http://www.palmbeachpost...08/01/30/0130voting.html
• FL: Volusia County - DeLand Approves Two Initiatives
  http://www.wesh.com/news/15171627/detail.html
• MA: New machines make voting accessible for everyone
  http://www.metrowestdail....com/homepage/x382989255
• NH: Hursti Testimony to NH--The $700 Rig: Broken-Link Elections
  http://www.democracyforn...shire.com/node/view/5408
• OH: Former Ohio SOS Blackwell Asked to Testify on Voter Suppression
  http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/641
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Numbers Game
  The County And Aclu Square Off Over The Least Unreliable Method For Counting Votes
  http://www.freetimes.com...ories/15/39/numbers-game
• OH: Current machines get vote in Wood County
  Election gear now is OK with officials
  http://toledoblade.com/a...0080130/NEWS17/801300411
• TX: Plan to offer paper ballots at early voting sites is rejected
  http://www.star-telegram...ctions/story/441559.html
• WI: Commentary: Clean election reputation could not prevent a few touch-screen woes in '06
  http://www.thenorthweste...01300446/1190/OSHopinion

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