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
  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08442t.pdf
• NAtional: Report: Voting Machines In Some States Could Malfunction On Super Tuesday
  http://www.allheadlinene....com/articles/7009906426
• NAtional: Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be Counted?
  http://www.opednews.com/...your_vote_will_be_th.htm
• NAtional: Super Tuesday states face hurdles
  http://www.freep.com/app...07/802010340/1009/NEWS07
• NAtional: A Far-Fetched Fix for E-Voting Woes: Open Source
  http://www.linuxinsider....s-Open-Source-61474.html
• NAtional: Percentage-Based versus Statistical-Power-Based Vote Tabulation Audits
  http://verifiedvoting.or.../downloads/TAS_paper.pdf
• CA: California registrars predict a long vote count
  Use of Paper Ballots Means Slow Voting Results
  http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_8137237
• CA: Los Angeles County - L.A. County sees no big delay in local vote
  http://www.dailybulletin.com/politics/ci_8134554
• CA: Napa County - Switch from e-voting may slow results for weeks
  http://www.napavalleyreg...a2c7177b876276071812.txt
• CA: San Diego County - San Diego's Registrar Urges Absentee Voters to Get Ballots in Soon
  http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10801
• CA: San Diego County - Registrar: Expect slow vote-counting
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...a1109d90b04714647360.txt
• CA: San Francisco County - SF Registrar Expects Smooth Sailing Next Week
  http://www.kcbs.com/SF-R...ailing-Next-Week/1575593
• CO: The politics of paper
  Rift between clerks, Coffman continues over next election's voting methods
  http://www.aurorasentine...D=8&ArticleID=18288
• CO: Boulder County votes up in the air
  Clerk waiting on decertification details
  http://dailycamera.com/n...nty-votes-up-in-the-air/
• CO: Boulder County - County clerk shares vote uncertainties
  http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=6264
• CO: Broomfield - Election uncertainty not weighing on Broomfield
  http://dailycamera.com/n...-weighing-on-broomfield/
• FL: Palm Beach County - Urgent to Tallahassee: SOE: Save Our Election
  http://www.palmbeachpost...edit_elections_0201.html
• HI: State picks voting machines
  http://www.honoluluadver...05/802010361/1009/NEWS05
• MA: Watertown Town Council asks Secretary of State to investigate election
  http://www.wickedlocal.c...atertown/news/x142941457
• NH: Republican NH Primary Candidate Demands Secretary of State Allow All Ballots to be Counted in Ongoing Election Contest
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5636
• NJ: N.J. judge gives voters a do-over
  http://www.nj.com/news/l...55300760.xml&coll=1
• NY: Voting-machine firm takes state to court over its disqualification
  http://www.theithacajour...01/802010357/1002/NEWS01
• NY: Advocates Say City Doesn't Have Enough Disabled Voting Machines
  http://www.ny1.com/ny1/c...sp?stid=3&aid=78031
• NY: Chemung County - New Voting Machines Selected
  http://www.wetmtv.com/ne...f-4d3c-8822-ec99d988decf
• NY: Monroe County - Exit poll on new voting machines: A mixed reaction
  http://www.democratandch...WS01/802010362/1002/NEWS
• OH: We NEED Our HAVA Money Back
  http://www.progressohio....community/post/OEJC/C3pQ
• OH: Brunner Should Cancel Mandate
  http://www.theintelligen...nt.detail/id/505229.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County will lease voting equipment for $1.5 million
  Cuyahoga won't be reimbursed, Jones says
  http://www.cleveland.com...02166590.xml&coll=2
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Vote Approves $1.4 M to be Spent on New Voting System
  http://www.myfoxclevelan...e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• PA: Fayette County - Paper voting ballots possibility in Fayette
  http://www.heraldstandar...ept_id=480247&rfi=6
• PA: Fayette County - Fayette commissioners consider new voting machines
  http://www.pittsburghliv...urier/news/s_550329.html
• PA: Wayne County - County Chooses Paper Ballot Alternative
  http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1151558551
• TN: Editorial - State should try to achieve paper trail for November
  http://www.tennessean.co...OPINION01/802010427/1008
• TN: Opinion - Bills would put vote in people's hands
  http://www.tennessean.co...OPINION01/802010424/1008
• TN: Opinion - Rush to new system could create a crisis
  http://www.tennessean.co...OPINION01/802010429/1008
• TN: Other states are going to paper ballots this year; why can't we?
  http://www.tennessean.co...OPINION01/802010426/1008
• TN: Film's showing to inspire interest in electoral process
  http://www.theleafchroni...0201/COMMUNITY/802010332

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