Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Iowa appears to be on its way to a statewide paper ballot voting system. The Governor is backing down from his plan to outfit the state’s DREs with vvpat printers. Instead he now seems willing to support the plan of the Secretary of State who wants to get rid of the DREs and use optical-scan and paper ballots.

New York counties have made their choices for voting systems for voters with disabilities. Those choices were very important because they lead to the choice that the counties will make for next year for all voters. If a county chose a DRE (only one small county did) then chances are excellent that all voters in that county would end-up using those machines. Three counties and New York City chose AutoMark marketed by either Premier or ES&S and the rest chose a paper based system by Sequoia. These decisions are a tribute to the hard work by citizens in New York state....

• NAtional: Stop The Presses
  http://www.opednews.com/...the_presses_21_21_21.htm
• CA: San Diego County - County turnout projected at 53 percent
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...ories/20_71_532_8_08.txt
• CA: San Mateo County - Election complaints build
  http://www.smdailyjourna...cle_preview.php?id=87155
• CO: Editorial - Clock is ticking on ballot issues
  http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_8209814
• CO: Penry: Revolt over ballots at hand
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...08_1B_vote_machines.html
• CO: Garfield County plays election waiting game
  http://www.postindepende...209/VALLEYNEWS/284559683
• FL: CD-13 - Panel Votes to End Fla. Election Probe
  http://ap.google.com/art...ZqsW4FAocXAuDSQD8UMFES00
• FL: CD-13 - Auditor's report inconclusive on Florida undervote mishap
  http://www.infoworld.com...-undervote-mishap_1.html
• FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough chooses new voting system
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...lsborough_chooses_.shtml
• FL: Sarasota County - The continuing saga of Sarasota’s lost votes
  http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1255
• FL: Volusia County - Blind voter's poll experience raises red flags, spurs apology
  http://www.news-journalo...l/newEAST06POL020908.htm
• IA: Culver willing to back plan to buy new voting machines
  http://www.desmoinesregi...09/NEWS10/802090336/1011
• IL: Kane County - Clerk's office cleared in election discrepancies
  http://www.suburbanchica...1_AU09_VOTING_S1.article
• MD: Scouring the Screens And the Scanners
  Election Officials Check and Re-Check Equipment to Try to Head Off Trouble
  http://www.washingtonpos.../08/AR2008020803708.html
• MS: Jackson County - Democrats want voting machines with printers
  http://www.gulflive.com/...ews/1202555707308850.xml
• NM: N.M. Votes Still Being Tallied
  http://blog.washingtonpo...still_being_tallied.html
• NM: Editorial - It's not rocket science; it's a simple election
  http://www.abqtrib.com/n...ience-its-simple-electi/
• NM: N.M. Democrats Get Apologies, No Winner
  http://ap.google.com/art...RIou3hRY4wjaPyAD8UMPTC00
• NM: Privatization of New Mexico Voting Rolls May Have Played Major Role in Super Tuesday's Democratic Caucus Mess
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5674
• NY: Decision on N.Y. voting machines sent to counties
  http://www.pressconnects...0080208/NEWS01/802080356
• NY: Choice of Voting Machines in New York, County by County
  http://www.reformny.blogspot.com/
• NY: Albany County's voting future
  Officials select optical scan machines to begin replacement of obsolete lever-action machines
  http://www.timesunion.co...N&newsdate=2/9/2008
• NY: Clinton and Essex Counties to purchase similar voting machines
  North Country makes deadline for choosing new voting machines
  http://www.pressrepublic...cal_story_039234553.html
• NY: Niagara County - Elections: County commissioners choose new system for disabled voters
  http://www.niagara-gazet...cal_story_039203008.html
• OH: Shadows On High: Election Machine Drama; All Damm-ed Up And Nowhere to Go!
  http://www.progressohio....ost/brianrothenberg/C3c7
• OH: Ohio Officials at Odds Over Paper Ballot
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...10ohio.html?ref=politics
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Election-bill fix surprises officials
  Cuyahoga County might not do midday ballot pickup
  http://www.dispatchpolit...ec=politics&sid=101
• OH: Union County - Court hears county's case against paper-ballot plan
  http://www.columbusdispa...s/2008/02/08/ebrown.html
• PA: Allegheny County - Pittsburgh Evening News: Hackable Allegheny County Voting Systems Left Unguarded, Memory Cartridges Gone, Felons Working as Election Judges
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5671
• PA: Northampton County - County sells 255 voting machines to scrap yard
  http://www.nj.com/news/e...54530520.xml&coll=2
• PA: Northampton County - Injunction to stop voting machine certification denied
  http://www.nj.com/news/e...51930520.xml&coll=2
• PA: Northampton County - Judge nixes stop on voting machine funds
  Northampton County one of three seeking new equipment.
  http://www.mcall.com/new...214feb09,0,7450291.story
• WA: Thousands of WA primary votes invalid because oath not signed
  http://seattlepi.nwsourc...ary_invalid_ballots.html

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