Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro wants to change the state's voting machines to a paper based system using optical-scan machines. Meanwhile Iowa's Governor and ex-Secretary of State Chet Culver wants to just add a vvpat printer to the state's DREs. Mauro has support from the state's active election integrity community and members of the state legislature from both parties and county election officials from both parties. Culver wants the counties to sink or swim on their own while the state still has over $3M of HAVA money that they can use to partially pay for the change-over. Unfortunately, Culver is in a position to veto any plan that supports Mauro and the voters in Iowa....

• NAtional: Opinion - A Clearer Picture on Voter ID
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...ml?_r=1&oref=slogin
• AR: Benton County - Officials Expect Smooth E-Voting
  Training aims to avoid past troubles
  http://www.nwaonline.net...ews/020308azpolltech.txt
• CA: Los Angeles County - Ex-county clerk lists system faults, job rigors
  http://www2.whittierdail...news.com/news/ci_8153626
• CA: Riverside County - Paper ballots likely to mean late nights, slow results
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...rnian/21_00_722_2_08.txt
• CO: Signature verification machines for mail ballots
  http://www.opednews.com/..._3a_signature_verifi.htm
• FL: Volusia County - Using 2 types of voting machines slows count in Volusia County
  http://www.orlandosentin...;08feb03,0,7413863.story
• GA: State ready for first real test of voter ID law, official says
  http://www.ajc.com/metro...2/03/voteready_0204.html
• IA: Spending voting money on entertainers 'unallowable'
  http://www.desmoinesregi...10/802030342/-1/SPORTS09
• IA: Culver, Mauro disagree on how to update voting systems
  http://www.desmoinesregi...10/802030340/-1/SPORTS09
• NY: The Fixer
  http://www.nytimes.com/2.../03elec.html?ref=thecity
• NY: DREs Take It To Court
  Court Asked to Reverse State Ruling Eliminating DREs Judge Expected to Rule on 2/4/8
  http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html

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