Daily Voting News For January 23, 2007

Late yesterday a report was release by the Florida Fair Elections Center regarding the Nov. 2006election in which voting machines did not register over 18,000 votes in the congressional district 13 race. The report, " Sarasota's Vanished Votes - An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida January 2008" , is a well researched and presented report that chronicles the problems that very probably led to the wrong person serving the voters of Florida Congressional District 13. The report is damning to the vendor, ES&S, and to local and state election officials. ES&S’s statement about the report is that the writers of the report are " biased" . Of course the report had just been released and they had no way to have read a word.

This morning when I began working on this space I wrote something about New York and how the State Election Board could (would) not make a decision on what voting technology would be used for accessibility. A decision that allowed DREs would have nearly guaranteed that some counties in the state would be using DREs in the future. Apparently Board Member Doug Kellner was able to convince the other two members that New York State Law must be followed and that noneof the DREs would meet the legal requirements. So, today the board met again and unanimously voted to allow only optical-scan or ballot-marking-devices for accessibility. No DREs were approved. This is a huge win for the voters in New York....

• NAtional: Robert Koehler - Conspiracy theorist LINK
• National: Lou Dobbs Video: SC Set to Use Bad Voting Machines Again Saturday, CO Finally Getting a Clue... LINK
• Colorado: Press Release - Gov. Ritter, Bipartisan Lawmakers Announce New Legislative Plan to Conduct 2008 Elections LINK
• Colorado: Press Release - Colorado County Clerks More Than Alarmed With Governor Ritter's Recommendation for Paper Ballots at Precinct for 2008 Elections LINK
• Colorado: All-Mail Vote in Colorado Isn’t Needed, Governor Says LINK
• Colorado: Probably polling places, paper LINK
• Colorado: Ritter plan promotes paper ballots as 'tried-and-true'Proposal intended to restore trust in voting system LINK
• Colorado: Ritter wants ballots on paper statewide LINK
• Colorado: Governor backs paper ballotsCounty clerks seek mail-in election LINK
• Colorado: Will Colorado be Florida '08? LINK
• Colorado: Governor Ritter wants paper electionBoulder's Madden among lawmakers backing request by governor LINK
• Colorado: Editorial - A plan at lastGovernor galvanizes consensus on paper ballots LINK
• Colorado: Paper ballots win over RitterPlan upsets clerks' call for all-mail vote LINK
• Colorado: Ritter favors paper ballots for elections in November LINK
• Colorado: Denver - Paper ballots for Denver LINK
• Colorado: Denver election officials face imposing challenges LINK
• Colorado: Denver opts for the paper route LINK
• Colorado: Larimer County Clerk disagrees with voting plan LINK
• Colorado: Logan County clerk still has questions after Ritter’s decision on ballots LINK
• Colorado: Mesa County - Colorado closer to using paper ballots LINK
• Colorado: Weld County - Weld clerk calls governor's paper ballot proposal 'step back' LINK
• Connecticut: Lawmakers to hold hearings on performance of new votingmachines LINK
• Florida: State Primary Votes Won't Have Paper Trail LINK
• Florida: Florida Switching To Paper Ballots After February Voting LINK
• Florida: Flawed Software Will Count 1/3 of Votes in Florida’s January 29th Primary LINK
• Florida: Florida prepares to unplug touchscreen voting machines LINK
• Florida: Sarasota's Vanished VotesAn Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida January 2008 LINK
• Iowa: Voting plan comes at a high price LINK
• IA - 70 counties need to update voting machines under new law LINK
• Illinois: Some Illinois counties see major delays with primary ballots LINK
• Illinois: Kane County - Election judges needed -- voter turnout likely to be big[Quote of the Day – " They don't need computer experience because the voting machines are not computers" ] LINK
• New Hampshire: Paul backers paid for GOP recount LINK
• New Hampshire: New Hampshire Sec. of State Appears to Lie to Media About Kucinich Hand Count LINK
• New Jersey: Editorial – A boost for …….. LINK
• New York: Breakdown at the BoardProtecting vendors, not voters LINK
• New York: Time running out for NY to choose voting machines LINK
• New York: GOP, Democrats deadlock on voting-machine selection LINK
• New York: Gridlock delays state voting machine selection LINK
• New York: NY board chooses new voting machines for handicapped LINK
• New York: NY Board Chooses New Voting Machines LINK
• New York: Officials to select new voting machines for physically challenged voters LINK
• New York: A Victory for Election Integrity in New York LINK
• New York: State picks optical-scan machines LINK
• Ohio: Press Release - Many Ohio Elections Officials' Views Inconsistent with Voters' Concerns LINK
• Ohio: History Made on a.m. 1360: Jennifer Brunner LINK
• Ohio: Ohio counties resist voting proposal LINK
• Ohio: Hardin County - Brunner wins fight with Hardin County elections officials LINK
• Ohio: Hardin County - County previously opposed to voting change nowin compliance LINK
• Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County - Voting system choice up in air LINK
• Pennsylvania: Wayne County - County Still Deciding On Voting Machines LINK
• South Carolina: Columnist - The Next Florida LINK
• South Carolina: Paper ballots standing byState says it’s ready for any problems at polls Saturday LINK
• South Carolina: Civil rights group says it will increase SC voting scrutiny LINK
• South Carolina: Horry County - Paper ballots not recorded by precinct LINK
• South Carolina: Horry County - Election Commission Says Voting Problems Corrected for Democratic Primary LINK
• South Carolina: Horry County voting machines ready for second round LINK

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