Article: 'Daily Voting News' For November 30, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org "In a decision that could have far-reaching effects on the way Rhode Island conducts elections, Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. ruled yesterday that any ballot that cannot be read by electronic voting machines during an election recount must be made available for public scrutiny to determine if a voter's intent can be discerned. "We're dealing with a fundamental right," Fortunato said. "Surely we cannot surrender elections to machines."' / "Software that Denver used to check in voters on Election Day did not "meet, or even approach, professional standards," consultants told a city investigative panel Wednesday. Experts hired to study Denver's problem-plagued election also criticized election officials for failing to catch obvious problems, and they expressed surprise at the "casual" attitude of those running a critical system of democracy." / There is a lot in the news today about the finger-pointing between Denver officials and those officials and Sequoia....

NAtional: Touch Screens? Vote Yes or No LINK

NAtional: Election glitches impede voters nationwide LINK

NAtional: First widespread use of electronic voting praised (NOTE: This article gives a completely skewed report on the electionline.org report) LINK

NAtional: Congress to look at voting problems LINK

NAtional: Congress should patch election holes by 2008 LINK

NAtional: NIST-backed panel calls for end to paperless voting LINK

AR: Waldenburg - One Man, One Vote LINK

CA: Riverside County - Two reports expected on voting woes County registrar, watchdog groupeach to offer perspectives to board LINK

CO: Denver - Election officials back up director LINK

CO: Denver - "Laughable failures" in Denver election Experts also blame voting woes on oblivious officials LINK

CO: Denver - Consultant: Election Software Riddled With Computing 101 Errors Sequoia Voting Systems Says Denver Used Old Software LINK

CO: Denver - 'Fundamentally flawed' Consultant rips into Sequoia's vote wares, election commission LINK

FL: 'Undervote' uproar pushes paper ballots Voters suspicious of electronic voting results are calling for a return to the paper era. LINK

FL: Doubt dooms paperless voting, election chiefs say LINK

FL: Voting chiefs 'diss' paper, but see inevitability LINK

FL: FL-13 - Audit fails to answer questions Jennings considers taking D-13 fight to the U.S. House LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota revote rally is set for Dec. 3 LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Search for voting errors continues LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Reform groups to rally for revote LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Analysts debating Florida 'undervotes' Did machines err, or did the voters? LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Test adds to mystery State offers answers for 2 of 10 variances so far LINK

FL: Sarasota County - To seek a better voting system LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Columnist - Audit problems must be due to human error LINK

FL: Sarasota County - State: Errors in disputed election test result of human mistakes LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Election experts see positives in Sarasota ordeal LINK

GA: Editorial - Voters should get paper trail to follow ballots LINK

GA: Legal Challenges Face Voting Machines As Runoffs Approach LINK

MA: US is said to probe Bay State elections At issue is access by disabled voters LINK

NM: Commentary: Striving for perfect democracy LINK

NY: Tainted Touch: Fear Over New Vote Machines LINK

OH: Ohio did OK on Election Day LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga might scrap Diebold's voting machines LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Different voting machines wanted Commissioners might ditch touch screens, which cost $17 million LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Opinion - A vote for caution Maybe Cuyahoga County should ditch touch-screen machines, but not until it has learned all it can from the recent election LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio county eyes switch to optical-scan e-voting LINK

PA: New voting machines' debut rocky, study says Pennsylvania had high number of problems LINK

RI: Judge orders manual review of 96 ballots LINK

TN: Study finds state had voting troubles LINK

UT: 3 election recounts in Salt Lake County don't change the results LINK

UT: Vote performance in Utah issued a B+ LINK

UT: E-voting report: 'Glitches' but no serious hitches Electronic voting: A 90-minute shutdown in Utah County was among few problems LINK

WV: Marshall County - Recount Delayed LINK

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