Article: 'Daily Voting News' For January 31, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org The news today was overwhelmed by the announcement that Florida's Governor has said he will recommend replacing all of the state's Direct Recording Electronic voting machines with optical-scan machines. According to the Miami Herald [see below] Gov. Charlie Crist will recommend on Thursday that Florida's problem-plagued touchscreen voting machines should go the way of the butterfly ballot -- the trash heap -- and his proposed budget will recommend replacing them all with optical scan machines, which produce a paper trail, at a cost of up to $35 million....

AR: Benton County - Commission Seeks To Smooth Election Process LINK

CA: Contra Costa County - Clerk vows to improve voter access RICHMOND: Poorly placed polling booths, last-minute changes have hampered local electoral participation LINK

CO: Denver - Voters toss out election panel LINK

FL: Crist wants voting paper trail LINK

FL: Congressman says Crist to seek money for optical voting machines LINK

FL: Crist expected to back voting switch LINK

FL: Touch-screen voting machines on the way out? LINK

FL: Q & A on optical scanning machines LINK

FL: Crist-Wexler Proposal Could Help End Long Nightmare for Florida Voters LINK

FL: Florida governor wants to dump touch-screen voting LINK

FL: Fla. governor looks to replace touch-screen voting in 17 counties LINK

FL: Florida's New Governor To Recommend Paper-Based Optical Scan Voting System For Entire State! LINK

NY: Secrets of Voting Machine Testing Exposed! LINK

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