Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
A very busy day today. There are still articles about the EVEREST report completed in the state of Ohio. Based on that report, recommendations were made to Cuyahoga County to change their voting system and vendor from DREs by Premier to central-count optical scan by ES&S. It appears that the county is going to do the correct thing and not make any rash decisions. They should probably make some changes but not a wholesale change of vendors and certainly not when that vendor is ES&S. A final decision will be made later this week. This afternoon the state of Colorado announced that they were decertifying all voting machines and peripherals from ES&S as well as the Sequoia Edge II and Edge II Plus and optical scan systems provided by Hart Intercivic. Voting systems from Premier, optical scan and peripherals from Sequoia and DREs and peripherals from Hart were conditionally certified.
Also two amicus briefs were filed today in the NY v. DOJ case....
NAtional: Stateside: Prelude to the 2008 Elections, Part 1 LINK
CO: E-voting machines tossed for '08 LINK
CO: More than half of state's voting machines unsafe or inaccurate LINK
CO: Voting Machines For Major Counties Decertified
Machines Have Problems With Security, Accuracy, Secretary Of State Says LINK
CO: Voting machines banned over accuracy concerns LINK
CO: BREAKING: Colorado's Republican Sec. of State Decertifies E-Voting Machines After Failed Testing
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FL: Sumter County - Sumter elections office updating voting procedures LINK
IA: Latest report on Iowa Caucus protections LINK
IN: Columnist - Mark Bennett: Voting-booth vacancy? Who cares? LINK
NM: Dona Ana County - ID restrictions may deter some voters, delay others, officials fear LINK
NY: Hand-Counting Paper Ballots Proposed In NY District Court LINK
NY: I am Voter Hear Me Roar: Meet the New York Amici LINK
NY: Amicus Filed in Federal - NY State Lawsuit Over Voting Machines LINK
NY: Cuomo Fighting Voting Machine Law LINK
NY: NYVV files Amicus Brief in DOJ vs. NYS Lawsuit LINK
OH: Brunner's recommendations long on money, short on transparency LINK
OH: Wanna Change Votes in Ohio? Use a PDA and a Magnet LINK
OH: Opinion - Vulnerable machines LINK
OH: 2008: The year of hack the vote? LINK
OH: Editorial - Don't rush to judgment
Voting-systems report should be subjected to careful review LINK
OH: Ohio Finds All E-Voting Machines In The State Had Serious Flaws
from the no-surprise-there dept LINK
OH: 'Critical' flaws in voting systems worry Ohio LINK
OH: Surprise: Ohio's e-voting machines riddled with critical security flaws LINK
OH: OH Sec. of State: ditch e-voting machines. LINK
OH: Ohio e-voting system security bashed in new state report
Problems threaten the integrity of future elections, officials say LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Board struggles with voting technology LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Brunner's plan gets cool reception in Cuyahoga County LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio County Mulls Over Voting Systems
Cuyahoga Board Struggles With Voting Technology Decision LINK
TN: Panel recommends changes for electronic voting in Tennessee LINK
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