Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Yesterday while voters in New Hampshire were going to the polls a large group of activists filled the Board of Supervisors conference room in Pima County Arizona. A judge recently decided that the county should release the database from the 2006 primary and general election. The supervisors began by voting not to appeal the court's decision. Then a raucous crowd of more than 60 people demanded to be heard. John Brakey was gaveled down and threatened with expulsion. The board decided to hear from the citizens and after hearing from about 20 the board turned totally and unanimously agreed to release the 2006 primary and general election data tapes, PLUS the RTA data that was the original reason for the court case. Great job by the folks in Pima County and by our friend John Brakey. The Cuyahoga Co. Ohio Board of Elections is discussing the possibility of seeking a refund from Premier/Diebold for the DRE voting system that has been failing miserably for the past two years. As much as that system has been a disaster Premier should just refund the total purchase price of $21M and consider themselves lucky.
For the past two years counties in Arkansas have had huge problems with ballot programming supplied by ES&S. Many of those counties have decided to leave the vendor out of the process and they are doing it themselves. Any progress toward getting the vendors out of voting administration is good progress.
Just minutes ago it was reported that the county clerk in Hancock Co Illinois is requesting the DoJ to investigate the deceptive practices of ES&S....
NAtional: 99 Ways to Steal Elections: The Story of John Fund and Ron Paul LINK
AR: Smooth Electronic Voting Expected LINK
AZ: Pima County - RTA databases to be released
Info from '06 election may help clear the air over integrity issue LINK
AZ: Pima County Board of Supervisors Advances Election Integrity with Vote to Release All 2006 Election Databases LINK
CA: Monterey County - Observation panel to watch over local primary
Part of condition to recertify touch-screen voting LINK
CA: San Bernardino County - County joins lawsuit against secretary of state LINK
CA: San Bernardino County - County joins suit on ballot counting LINK
CA: San Bernardino County - S.B. County joins lawsuit testing new vote recount order LINK
CO: Legislators lose their confidence in Coffman LINK
CO: Editorial - Election land mine LINK
CO: Columnist - Fried: Legislature Must Quickly Grapple with State Election Meltdown LINK
CO: Denver may get voting reprieve
Clerk: Coffman says he's 'likely' to OK equipment LINK
CO: Denver - Coffman changes tune on machines
Denver's clerk says she was told he might recertify the voting system after an appeal. LINK
CT: Vote Tally Discrepancy Reported To State LINK
FL: Hillsborough County - Sample ballot mailed with Rudy boo-boo
Hillsborough elections chief apologizes. LINK
IL: DuPage County - DuPage, state differ on files
Commission stands by its destruction of election records LINK
IL: DuPage County - County must get state permission to destroy election files LINK
IL: Hancock County - Election vendor accused of deceptive practice LINK
MA: Technology empowers visually impaired voters LINK
MT: Gallatin County - Group wants county voting machines decertified LINK
NC: Ghost in the voting machine LINK
NM: Voter Beware LINK
NY: Voting machine deadline looms
New York officials to choose options this month for voters with disabilities. LINK
NY: N.Y. sets timetable on ballot machines LINK
OH: Study pushes for changes to Ohio elections
Secretary of state's recommendations include centralized vote centers, optical-scan ballots and 'no fault' absentee voting LINK
OH: Columnist - We're all paying and paying for Florida's 2000 election meltdown - Kevin O'Brien LINK
OH: State scrambling to find $31 million
Cuyahoga County, 56 others looking to replace electronic voting systems before March primary LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections Board seeks refund for faulty touch-screen system LINK
OH: Franklin County - Price tag for ballot directive may rise
Proposed number to print is too low, county insists LINK
OH: Marion County - How will you vote? LINK
OH: Trumbull County - Editorial - Local voting plan better than Brunner's LINK
OH: Trumbull County - Local officials weigh in on vulnerable voting machines LINK
PA: Northampton County - County racing to find new voting machines
Officials will meet with vendors Tuesday. They must pick by month's end to be set for primary. LINK
PA: Northampton County - Retiring the lever voting machines for the second time LINK
TX: Waller County - Waller early voting plan opposed
Black officials urge feds to rule that one-site limit is discriminatory LINK
WV: Opinion - W.Va. Right About Voting Machines LINK
WV: Voting Machines Criticized in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson LINK
VoterID: Voter ID requirement comes under fire
Indiana is one of only three states nationally to require identification in order to vote LINK
VoterID: Court Hears Voter ID Case LINK
VoterID: Opinion - Requiring voter ID at the polls is a snake-oil remedy LINK
VoterID: Editorial - The Court and Voter ID's LINK
VoterID: Supreme Court to hear Indiana voter ID law LINK
VoterID: Project 21 Members Argue that Voter ID Laws Depress Fraud, not Turnout LINK
VoterID: Editorial - Voter ID law is a fraud LINK
VoterID: Supreme Court Weighs Voter ID Requirements LINK
VoterID: Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Voter ID Law
Indiana Law Requires Voters to Show Identification at Polls LINK
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