Article: 'Daily Voting News' For February 06, 2008 - Evening Edition

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org We are not even close to a settled "Tsunami Tuesday", and we may not be for another week depending on whether the problems with the Los Angeles Co ballots (Double Bubble Trouble) goes to court, but nothing happened to change my mind that DREs need to be banned from our election process. As proven in Arkansas and probably in other states, though news of machine problems was scarce, the addition of a vvpat to a DRE only adds to the possibility of machine malfunction. But we need them for accessible voting, you might say. Anecdotal reports from California are that the single DRE put in each state polling place may not have always actually been set-up to be used. They were just there because federal law and the state say they had to be there. (More on disabilities access very soon)...

NAtional: Super Tuesday's Voting Glitches LINK

NAtional: Professor's Model Helps Ensure Election Accuracy LINK

NAtional: Editorial - Choosing is a challenge, but voting should be easy LINK

NAtional: Why Americans are shunning e-voting LINK

NAtional: Diebold to Cut 5 Percent of Work Force Diebold Plans to Slash 800 Jobs, Says Revenue Recognition Problems Resolved LINK

NAtional: Myth that Touch-Screen Voting Machines Mean Faster Election Results Debunked LINK

NAtional: Few Super Tuesday e-voting problems reported LINK

AR: Haggard notes problems with voting machines LINK

CA: Novatans' initiative would ban E-ballots iniative LINK

CA: Los Angeles County - More Details on 'Double Bubble Trouble' in Los Angeles County Hundreds of Thousands of Non-Partisan Voter Ballots May Not be Counted in California's Open Democratic Primary Election LINK

CA: Los Angeles County - Problems (and Confusion) at L.A. County Polls Today Independent Voters Have Trouble Voting, and Having Their Vote Counted, in the Open Democratic Primary LINK

CA: San Diego County - Like the Old Days: Ballot Counting Slow But Steady LINK

CA: Santa Clara County - Local precincts blow through ballots Unaffiliated voters snap up Dem tickets LINK

CO: Bi-Partisan Bill On Voting Machines Clears Senate LINK

GA: Irregularities Reported Early In Georgia Primary Voting LINK

GA: Voter Calls Confirm Election Problems in Georgia (Listen to MP3s) LINK

IA: Jefferson County will need new equipment LINK

IN: Four Counties Out $1M After Voting Machine Company Goes Bust State seeking federal money to reimburse cost of replacement machines LINK

NJ: Human -- Not E-Voting Machine -- Errors Reported In New Jersey LINK

NJ: Hudson County still sorting out election results LINK

NM: Dem. Party Chair Apologizes As Ballot Counting Resumes New Mexico Lone Undecided State LINK

NM: Provisional ballots to decide New Mexico LINK

OH: Many Ohio voters want paper ballots LINK

OH: Secretary Of State Seeks Big Changes For Voters Will Your Vote Count? LINK

OH: Crawford County - Crawford to provide 1,250 optional ballots LINK

OH: Union County - Brunner loses restraining order, wins venue change Court moves case to Franklin County LINK

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