'Daily Voting News' For December 10, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Summit Co. Ohio is now considering following in the foot steps of Douglas Co. Nebraska. Douglas Co., the home of ES&S, purchased a digital printer and now prints their own ballots for their ES&S op-scans. Douglas Co bought the printer for $120,000 and saved $75,000 in printing costs in the just completed election. And, they did not have to rely on ES&S to make any deadlines. They were in complete control. ...

CA: San Mateo County - Human error to blame for November e-voting snafus LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sample ballot was different from screen LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Opinion - Election conformity Back to the drawing board in Florida LINK

FL: Exclusive: Sarasota Offered Faulty Information to Voters Concerning Undervote Confirmation Process on their ES&S Touch-Screen Voting Machines LINK

GA: The Cox Legacy Who "owns" our votes? LINK

IN: Delaware County - More objections raised to recount LINK

MI: Macomb County - Clerks feud over who runs school elections Several municipalities want to leave special elections to the county LINK

OH: Summit County - Summit ponders printing ballots Elections panel looks at buying digital printer to avoid voting delays LINK

UT: Salt Lake County Mayor Corroon says upkeep of Electronic Voting Machines Costing "Million and Millions" LINK

VA: Editorial - Montgomery County secures its elections LINK

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