Texas' voter database, required by federal law to be in effect on 1 Jan. 2006 will not be ready this year and the state's best estimate is now 1 Jan. 2007. / VVPAT problems? Here's a good solution from Ken Blackwell's office. If the VVPAT printer jams, runs out of paper or otherwise destroys the ballot; just run a new tape from the memory card and use that. It doesn't matter what state law says or that it's not 'voter verified'. / Tomorrow we have primary elections in Arizona, Delaware, Washington DC, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. ...

• National: New voting machines reliable, official says (Paul DeGregorio) LINK
• National: Voting shouldn't require a heroic act of patience LINK
• Arizona: Machines give blind a way to cast own votes LINK
• Florida: Palm Beach County - Primary mishaps shouldn't harm Anderson if fixed by November LINK
• Florida: Palm Beach County - PBC hoping for smoother count in Nov. after problem-plagued primary LINK
• Florida: Palm Beach County - Elections office 'glitches,' low voter turnout seen LINK
• Maryland: Opinion - Time to vote LINK
• Maryland: How much can state trust electronic voting? Tuesday's primary is 1st in Maryland to be held entirely on computers LINK
• Minnesota: Voting technology makes state debut in primaries LINK
• Ohio: How do you do a recount without a printout? LINK
• Ohio: Ohio voters to face new requirements LINK
• Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Fixing the election LINK
• Texas: Voter database won’t be ready for election LINK
• Utah: Vote machines in short supply for Utah polls LINK
• Guam: Senatorial candidates file court petition LINK

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