The good folks in Luzerne Co. Pennsylvania are starting to wake-up and realize they may be spending a bit more of their tax money than they expected. Their contract with ES&S does not cover maintenance fees for next year. The tax payers will be expected to pony-up over $250,000 just for next year. Previously, the tax payers paid NOTHING for their lever machine maintenance. ...

• National: Voting System Testing and the Enclosure of Transparency LINK
• National: As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights LINK
• National: What do the Experts Say About Electronic Voting? LINK
• National: Early Voting: Getting the Jump on Election Day LINK
• Alaska: Voters favor paper ballots
  Touch Screens: Machines may be too unpredictable for voters. LINK
• Arkansas: Ashley County - County to Stress Use of Machines Rather than Paper Ballots LINK
• California: Absentee voting, electronic systems on rise
  Registrars brace for computer glitches, counting of mail-ins LINK
• California: Riverside County - E-voting safer -- but safe enough? LINK
• California: San Bernardino County - Web site shows voting machine vulnerability
  Electronic election device has button that allows for multiple ballot castings LINK
• California: San Diego County - Debate Rages Over Electronic Voting Machine Hacking LINK
• California: San Joaquin County - Registrar of voters discusses possible strike, other election issues LINK
• Colorado: Pueblo County - Officials say voting machines tamper-proof LINK
• Delaware: Election officials: electronic voting safe, secure LINK
• Florida: I-Team: Florida Could Face Another Election Fiasco
  New Voting Machines Caused Problems In Sept. Primary LINK
• Florida: Editorial - Fixing the vote. Elections equipment faces hard test LINK
• Florida: Sarasota County - Careful with that voting LINK
• Florida: Volusia County - Plan in place to address vote machine time glitch LINK
• Illinois: Polling changes aim to provide quicker results. LINK
• Kentucky: Opinion - Brave new ballot box LINK
• Massachusetts: Newton - Election boss pick raises ethical questions LINK
• Maryland: Officials Fear Counting Md. Ballots Could Take Days LINK
• New Mexico: McKinley County - Voters find problems at the polls LINK
• New Jersey: Mercer County - Oversight of elections sought
  Mercer vote official wants feds to step in LINK
• New York: Disabled voters' options are few LINK
• Ohio: Cuyahoga County elections staff probe inaccurate scan test LINK
• Ohio: Trumbull County elections board notifies voters of machine glitch LINK
• Pennsylvania: Pa. election will be first with all electronic machines LINK
• Pennsylvania: Chester County - Officials confident that vote-counting process will move efficiently LINK
• Pennsylvania: Lancaster County - VOTE of confidence
  Touch-screens ready for big turnout Tuesday LINK
• Pennsylvania: Luzerne County - E-voting machines will cost $250,000 in maintenance LINK
• Tennessee: Shelby County - Voting cards missing; no alarm
  Republican fears are groundless, says Election Commission LINK
• Tennessee: Shelby County - Missing Smartcards LINK
• Texas: Supreme Court denies Texas Democrats in voting case LINK
• Texas: Paper or electronic? Some voters get a choice LINK
• Texas: El Paso County - El Paso's Electronic Voting Machines Have Problems LINK
• Texas: Williamson County - Electronic voting machines causing problems in Williamson County LINK
• Utah: Spanish speakers to get help at polls LINK
• Virginia: Newport News - Two NN election lawsuits dismissed LINK
• Washington: King County elections office: Are its problems solved? LINK

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