Daily Voting News For January 10, 2008

It appears that Hart Intercivic has admitted that the optical-scan tabulators certified by the state of Colorado and used in that state show a significant error rate when a ballot has stray marks. This was mentioned, and nearly lost, in an article in today’s Denver Post. The vendor has offered a software upgrade to Colorado and they think that upgrade MAY fix the problem. In the mean time counties across the country may be using these same machines with no knowledge of a problem and no knowledge that Hart is providing an upgrade to one state while ignoring theirs....

National: Alarms Should Go Off Whenever the Discrepancies Between the "Official" Results and the Polls Can't Be Explained LINK

California: Marin County - Huffman's vote-by-mail bill advances LINK

California: San Diego County - Voting critics lambaste supervisors LINK

California: San Diego County - San Diego Voters Confront Board of Supervisors LINK

California: Ventura County - Is Ventura up to the count? Voting machines decertified, then recertified with extra security measures LINK

Colorado: Citizens Call for Coffman to Resign LINK

Colorado: Coffman: 'I created a lot of confusion' LINK

Colorado: Editorial - Well, will they work or not? Confusion over certification of voting machines leaves our heads spinning - and wondering about Coffman's leadership. LINK

Colorado: Voting machine snafu resolution possible LINK

Colorado: Coffman Wants More Time, Flexibility To Fix Voting Machines LINK

Colorado: Larimer County - Clerk urges all mail-in ballot Larimer County official hopes Legislature will pass election fix LINK

Colorado: Pueblo County - County voting machines likely to be recertified LINK

Illinois: Feds to investigate spiraling costs of county election vendor LINK

Maryland: 2008 Election Judge Training LINK

Mississippi: Federal appeals court sets hearing date in voter-ID lawsuit LINK

Montana: Gallatin County won't change voting machines LINK

New Hampshire: Bob Koehler - Primary Concerns LINK

New Hampshire: Criminal record of Kenneth Hajjar- New England voting machine firm exec LINK

New York: Can you spell DEEP TROUBLE? LINK

New York: Chenango County - County awaits word on HAVA directive LINK

New York: Warren County consolidates voting districts LINK

Ohio: Fairfield County - Paper ballots to make comeback March 4 Official says electronic voting has raised security concerns LINK

Ohio: Franklin County - Secretary Of State Investigating Franklin County Board Of Elections LINK

Ohio: Franklin County - Ohio SoS Announces Investigation of Franklin County Board of Elections (Finally!) LINK

Ohio: Miami County election officials get pay hikes LINK

Ohio: Washington County - State removes clamps on local elections office LINK

Pennsylvania: Crawford County - Officials confident voting machines pose no problems LINK

Pennsylvania: Mercer County - Elections chief: Voting machines here might not be so vulnerable LINK

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - Oh Challenges Voting Irregularities In City Council Election LINK

Tennessee: Ballot paper trail proposal comes late LINK

West Virginia: Some States Find Faults With Voting System LINK

VoterID: High court appears to select sides on Voter ID Justices focus on Indiana law requiring every voter to show identification LINK

VoterID: Justices seem hesitant to toss Indiana's voter ID law Some on high court appear to search for middle ground on law that is toughest in nation LINK

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