Daily Voting News For May 16, 2008

Some county election officials in Ohio are pushing to continue using only central-count optical scan. The ACLU withdrew a suit against Cuyahoga Co because the county promised to go to precinct-count optical scan. Now the county wants to renege on that deal.

It appears that Tennessee will join the paper-age. Newly passed legislation requires all voting machines to be paper based, i.e. optical scan, beginning in 2010.

The Missouri legislature was unable to pass any Voter ID legislation today, the end of their legislative session....

NAtional: Election Fraud, not Voter Fraud, is a National Security Threat LINK

National: The Dubious Integrity of Alice P. Miller and the Elections Assistance Commission LINK

National: The State of the Vote LINK

California: Los Angeles County - LA Officials Announce Changes To Facilitate Voting LINK

Florida: Sarasota County - When can we have too much voting integrity? LINK

Florida: Volusia County - Volusia supervisor tests revamped voting equipment LINK

Indiana: Allen County - Board approves 36% of provisional ballots LINK

Kentucky: Kentucky - “Serious Poll Worker Shortage” LINK

Kentucky: Logan County - Logan to use new voting machines in upcoming election LINK

Missouri: Press Release - Proposed Photo ID Legislation Failed LINK

New Jersey: Judge to rule on tests for e-voting machines LINK

Ohio: Opinion - Costs of voting have to be considered LINK

Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Election Machines Debated Again LINK

Tennessee: Paper voting record required by 2010 LINK

Tennessee: State Senate Approves Paper-Trail Voting Machines Requirement LINK

West Virginia: Mercer County - Counting confusion... Tech, poll errors snarl LINK

Canada: Recount process stalled
Election Defeated incumbent expected to advise election officials of his intentions next week LINK

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