Officials
in Belmont Co Ohio tested the use of paper ballots and
optical-scan at one precinct. The test was an attempt to see
if elections could be held with less expense using paper
ballots than using the county’s DREs. The test was a
success so the county is now thinking about spreading the
experiment to the whole county. One result of the test was
that there were no lines because many voters can mark paper
ballots all at the same time. Hopefully Belmont will tell
their neighboring counties and they will experiment and
tell their neighbors and we will suddenly have a paper
ballot movement that will spread across the whole country
and more and more counties will join in the “Rage against
the Machines”....
NAtional: VOTER
ACTION CALLS FOR A FULL CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF
VOTING SYSTEMS COMPANIES LINK
National:
Swarthmore College Political Scientist Calls Voter ID Laws
'Democratic Emergency,' Joins Amicus Brief to Challenge
Proposed Legislation LINK
California:
Ballot Petition Fraud Occuring in Support of California's
Republican Electoral College Initiative? LINK
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California: San
Francisco - Supervisors moving ahead on buying new voting
machines LINK
California:
Tehama County - County urges absentee vote Long lines
expected at polls LINK
Connecticut: From
the Crow's Nest: An election reflection LINK
Connecticut:
Secretary of the state launches random audits; EHartford,
EWindsor, Somers, WLocks selected LINK
Hawaii: New vote
system could be delayed The next setup’s cost might go
over budget, an election official says LINK
New Hampshire:
Candidates go for recounts despite the cost LINK
New Jersey:
Voters still traveling on a paperless trail LINK
New Mexico: San
Juan County - County stuck with outdated voting machines LINK
New York: How Two
Million Bucks Could Derail Open-Source Voting Machines in
New York Elections LINK
New York: Ulster
County - Paper ballots next year? State election official
says they'd be impractical LINK
Ohio: Belmont
County - More Paper At ’08 Polls LINK
Ohio: Putnam
County - Election troubles abound LINK
Pennsylvania:
Lancaster County - Official: Elections office didn't
prepare public for vote LINK
Texas: Harris
County - Why did it take a week for press to learn of
eSlate "adjustments?" LINK
Canada: Ontario -
Embattled Vaughan clerk fired LINK
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