Good
news today from New Jersey where S-507, a post-election
audit bill, passed through the budget committee on a
party-line vote even with opposition from the state
Attorney General.
This week we are scheduled to hear the
results of the Ohio Secretary of State’s EVEREST project.
This project and resulting reports from academics and others
was supposed to be Jennifer Brunner’s “Top-To-Bottom
Review” with the resulting recognition comparable to that
given to California’s Debra Bowen. We are still waiting
to hear whether we will actually see the reports or just an
executive summary that only gives us the information the
Secretary wants us to hear. In the meantime, Brunner seems
to be nudging Cuyahoga Co to change from DRE voting to
optical-scan. While those nudges would have been great 6
months or more ago, it is questionable as to whether the
county should change now. The Ohio primary is March 4 with
absentee voting beginning in January. The county should now
be working on ballot lay-out, ballot programming and ballot
printing. This is NOT the time to make any changes. One has
to wonder whether Brunner is trying to emulate Bowen or
Blackwell. The jury is still out....
CA: CA Elections - Better Accurate than
Fast! LINK
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Colorado: Opinion
- Only paper ballots would make elections credible LINK
Colorado:
Scientists: Key to bolstering confidence in elections
related to voting experience LINK
Delaware: Funds
mostly accounted for; $6,000 of $743,000 for voting
upgrades still undocumented LINK
Florida: Voter
database given OK ahead of primary Florida's elections chief
defends the voter database but admits some new voters may
be out of luck for the primary. LINK
Iowa: Group wants
paper record for votes in 2008 LINK
New Jersey:
Landmark NJ Election Audit Bill Passes Budget Committee LINK
New York:
Editorial - Voting-machine dilemma deserves interim solution
Legislators should consider resolution to provide reliable
machines while state continues its testing program. LINK
Ohio: Large
Undervotes in Seven Ohio Touch Screen Counties LINK
Ohio: What will
Ohio be voting on in 2008, and who decides? The procedure,
protocol, and timeline of this decision making by Ohio's
Elected Officials on Project EVEREST voting machine testing
has been requested by OEJC. LINK
Tennessee:
Opinion - Election Day voting: not doomsday, but more
accountability is needed LINK
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