Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

There is a lot of voting news today so this will be the morning edition of today’s news. There have been voting machine problems reported around the country. All of the reported problems, so far, have been on DRE machines. None of the reported problems would have been solved by the inclusion of a vvpat printer or an audit. In fact, of the reports we have seen so far, the inclusion of vvpat printers on DREs has actually caused problems with paper jams.

Headlines for those stories, and the other notable voting news items so far today, all follow below...

• NAtional: States Prepare for Tests of Voting-System Changes
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...8;ref=us&oref=login
• NAtional: Perspective: The Democratic Party's dangerous experiment
  http://www.news.com/The-...29091.html?tag=nefd.lede
• NAtional: 'Crash tested' e-voting machines spread doubt on Super Tuesday
  http://www.theregister.c..._tuesday_evoting_doubts/
• NAtional: AUDIO: How Do You Know If Your Vote is Counted Accurately or Even at All?
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5650
• NAtional: Super Tuesday: An e-voting report from the trenches
  A closer look at three states' e-voting readiness
  http://www.computerworld...060961&pageNumber=1
• NAtional: Why America Needs Coalition – Clean Elections and Freedom
  http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/51382
• AR: Tuesday will test success of Arkansas' earlier party primaries
  http://www.pbcommercial....p-state-ar/d8uk84c82.txt
• CA: Counting votes --- it ain't fast food, folks!
  http://www.calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html\
• CA: 20 Calif. Counties Scrap Electronic Vote Machines
  http://www.npr.org/templ...ory.php?storyId=18672642
• CA: Columnist - Thomas Elias: Voting machines back on track
  http://www.appeal-democr...tml/election_voting.html
• CA: Columnist - Peter Schrag: A one-of-a-kind Rube Goldberg election machine
  http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/687192.html
• CA: After a reboot, does my vote count?
  http://www.cnet.com/8301-13544_1-9864972-35.html
• CA: State Officials Predict Slow Vote Count
  http://www.nbcsandiego.c...ews/15222388/detail.html
• CA: Los Angeles County - California's Butterfly Ballot?
  http://www.huffingtonpos...utterfly-ba_n_84969.html
• CA: Riverside county back to using paper ballots
  http://www.mydesert.com/...S03/80205005/1263/update
• CA: Riverside County - County using all-paper ballots
  http://www.signonsandieg...80205-0359-election.html
• CA: San Diego County - Out of touch: Voting machines sit idle
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...ories/17_55_082_3_08.txt
• CA: San Diego County - Registrar staff expects to work through night
  http://www.signonsandieg...080205-9999-1n5vote.html
• CA: San Joaquin County - Paper ballots filling in for touchscreens
  http://www.recordnet.com...0080205/A_NEWS/802050330
• CA: San Mateo County - Dozens to help oversee voting
  Local Democrats volunteer to ensure smooth counting
  http://www.insidebayarea...mes/localnews/ci_8172879
• CO: Editorial - Lessons in other states' elections
  http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_8166324
• GA: Extra eyes on the polls for presidential contests
  http://www.ajc.com/metro...02/04/pollwatch0205.html
• GA: Georgia voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday
  http://www.ledger-enquir...om/251/story/239407.html
• GA: Glitches Reported at Metro Atlanta Polls
  http://www.11alive.com/n...news.aspx?storyid=110698
• GA: State workers fan out when problems arise at polls
  http://www.ajc.com/metro.../05/pollpolice_0206.html
• GA: Habersham County - State still investigating Habersham
  Several reported violations in July election means polls may be monitored
  http://www.gainesvilleti...s.com/news/article/3197/
• GA: Hall County - Glitch slows things to start with at Wilson II polling place
  http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=206554
• IA: Culver, Mauro disagree on paying for voting machine upgrades
  http://www.qctimes.com/a...p-state-ia/d8ujvprg1.txt
• IL: Early voters took their chances
  Those who chose candidates who dropped out knew it could happen
  http://www.suntimes.com/...,CST-NWS-brown05.article
• IL: ELECTION '08: State officials alert to voter fraud
  http://mywebtimes.com/ot...wa/display.php?id=352864
• IL: Chicago and Cook County - Some voters face minor problems, delays, election officials report
  http://www.chicagotribun...webfeb06,0,7841800.story
• IN: Requiring IDs, Revoking IDs
  http://www.brennancenter...uiring_ids_revoking_ids/
• MO: St Louis - Some technical issues reported at polls in St. Louis
  http://www.news-leader.c...0205/BREAKING01/80205006
• NJ: Hudson County - N.J. governor vote delayed because of poll problems
  http://www.philly.com/ph...causeofpollproblems.html
• NJ: Hudson County - Machine problems at Corzine's voting station
  http://abclocal.go.com/w...politics&id=5936011
• NJ: Hudson County - Technical Difficulties Delay The Vote In Hoboken
  Several Voting Machines Malfunction
  http://wcbstv.com/topsto...er.tuesday.2.646027.html
• NJ: Hudson County - Some Voting Machines Malfunction On Super Tuesday
  Technical Difficulties Delay The Vote
  http://wjz.com/xcampaign...er.tuesday.2.646035.html
• NJ: Hudson County - Hoboken voting machine now working
  http://www.nj.com/hudson...ing_machine_now_wor.html
• NJ: Hudson County - Computer Glitch Delays Corzine’s Vote
  http://cityroom.blogs.ny...ch-delays-corzines-vote/
• NY: Lawsuits could jeopardize NY's compliance with federal voting law
  http://www.wcax.com/Glob...22383&nav=menu183_2
• NY: Ruling rocks N.Y. voting debate
  State Supreme Court gives touch-screen company's bid new life.
  http://www.stargazettene...-1/ARCHIVESdate=20070313
• NY: Chemung County - Chemung Leg. Approves New Voting Machines
  http://www.weny.com/News....asp?ARTICLE3864=7369761
• NY: Debate in Essex Co. over voting machines for the disabled
  http://www.adirondackdai...cles.asp?articleID=10272
• NY: Otsego County - New voting machines ordered
  http://www.thedailystar....cal_story_036040042.html
• NY: Saratoga County - Saratoga stuck with obsolete voting machines?
  Upgrades in parts of county don't meet the newer requirements of federal law
  http://www.timesunion.co...N&newsdate=2/5/2008
• NY: Ulster County - Hearing focus is voting machine law
  http://www.dailyfreeman....dept_id=74958&rfi=6
• OH: Large number of people want paper ballots; shortage feared
  http://www.bucyrustelegr...80205/UPDATES01/80205003
• OH: Cuyahoga County elections board fires one ballot printer
  Replacement scanner ballots ordered after six tests fail
  http://www.cleveland.com...43245850.xml&coll=2
• OH: Cuyahoga's plan to vote on paper goes before federal court judge
  http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=7824682
• OH: Franklin County - Paper ballots await voters
  http://www.columbusdispa..._A6_4298T5M.html?sid=101
• OH: Union County officials contest state's decision on paper ballots
  http://www.columbusdispa...voting_wrap.html?sid=101
• PA: Editorial - It’s time to fix voting
  http://www.cumberlink.co...l/editorial/daily662.txt
• WV: Kanawha County - Audit finds flaws in table games election, but determines no laws were broken
  http://www.dailymail.com...ews/Kanawha/200802050255

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