Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

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
  http://baltimorechronicl.../2008/051608Miller.shtml
• NAtional: The Dubious Integrity of Alice P. Miller and the Elections Assistance Commission
  http://www.countedascast...usa/alicemiller_boee.php
• NAtional: The State of the Vote
  http://www.opednews.com/...e/diarypage.php?did=7420
• CA: Los Angeles County - LA Officials Announce Changes To Facilitate Voting
  http://www.knbc.com/poli...ics/16297246/detail.html
• FL: Sarasota County - When can we have too much voting integrity?
  http://www.sun-herald.co...#038;folder=NewsArchive2
• FL: Volusia County - Volusia supervisor tests revamped voting equipment
  http://www.news-journalo...a/wvlWEST02POL051608.htm
• IN: Allen County - Board approves 36% of provisional ballots
  http://www.journalgazett...CAL/805160342/1002/LOCAL
• KY: Kentucky - “Serious Poll Worker Shortage”
  http://www.electionjourn...us-poll-worker-shortage/
• KY: Logan County - Logan to use new voting machines in upcoming election
  http://www.newsdemocratl...08/05/16/news/news05.txt
• MO: Press Release - Proposed Photo ID Legislation Failed
  http://mofairelections.b...html#8891791086739492203
• NJ: Judge to rule on tests for e-voting machines
  http://www.nj.com/news/i...le_on_testing_proce.html
• OH: Opinion - Costs of voting have to be considered
  http://zanesvilletimesre...1/805160324/1014/OPINION
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Election Machines Debated Again
  http://www.10tv.com/live...on_machines.html?sid=102
• TN: Paper voting record required by 2010
  http://www.tennessean.co...01/805160421/1009/NEWS01
• TN: State Senate Approves Paper-Trail Voting Machines Requirement
  http://wpln.org/newstranscripts/?p=2315
• WV: Mercer County - Counting confusion... Tech, poll errors snarl
  http://www.bdtonline.com...cal_story_137150201.html
• Canada: Recount process stalled
  Election Defeated incumbent expected to advise election officials of his intentions next week
  http://telegraphjournal....aeast.com/article/298231

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