Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Did you wonder how Diebold/Premier escaped the axe in Colorado? While all of the other vendors had their machines decertified or had strict conditions set on them Diebold/Premier came away fairly clean. It seems that Secretary of State Coffman is running for Congress next year. The consultants for his campaign also seem to be the consultants for Diebold/Premier. Coffman went a long way to keep Diebold/Premier from being decertified because his testing board recommended that all electronic voting systems used in the state be decertified. Coffman reportedly used his discretion to decide which systems were “substantially compliant”. Diebold/Premier which has gotten consistently negative reports from across the nation got the head-nod and wink from Coffman.

A decision was made in the DoJ complaint against the state of New York. Details are still sketchy but it looks like the state needs to have a plan by Jan. 4.

174 ePROM chips for San Diego Co.’s optical-scan machines were lost somewhere between the California Secretary of State’s office and the county. The chips were packaged in two tubes by Diebold/Premier employees under witness by SoS employees. They were shipped by Diebold/Premier’s normal shipper, FedEx. San Diego Co.’s Registrar, on a witch hunt, is blaming SOS Bowen for the problems.

Cuyahoga Co.’s Board of Elections voted 2-2 on whether to accept SOS Brunner’s plan to change voting systems before the state primary election. The decision is now hers.

Details on all of those stories, and many more today, all linked below...

• NAtional: Voter ID requirement will help fight fraud
  http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=280911
• NAtional: Advancing the HCPB Framing, Outreach and Media
  http://www.opednews.com/...advancing_the_hcpb_f.htm
• NAtional: No Barking in the Night about the FEC
  http://www.moresoftmoney...nforcement.html?AID=1159
• AZ: Pima County - Dems Win, but Now Real Fight May Begin
  http://blog.tucsonweekly.com/?p=1093
• CA: Decertification Dilemma
  http://www.govtech.com/gt/160985?topic=117688
• CA: Humboldt County - Voter Confidence Committee requests November election information
  http://www.eurekareporte...lay.aspx?ArticleID=31935
• CA: San Diego County - 175 chips for voting machines are lost
  Registrar criticizes secretary of state
  http://www.signonsandieg...1220-9999-7m20chips.html
• CA: San Diego County – Voting-computer chips missing
  http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/581009.html
• CA: San Diego County - CA Sec. of State Sued by San Diego County and Their Former E-Voting Rep Turned Election Official
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5461
• CA: San Diego County - Bowen faces vote lawsuit
  A post-election audit rule went too far, county claims.
  http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/580633.html
• CO: Sec. of state's campaign advisers also represent e-voting firm
  http://www.rockymountain...voting-machine-decision/
• CO: Colorado Voter Group Comments on Secretary of State's Decisions
  http://www.votetrustusa....;id=2695&Itemid=113
• CO: E-voting firm says ties didn't affect Secretary Coffman's ruling
  http://www.rockymountain...nt-affect-coffman-rulin/
• CO: Clerks: Vote counts will be accurate
  http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=5300
• CO: Mesa County - Commission defiant on vote machines
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...oting_machines_folo.html
• CO: Prowers County voting scanners decertified
  http://www.lamardaily.co...6a879fd586a581481760.txt
• CO: Weld County - Weld voting machines still certified despite state-wide concerns
  http://www.greeleytrib.c.../20071220/NEWS/451347444
• FL: Is your vote worth 10 minutes? 20? An hour? Apparently not in Florida
  http://www.opednews.com/...is_your_vote_worth_1.htm
• FL: Hillsborough County - Elections supervisor miffed about remarks
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...ctions_supervisor_.shtml
• NC: Voting machines banned
  Other states flag devices still used in WNC
  http://www.citizen-times...article?AID=200771219149
• NC: Other States Question NC Voting Technology
  http://www.publicbroadca...1201746&sectionID=1
• NV: Voting Machines Used in Nevada Deemed Unreliable in Colorado
  http://www.lasvegasnow.c...22777&nav=menu102_2
• NY: Voter advocates push for scanners
  http://www.thejournalnew...05/712200389/1026/NEWS10
• NY: Hitting the brakes on HAVA
  http://www.capitalnews9..../default.asp?ArID=227732
• NY: Judge says NY must comply with voting machine law by Jan. 4
  http://www.newsday.com/n...220dec20,0,7280423.story
• NY: Judge “embarrassed” by state’s violation of HAVA
  http://polhudson.lohudbl...tates-violation-of-hava/
• NY: State must start to comply with voting law by January
  http://news10now.com/con...rID=130606&SecID=83
• NY: New York Citizen Groups Say Forced 2008 HAVA Compliance Would Cause Chaos
  http://www.govtech.com/gt/238775?topic=117688
• NY: Judge rules on state's failure to comply with HAVA
  http://www.capitalnews9..../default.asp?ArID=227770
• OH: Exclusive: BRAD BLOG's In-Depth Post-EVEREST Interview with Ohio's Secretary of State
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5463
• OH: Opinion - Investigate Voting Machine Claims
  http://www.theintelligen...nt.detail/id/503623.html
• OH: More Ohio woes? Count on it
  http://www.nydailynews.c...io_woes_count_on_it.html
• OH: Will Ohio Be the Next Ohio in 2008?
  http://www.opednews.com/...will_ohio_be_the_nex.htm
• OH: Voting security under scrutiny
  http://news.cincypost.co...0071220/NEWS01/712200371
• OH: Athens County - Elections board chair: State report suggests county made correct voting machine choice
  http://www.athensnews.co...icle.php3?story_id=30163
• OH: Cuyahoga County – Editorial: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must not change Cuyahoga County's voting system
  http://www.cleveland.com...30305810.xml&coll=2
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga elections board splits 2-2 on voting-system change
  http://dispatch.com/live...12/20/cuyahoga_elex.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Secretary of State expected to order changes in Cuyahoga County voting
  http://www.wkyc.com/news...0153&provider=gnews
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio Secretary of State to decide on Cuyahoga voting machines
  http://blog.cleveland.co...ary_of_state_to_dec.html
• OH: Licking County - County voters don't want to scrap machines
  Some oppose spending more money, think tampering is unlikely
  http://www.newarkadvocat...20/NEWS01/712200327/1002
• OH: Pickaway County - New voting machines could cost county $500,000
  http://circlevilleherald...=105606&TM=57359.45

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