Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Direct Recording Electronic voting is on the wane. New Mexico has already gone from DREs to paper. Florida is in the process of making the change and will be there by Nov. Ohio may make the move from DREs to paper ballots before Nov. Colorado clerks in all but three counties want to go to vote-by-mail for all elections and their SoS has now flip-flopped over to their side. Maryland has now budgeted $6.8M to make the move. Yet officials in Northampton Co, Pennsylvania have decided to buy DREs from Sequoia and they won’t even have a vvpat printer. Even the vendors are beginning to admit that while they have made hundreds of millions of dollars selling flawed technology their time is coming to an end. Soon the DRE purveyor will go the way of the snake-oil salesman. But officials like those in Northampton need to look beyond their county border and realize there is a world out there and they can learn from more than just a “slick-willie” salesman who is selling them junk.

Tax payers in four California counties need to question their counties decision to file a wasteful lawsuit against the Secretary of State. How much San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Kern money was wasted in this attempt to not follow the rules? Kern stupidly announced they were joining the suit on Wed. and heard the tentative ruling against them on Thurs. That’s great planning....

• NAtional: Paper jam may curb Latino vote
  http://www.tucsoncitizen...om/daily/local/74472.php
• NAtional: The Legacy of Hanging Chads
  As the Florida recount implodes, the high court decides Bush v. Gore
  http://www.usnews.com/ar...cy-of-hanging-chads.html
• NAtional: Can America Run a Fairer Election?
  Why it's so hard to make sure that voting day goes as it should
  http://www.usnews.com/ar...n-a-fairer-election.html
• NAtional: Rep. pushes bill offering cash for paper ballots
  http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/337321.html
• NAtional: New Jersey Congressman Rush Holts Grand Notion…
  http://www.opednews.com/...new_jersey_congressm.htm
• CA: Growth in absentee voters threatens to delay California tally
  http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8000601
• CA: Tentative decision in San Diego case favors Secretary of State
  http://calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html
• CA: State's tallying may be delayed
  http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_8008293
• CA: San Diego County - Judge Rules Against San Diego's Recount Dispute
  http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10699
• CA: San Diego County - Hand count of ballots for primary may grow
  http://www.signonsandieg...0642-1bo18handcount.html
• CA: Solano County - Absentee voters told not to err
  http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_8008261
• CA: Tulare County - One size does not fit all ballots
  Absentee votes can be folded to send back to the county
  http://www.visaliatimesd.../20080118/NEWS/801180337
• CO: County clerks want all-mail ballot after machine, database problems
  http://www.aspentimes.co.../20080117/NEWS/215990441
• CO: Coffman bows to clerks on mail vote
  Secretary of state attempts to mend election fences
  http://www.rockymountain...-to-clerks-on-mail-vote/
• CO: All-mail ballot wins ally
  Secretary of State Coffman says he may support it, but not all clerks on board
  http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_8003346
• CO: Voting system fix may need a 'time out'
  Lawmakers should approve all-mail-in election this year
  http://www.coloradoan.co...0118/OPINION01/801180371
• CO: Secretary of state closer to voting machine retest
  http://www.gazette.com/a...ml/machines_coffman.html
• CO: Voting machine measure clears House committee
  http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1200646971/6
• FL: Touch-screen voting popular with many but on the way out
  http://www.orlandosentin...808jan18,0,1055249.story
• IL: Elections officials defend safety of technology, watchdogs say it invites fraud
  http://news.medill.north...icago/news.aspx?id=74867
• MA: New voting machines help sight-challenged voters
  http://www.wickedlocal.c...orleans/news/x1295938680
• MD: Funding set for vote with 'paper trail'
  Md. budget has $6.8 million for new optical-scan system
  http://www.baltimoresun....ry?coll=bal_tab01_layout
• MD: Board gets grant to study 2008 election
  http://www.baltimoresun....n18jan18,0,5641950.story
• NH: 'No Problems' in NH Hand Count Says Local Media (Who Apparently Didn't Bother to Check First with Anybody but the SoS)
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5572
• NH: New Hampshire law spells out how AccuVote technology must be used
  http://www.nashuatelegra...NEWS08/756085301/-1/news
• NH: Election officials shrug off criticisms of voting machines
  http://www.nashuatelegra...NEWS08/421841469/-1/news
• NJ: Bill prods states to drop paperless voting machines
  http://www.post-gazette..../pg/08018/850251-176.stm
• NJ: Opinion - Electronic voting machines should have backup system
  http://www.courierposton...8/OPINION/801180331/1046
• NY: Opinion - Judicial action gets New York moving on voting machines
  http://www.democratandch...4/801180347/1041/OPINION
• OH: Brunner backs off centralized vote-counting demand
  http://www.timesreporter...ex.php?ID=78219&r=0
• OH: Ohio leaders, minus speaker, huddle to prepare for election
  Husted cites scheduling conflict in missing presidential vote meeting on counting ballots
  http://www.ohio.com/news/13887562.html
• OH: Brunner backs off proposals for voting
  Touch-screens still out; other changes can wait
  http://www.columbusdispa..._A1_AG93F1T.html?sid=101
• OH: Brunner backs off centralized vote-counting demand
  http://www.ohio.com/news...break_news/13899392.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio ACLU Sues SOS Brunner on Claims Voting System Changes Unlawful and Will Result in More Uncounted Ballots
  http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/531
• OH: Cuyahoga County - ACLU files suit to block paper ballots
  New paper ballots called unconstitutional
  http://www.cleveland.com...48154251.xml&coll=2
• PA: Northampton County - County picks new electronic voting machines
  Sequoia voting machines resemble lever machine ballots.
  http://www.nj.com/news/e...47185131.xml&coll=2
• PA: Northampton County - County: It's Sequoia by a landslide
  With lone holdout, council picks new voting machine vendor.
  http://www.mcall.com/new...153jan18,0,5272650.story
• SC: Absentee vote gaining popularity
  http://www.myrtlebeachon.../local/story/318700.html

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