Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Voters went to the polls in Horry Co South Carolina this morning in hopes of casting their vote in that state’s Republican primary. Unfortunately testing of the voting machines had not been completed by the county and ES&S so poll workers were not able to start the machines. Over 80% of the machines used in the county sat dark until technicians could be sent out to get them cleared and ready for the voters. While county election officials were telling the media that no voters had been turned away, voters were telling the media the truth. Voters were sent away without voting.

Ohio SoS Jennifer Brunner has moved back a bit from her plans for November. Gone are her demands for vote centers and gone is her mandate for only central count. Now she will allow counties to use precinct based optical scan to unofficially count the ballots at the precinct level so they can compare those numbers to the official centrally counted tally. There is still no mention of accessible voting for voters with disabilities or federally mandated over vote protection. ...

• CA: 600 ballots sent astray; to be in the mail Saturday
  http://www.napavalleyreg...91928cd4f30578663915.txt
• CO: Vote machine bill on its way to passage
  http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1200732819/3
• CT: Coalition Says Changes Needed in Election Audits
  http://www.ctelectionaudit.org/
• FL: Palm Beach County - Avoid absentee problems by going to the polls
  http://www.palmbeachpost...dedit_absentee_0119.html
• FL: St. Johns County - Early voting means fewer precincts in St. Johns
  http://www.jacksonville....1908/nes_237652765.shtml
• MD: Security of ballot not 100%
  Critics expect flaws as Md. switches systems
  http://www.baltimoresun....ry?coll=bal_tab01_layout
• MS: 2 days of runoffs possible for Mississippi
  Depending on need for special election to fill Lott's Senate seat
  http://www.commercialapp...ays-of-runoffs-possible/
• MT: Guest Opinion: Election machines secure in Montana
  http://www.billingsgazet...on/guest/50-machines.txt
• NC: Wake County - Instant-runoff voting mulled
  Complicated or convenient? Wake voters weigh in at public hearing
  http://www.newsobserver....m/news/story/888611.html
• NH: Human error in Nashua Ward 5 resulted in extra numbers
  http://www.nashuatelegra...WS08/267211607/-1/news08
• NY: N.Y. gets OK for new voting machines
  But local election officials must examine machines from state list before making choice.
  http://www.stargazettene...0080119/NEWS01/801190309
• OH: Secretary of state retreats from some voting changes
  Brunner still wants to replace touch screen machines in 57 counties.
  http://www.daytondailyne...01/18/ddn011908vote.html
• OH: Central counting of votes waived
  Brunner still pushing shift from touch screens to scanned paper ballots
  http://www.ohio.com/news...op_stories/13914922.html
• OH: Elections officials fear paper ballots will delay primary results
  Paper ballots could delay results of primary until the wee hours
  http://www.cleveland.com...61190660.xml&coll=2
• OH: Ashtabula County steams ahead with its voting system
  http://www.starbeacon.co...cal_story_019002744.html
• PA: Northampton County - Officials get set for new voting era
  http://www.nj.com/news/e...12841020.xml&coll=2
• SC: Chester County - Justice Department won't monitor primary in Chester
  NAACP asked for oversight of voting machines
  http://www.heraldonline....om/109/story/304205.html
• SC: Horry County - State readies for elections
  Polling formerly conducted by parties
  http://www.myrtlebeachon.../local/story/319865.html
• SC: E-Voting Train Wreck 2008: The Horry County, SC Disaster
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5579
• SC: Horry County Voting Machine Error
  http://www.scnow.com/mid...BTW-2008-01-19-0001.html
• SC: Horry County - Voting machine problems reported in one South Carolina county
  Posted: 11:15 AM ET
  http://politicalticker.b...e-south-carolina-county/
• SC: Horry County - Voters being turned away in Horry?
  http://blogs.thestate.co.../01/voters-being-tu.html
• SC: Horry County - Voting machine problems anger voters
  http://www.scnow.com/mid...BTW-2008-01-19-0005.html
• SC: Horry County - Electronic Voting Machine Problems in Myrtle Beach
  http://www.time-blog.com...voting_machine_prob.html
• SC: Horry County - Voting Machine Error Forces Paper Ballot Use
  http://www.wltx.com/news...story.aspx?storyid=57508
• SC: Horry County - SC polling problems: Man v. Machine
  http://weblogs.baltimore...problems_man_v_mach.html
• SC: Horry County - McCain looking to extend South Carolina poll hours
  http://politicalticker.b...uth-carolina-poll-hours/
• SC: Horry County - Voting problems widespread in Horry County, officials say
  http://www.myrtlebeachon...litics/story/320363.html
• SC: Horry County – SC Voting Problems
  http://firstread.msnbc.m...e/2008/01/19/592019.aspx

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