Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today is a mixed bag of articles. Officials in South Carolina have been told to have the proper amount of emergency paper ballots at the polls for the Democratic primary election this Saturday. It seems that Republicans were forced to vote on any scrap of paper available in Horry Co last Saturday.

The Registrar of Voters of Sacramento Co California, Jill Lavine, has revealed that the county's ES&S M-100 precinct-based optical-scan machines failed “Logic and Accuracy” testing for the Feb 5 primary:

We applaud Lavine and her staff for doing a thorough L&A test and for making the correct decision. One can only wonder as to whom ES&S will blame for this problem.

Meanwhile Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman has changed his mind again and he is now backing the state’s county clerks association which wants vote-by-mail. The governor and legislative leaders today announced legislation that will require all counties to keep poll site voting but do away with the state’s DREs and require paper ballots. It cannot be long before Coffman changes his mind again and announces his support for paper ballots at the polls.

Those stories, and all the other notable voting news today, linked below as usual...

• NAtional: Editorial - Voters don't need photo identification
  http://www.goerie.com/ap...1/801230342/-1/OPINION21
• NAtional: Report: Touch Screen Ballot Design Can Cause Voter Errors
  http://www.nbc4.com/news/15115761/detail.html
• NAtional: Columnist - Servatius: The chads are still hanging
  America's democracy is flawed at the most fundamental level
  http://media.www.dailyut...ll.Hanging-3163003.shtml
• NAtional: Why We Need Democracy Promotion at Home
  http://www.thenation.com...ut?bid=7&pid=274167
• AR: Benton County - Democratic poll watchers to be on hand for Feb. 5 vote
  http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58025/
• CA: Judge rules against counties in vote count dispute
  http://www.pe.com/localn...al_D_vote23.339ccb2.html
• CA: Kings County - South Valley Voting Machines Gathering Dust
  http://www.kmph.com/Glob...741&nav=menu612_2_6
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  CA: Monterey County - Panel observes voting process
  Elections Department: Group formed to meet state requirement`
  http://www.montereyheral...i_8052167?nclick_check=1
• CA: Sacramento County - Long election night likely
  Sacramento County machine flaws to delay results
  http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/654559.html
• CA: Sacramento County equipment problems will delay primary election results
  http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/653553.html
• CA: Sacramento County - Voting equipment problems in Sacramento lead to change of plans
  http://calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html
• CA: San Diego County - Judge rejects county's election recount challenge
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...ories/1_03_281_22_08.txt
• CA: San Diego County - Hand counting of ballots can increase, judge rules
  http://www.signonsandieg...3-9999-1m23b2briefs.html
• CA: San Francisco County - S.F. settles suit with voting machine vendor
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...D.DTL&type=politics
• CA: San Francisco County - City may get $3.5M from e-voting company
  http://www.examiner.com/...om_e_voting_company.html
• CA: Solano County - Election oversight proposal rejected
  http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_8054120
• CO: Ritter backs paper ballots at polls
  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8055547
• CO: Ritter proposes paper ballot
  http://dailycamera.com/n...-ballot-election-system/
• CO: Paper Ballots Will Be Used In This Year's Elections
  Electronic Voting Equipment Was Disqualified In December
  http://www.thedenverchan...ews/15121967/detail.html
• CO: Ritter: State should use paper, not electronics, to vote
  http://www.9news.com/new...ticle.aspx?storyid=85021
• CO: Federal election official talks about Colorado voting problems
  http://www.rockymountain...alks-about-colorado-vot/
• CO: Garfield County's clerk and recorder says she needs an answer on voting machines
  http://www.postindepende...0123/VALLEYNEWS/63551398
• CO: Weld County - Weld clerk calls Ritter's paper ballot proposal "step back"
  http://www.greeleytrib.c.../20080123/NEWS/238954928
• FL: Pinellas County – Editorial - Plan for early voting snubs half the county
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...n_for_early_voting.shtml
• FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota backs off mail-in election A special vote this spring will be done traditionally, just to be on the safe side
  http://www.heraldtribune...801230396/-1/newssitemap
• IA: Mauro: Update all of Iowa's voting machines
  http://www.desmoinesregi.../NEWS/80123030/-1/NEWS04
• MA: Swampscott set to debut new voting machines
  http://www.thedailyitemo...08/01/23/news/news17.txt
• MD: Study Author Pans Scrapping of Maryland's Touch-Screen Voting Machines
  http://www.foxnews.com/s...ry/0,2933,325031,00.html
• NM: Ballot Busters
  Will the state’s election software be reliable?
  http://sfreporter.com/ar...12308-ballot-busters.php
• NY: Brennan Center to New York State Board of Elections: Don't Even Think About It
  http://www.votetrustusa....;id=2722&Itemid=113
• NY: Opinion - Voting machine deadline approaching
  County election commissioners face crucial choice by Feb. 8.
  http://www.stargazettene...0123/OPINION03/801230325
• NY: Republican resigns from state elections board
  http://www.newsday.com/n...123jan23,0,2622783.story
• NY: Illness might delay state's choice of new voting machines
  http://www.uticaod.com/homepage/x254751523
• OH: Brunner's election plan given rebuff
  Secretary of state hoping elections officials will compromise on replacing touch screen machines with paper ballots.
  http://www.daytondailyne...01/22/ddn012308vote.html
• OH: Brunner: Security over cost
  Most counties want to stick with touch-screen voting
  http://news.cincinnati.c...EWS01/801230369/-1/CINCI
• OH: Brunner wants officials to compromise
  http://www.newarkadvocat...UPDATES01/80123010/1002/
• OH: Ohio’s vote machines lacking controls
  http://www.irontontribun...8/01/23/news/local05.txt
• OH: Lake County - Lake officials estimate cost of changing voting equipment
  http://www.news-herald.c...dept_id=21849&rfi=6
• PA: Editorial - Could online voting be far in the future?
  http://www.cumberlink.co...l/editorial/daily671.txt
• PA: Lawrence County - County to address voting machine complaints
  http://www.ncnewsonline....cal_story_023102553.html
• PA: Wayne County - Wayne considering leasing machines for April primary
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=416046&rfi=6
• SC: Legislators call for more paper ballots after Horry Co. primary problems
  http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7762177
• SC: Officials working to fix voting machine problems from GOP primary
  http://www.thestate.com/...s-wire/story/294599.html
• SC: Horry County - Staff changes not expected over primary
  http://www.myrtlebeachon.../local/story/324050.html
• SC: Orangeburg County - School election appeal before Supreme Court
  http://www.thetandd.com/.../01/23/news/12927206.txt
• UT: Utah's AccuVOTE Proves to be Safe and Successful
  http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/67064

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