Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today Election Assistance Commission (EAC) commissioners met before the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee to answer questions about how they have been spending taxpayers' money. One Congressman, Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), asked the commissioners about their HAVA mandated duties as a “clearinghouse.” The commissioners who responded, again, denied their responsibility to warn anyone of voting machine problems. They claimed that they just don’t have the staff or funds to do the job. I need to point out to the commissioners, some of whom read DVN, that I am the compiler, writer, editor, and publisher of DVN and it doesn’t take a dime of taxpayers’ money to do what I do. All they need to do is to forward DVN out to election officials across the country and their mandate would be met. If that’s too hard, I already send them reports of voting system failures every time they appear and ask them to forward them on to others who may need the information. All they need to do is to pass on the information as I request. Job done and the taxpayers don’t pay anything for warnings that voting machines may have failed in one state and that failure may happen on the same machines used elsewhere in the nation. I guess it is easier to ignore problems and hope they just go away. It’s easier, anyway, until you have to go before Congress and Congressman Hinchey begins demanding answers.

That story, and the rest of today's voting news, all linked below (at no expense to the tax payers)...

• NAtional: A Quaint Story about How We Used to Have Democratic Elections
  http://www.opednews.com/...a_quaint_story_about.htm
• NAtional: Lawmakers Question Election Board Members
  http://www.cqpolitics.co...;docID=news-000002677796
• CA: Los Angeles County to count flawed 'double bubble' ballots
  http://www.signonsandieg...a-independentvoters.html
• CO: Bill outlines paper-ballot election
  http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_8369533
• CO: Bill shifts votes to paper ballots
  Clerks criticize the plan, which allows electronic voting as a second choice.
  http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8371929
• CO: Still Waiting
  http://www.coloradodaily..._u_and_boulder/news3.txt
• CO: Bill would force voters to ask for touch screen
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...708_1b_Paper_voting.html
• CO: Bill would require use of paper ballots
  http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1204100657/3
• CO: Bill would open way for paper ballots
  http://www.gazette.com/a...ml/ballots_machines.html
• CO: State lawmakers move forward paper ballot proposal for 2008 elections
  Bill allocates $3.5M for buying more scanners
  http://dailycamera.com/n...allots-lawmakers-choice/
• CO: All-paper voting bill has bipartisan face
  Top legislative leaders in both parties back it; county clerks skeptical
  http://www.rockymountain...er-voting-bill-unveiled/
• CO: Lawmakers move ahead with paper ballots; scanners still in limbo
  http://www.greeleytrib.c.../20080227/NEWS/185654909
• CO: Denver - Dems botch caucus picks
  The huge turnout in the state created confusion, and Greens and Republicans were among those chosen as delegates.
  http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_8329907
• CO: La Plata County - Lawmakers present paper-ballot bill
  La Plata County clerk worries state could be ‘laughingstock’
  http://durangoherald.com...news/08/news080227_1.htm
• CO: Morgan County clerk still nervous
  http://www.fortmorgantim...ach%20sidebar%202-27.txt
• FL: Miami-Dade County - S. Miami election error leads to challenge
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g_news/story/429243.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Reduce absentee voting
  http://www.palmbeachpost..._absentee_edit_0227.html
• MN: Opinion - Bill Boyne: Four steps to restore fair elections
  http://www.postbulletin....y.asp?z=12&a=330478
• MS: Mississippi Voters Threatened by Illegal Purge, if New Bill Passes Legislature
  http://www.earthtimes.or...legislature,294325.shtml
• NY: NY board approves voting machine panned by disability advocates
  http://www.newsday.com/n...227feb27,0,2360636.story
• OH: Secretary of State to Hold Town Hall Meeting at Ohio University Eastern
  http://www.news-register...nt.detail/id/506386.html
• OH: Post-EVEREST Study Reveals MORE Vulnerabilities
  http://www.opednews.com/...post_everest_study_r.htm
• OH: ‘Paper” Vote System To Debut in Ohio with Flaws, Researchers Say
  http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538168/
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections System Switches Could Cost Taxpayers $40M
  http://www.newsnet5.com/...ews/15429715/detail.html
• OH: Hardin County - Chairman removed from elections board
  http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=49771
• PA: Fayette County - Fayette officials make deadline to buy scanners
  http://www.pittsburghliv...ws/fayette/s_554415.html
• PA: New voting machines set to be purchased for Fayette County
  http://www.heraldstandar...ept_id=480247&rfi=6
• TN: Hamilton County – Columnist - Voting vs. Technology?
  Electronic systems need careful scrutiny—and informed citizens
  http://www.chattanoogapu...2008/02/27/47c45d970acf9
• TX: Ford Bend County adds eSlate machines
  A week after top election official quits, leaders order 200 extra devices to handle expected high turnout
  http://www.chron.com/dis...pl/politics/5573079.html
• TX: Fort Bend County - County adds 200 machines for election
  http://www.herald-coaste...s/top_story/topstory.txt
• TX: Travis County - Austin voter casts ballot twice because of 'glitch' in system
  http://www.news8austin.c.../default.asp?ArID=201403
• TX: Upshur County - Contract mishandled, Upshur lawsuit claims
  http://www.news-journal....2008_Upshur_Lawsuit.html

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