The news has not been written yet but I am hearing from New Jersey that the bill that would have forced the state's voters to continue to use Sequoia Advantage DREs with no paper audit trail was defeated in one house of the state legislature and the bill in the other house never went to the floor for a vote. Now the state needs to decide whether to wait and hope Sequoia can get a vvpat printer certified or do the right thing and change over to a paper-based voting system....

• National: Toward A Better Registration System
  Eliminating A Mountain Of Paperwork Is A Top Priority For Gathering Of Election Administrators
  http://www.nationaljourn...ine/rg_20081211_4869.php
• National: Unstuffing the Ballot Box
  The right is working to change voting rules. Advocates and ordinary citizens are pushing back.
  http://www.utne.com/2006...tuffingtheBallotBox.aspx
• National: EAC Honors Poll Workers from Election Day 2008
  http://www.eac.gov/News/...ction-day-2008/base_view
• GA: Lee County - Poll workers thanked
  http://www.albanyherald....m/stories/20081215n1.htm
• KS: Riley County Clerk: General election cost $77K
  http://www.themercury.co...4a8b45dbaee011d7fe5b56d9
• MD: Md. election board seeks '09 touch-screen pact
  http://www.chron.com/dis...y.mpl/ap/tx/6165950.html
• MD: Md. election board seeks '09 touch-screen pact
  http://www.examiner.com/...9_touch_screen_pact.html
• MN: A nasty bug emerges in the state election system
  http://www.startribune.c...Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
• MN: Coleman, Franken joust ahead of critical election board meeting
  http://www.startribune.c...b_jEkP:QUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
• MN: Editorial: Recount reveals an election weak spot
  Changes needed to reduce absentee ballot error rate.
  http://www.startribune.c..._Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
• MN: Senate recount update: Coleman camp takes separate objections to Supreme Court and Canvassing Board
  http://www.minnpost.com/...urt_and_canvassing_board
• NJ: Editorial - A vote for optical scan
  http://www.nj.com/opinio...54096780.xml&coll=5
• NY: Good News from Minnesota:
  New York State Has Selected the Right Voting System
  http://www.nyvv.org/newd...sFromMinnesota121408.pdf
• PA: 38,983 voters purged from rolls
  York County hadn't tossed deadwood voters in a decade.
  http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_11232664
• TX: Commentary - Republicans revive voter ID proposal
  http://www.chron.com/dis...ial/robison/6164918.html
• TX: Dewhurst trying to work out a deal to get voter ID bill passed
  http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/36148044.html
• TX: Johnson County - Editorial: Elections office must be efficient
  http://www.cleburnetimes...l?keyword=secondarystory

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