Here we are again opening our elections system to a vendor and software that has not been tested by any test lab or certified to be used on any voting system. Aspen Colorado is going to hold a mock election using two different modes of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). In order to do this with the voting machines they will be using the city has hired “True Ballot†to write the software to count the ballots on the optical scan machines in use by the city. Yes this is a mock election. But who expects that once a decision on which IRV system will be used the new software will be removed from the machines and never used until it has been certified for use on those machines….
- Featured – CO: Public weighs instant runoff in mock election
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/132610 - CO: Colorado Western Slope Excluded from Election Reform Commission
http://www.examiner.com/x-1818-Denver-Election-Reform-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Colorado-Western-Slope-Excluded-from-Election-Reform-Commission - CO: Mesa County – Battle over all paper ballots brewing
http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9868769 - FL: Three-vote margin spurs Palm Beach mayoral ballot recount Saturday
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/02/18/recountupdate0219.html - FL: New voting machines coming to St Johns County
http://www.pontevedrarecorder.com/content/728_1.php - KS: Topeka legislator’s voter ID bill stalls
http://cjonline.com/stories/021909/bre_voter.shtml - MN: Opinion – Is Team Coleman stalling?
http://www.minnpost.com/ericblackblog/2009/02/19/6808/is_team_coleman_stalling - MN: Senate recount trial: Franken legal win streak continues
http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2009/02/19/6812/senate_recount_trial_franken_legal_win_streak_continues - MN: Coleman lawyers blast judges
After two adverse rulings, Coleman team says panel has created a “legal quagmire.”
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/39780762.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUMEaPc:E7_ec7PaP3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr - MN: Coleman’s quagmire
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/02/022875.php - NE: New bill would allow voter registration on Election Day
http://new.khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=16284&storytopic=4 - NM: State seeks change after audit to cover federal funds, pay bills
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_11735642 - SD: ACLU Sues South Dakota Secretary Of State Over Illegal Voter Disfranchisement
http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/exoffenders/38762prs20090218.html?s_src=RSS - TX: Editorial – Voter ID legislation innocuous at best, politically malevolent at worst
http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2009/02/19/02192009waceditorial1.html - WI: Walworth County – Recount tonight in Darien
http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/feb/19/recount-tonight-darien/
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