Election Updates has this post on a proposal by Secretary of State Trey Grayson, as reported by the AP and editorialized on by the Cincinnati Enquirer with reference to Ohio’s experience.

The AP has this report on Diebold’s hiring of Kathy Rogers, who resigned as director of Georgia’s election division on November 30, to serve as “a liaison between Diebold and elections officials nationwide.”

The Gainesville Sun reports here on dueling filings in the Florida 13th CD litigation, over access to the ES&S voting machines’ source code. Prior filings in the case, including Jennings’ discovery motion, may be found here on the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s… Continue reading

The Tri Valley Herald reports here on a State Court of Appeal decision that those serving time in local jails are entitled to vote. The case involves a provision of the California Constitution that bars from voting those who are… Continue reading

The AP has this report on a Georgia panel’s findings, after studying he use of electronic voting machines with paper printouts in three counties. Cobb County’s head of elections says that “28 people needed five days to count the ballots,… Continue reading

“The List” is not to be missed.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports here and the Brandenton Herald here on the state’s comparing the source code on the iVotronic’s computer chips to that on file with the Florida Division of Elections. A preliminary report found no discrepancies in parallel… Continue reading

The AP has this report on Washington Superior Court Judge Mary Miles Teachout’s finding that Democrat Thomas M. Salmon prevailed over Auditor Randy Brock by 102 votes, after Brock had originally been declared the winner by 137 votes. This is… Continue reading

The AP has this report and EL@M this post on Republican Shannon Royer’s concession to Democrat Barbara McIlvaine Smith in Pennsylvania’s 156th House District, giving Democrats a 102-101 majority. The final margin after the manual recount was 28 votes (11,616-11,588).

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has this story and the NYT this one on Democrat Christine Jennings’ filing of a notice of contest with the House, asking it to void the result of the election in which Republican Vern Buchanan was declared… Continue reading

The AP has this report, on problems with the printouts generated by the present-generation electronic voting machines, in places that require a “voter verified paper audit trail” (VVPAT). Typically, these systems spool out a strip of paper behind a… Continue reading

In a 4-3 opinion, the California Supreme Court held that Indian tribes are bound by campaign finance disclosure rules (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Superior Court). The AP has this report. The tribes had argued that, as… Continue reading

The Center for Competitive Politics has issued this press release, quoting Brad Smith’s reaction to the three-judge court’s opinion: “Today the D.C. District Court reaffirmed citizens’ rights to speak over the airwaves about political issues close to an… Continue reading

The Arizona Daily Star reports here on the City Council’s unanimous rejection of a proposal to have all the city’s voting done by mail. It notes that: “After voting in April to endorse all-mail balloting for the 2007 election, the… Continue reading