What's In and What's Out

"The List" 2007
electionline.org Staff

Once again, as a public service we present our fourth annual "in and out" list (with continued apologies to The Washington Post - though we've beaten them to the punch this year):

OUT: Ohio 2004
IN: Sarasota 2006

OUT: Software design
IN: Ballot design

OUT: Long lines at Denver precincts
IN: Long lines at Denver vote centers

OUT: Advocates' support for voter verified paper trails (VVPATs)
IN: Congressional interest in mandating VVPATs

OUT: U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners (EAC) Ray Martinez and Paul DeGregorio
IN: EAC nominees Rosemary Rodriguez and Caroline Hunter

OUT: Independent verification
IN: Software independence

OUT: Talking about auditability
IN: Actually doing audits

OUT: Voter fraud and intimidation
IN: Elections crimes

OUT: Exporting American election experience to Iraq
IN: Colorado's new secretary of state importing Iraq's election experience to America

OUT: Jurisdictions worried what it will cost them if their election equipment doesn't work
IN: Vendors worried what it will cost them if their election equipment doesn't work

OUT: Chairmen Sen. Trent Lott (Rules) and Rep. Vern Ehlers (House Administration)
IN: Chairwomen Sen. Diane Feinstein and Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald

OUT: Fears voter ID problems will keep voters away from the polls in 2006
IN: Fears that lack of voter ID problems in 2006 will lead to similar laws elsewhere in 2008

OUT: Congressional field hearings on voter fraud
IN: Congressional field hearings on voter intimidation?

OUT: Reports that New York will not be HAVA-compliant by 2006
IN: Reports that New York will not be HAVA-compliant by 2007

OUT: Investors' worries about Diebold's stock price
IN: Investors' relief that ES&S isn't publicly traded

OUT: Fears of vote-swapping inside touch-screen voting machines
IN: Allegations of vote-flipping on the face of touch-screen voting machines

OUT: Hacking voting machines
IN: Attacking voting machines