I'm just going to post this without much comment because I haven't seen it noted anywhere yet -- but last night, just 5 minutes before the drop dead deadline of midnight PST -- the CA state secretary of state de-certified Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia voting machines. They will not be used in the primaries.
After two months of unprecedented analysis of California’s voting systems and related security procedures, Secretary of State Debra Bowen today announced some of those systems can continue operating in 2008 in California while others are too flawed to be widely used.
The Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia direct recording electronic (DRE) systems were all decertified.
Needless to say, this is a very big deal, but I'll leave the commentary to the experts.
Update: The total ramifications of this are still being interpreted; this happened last night while the nation slept. Looks like the decertification is in LA, and other restrictions will apply in other parts of the state. Read more
In the comments, richie396 points out this San Francisco Chronicle article -- which mentions that Bowen decertified the machines with the intention of bringing them back online after the flaws have been patched.
Voting machines must be certified 6 months in advance of an election, which is why last night's midnight deadline was important.