It's not stopped, it's postponed until March 2004 to give time for a) all 100% of the precincts to be ready instead of just the 75% that can be ready by October and b) time to finish replacing the punch card machines, which are now illegal according to California law.

Of course, the Supremes may still get into this. The elections offices report that they are still preparing as much as they can for October, just in case.