Voters in Salina, Saline County, Kansas went to the polls this past Tuesday and some of them had their votes flipped by the county’s ES&S iVotronic machines. Our ‘Featured’ article talks about the vote flipping and gives some new information. Kansas was warned about ‘vote flipping’ in an October letter from the Brennan Center and Verified Voting. Naturally they ignored that warning. ES&S has now admitted that their touch screens lose calibration during the day, from normal use, and that they have to be recalibrated on occasion. The county seems to be sure that no flipping was done without the voter noticing it; a baseless assumption. They think that the voters review their ballot before hitting the “Vote” button. That is a false assumption according to studies. The county also thinks they can go to the internal audit log to find out what happened. That is not possible because the voters touch on the screen happens before the audit log records anything.

 

Featured - KS: Saline County - 'Vote flipping' was not unexpected

http://www.salina.com/rdnews/story/vote-machine-4-9-2009

 

AL: Martin voter bill out of committee

http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/news/2009/apr/09/martin-voter-bill-out-committee/

 

MO: In our view: Turning off the voters

http://www.joplinglobe.com/editorial/local_story_099221553.html?keyword=topstory

 

NV: Proposed Campaign, election law changes shelved

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12110973?nclick_check=1

 

NY: An Analysis: Scheduled Elections in Nassau County

http://www.antonnews.com/floralparkdispatch/2009/04/10/news/elections.html

 

NY: NY-20 - Murphy edging Tedisco in race for Congress

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/04/06/daily52.html

 

NY: NY-20 - Democrat in NY-20 ups lead to 46 votes

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrat-up-8-votes-in-ny20-2009-04-10.html

 

TX: Fort Bend County - Justice Department and Fort Bend County, Texas, Resolve Claims Alleging Voting Rights Violations

http://www.examiner.com/p-327299~Justice_Department_and_Fort_Bend_County__Texas__Resolve_Claims_Alleging_Voting_Rights_Violations.html

 

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