The worst county for elections in the US, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio has taken another step into the realm of the absurd. The county wants to get their votes tabulated as quickly as possible and they apparently aren't worried as much about accuracy so they are using a new add-on device from Diebold that has never been used in an election and is not even complete with the federal inspection process yet. This device reads the data from the voting machine memory cards, six cards at a time in one minute. The county just has to get the totals out quickly; never mind the accuracy of those totals. / Massachusetts has still not settled on accessible voting machines. Three weeks from election day is too late to bring in new machines and train workers. The state, apparently, is also going to ignore HAVA and not require a new machine at each polling place.
 
NAtional: First Bush-Appointed Chair of US EAC Says 'No Standards' For E-Voting Devices, System 'Ripe for Stealing Elections'!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3491
 
NAtional: Dealing With Failure
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1892&Itemid=113
 
NAtional: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom For November 7, According to New Publication
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74463
 
NAtional: Blocking the 2006 Vote
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1895&Itemid=26
 
NAtional: New Voter ID Laws Could Cost Millions Their Right To Vote, According to New Briefing Paper
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1893&Itemid=26
 
AK: Struggle For 2004 Election Data Continues
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1897&Itemid=113
 
CA: California To Pay Back Misspent Election Funds
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=politics&id=4667062
 
CA: Note Warns Calif. Hispanics on Voting
http://www.examiner.com/a-347702~Note_Warns_Calif__Hispanics_on_Voting.html
 
CA: Alameda County - Mobile Voting Machine Aims To Increase Participation
http://www.nbc11.com/technology/10091745/detail.html
 
CA: Alameda County - Supervisors Accept Voting System Assessment
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=10-17-06&storyID=25320
 
CA: Humboldt County - Vote-PAD files claim
http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=16241
 
GA: Election board votes to send new letter to 305,000 misinformed voters
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/15782145.htm
 
IA: Linn County - Poll Worker Help Wanted
http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=5547810&nav=2Ifu
 
IN: Jasper County - No hanging chads for November's election
http://www.kvpostnews.com/articles/2006/10/17/news/news01.txt
 
IL: Early voting opens throughout state, will ease process
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/opinion/editorials/99595,1EDT1-17.article
 
MA: Lynn - Election officials face time quandary
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/news/view.bg?articleid=13408
 
MD: Requests for Absentee Ballots Innundate Election Boards
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=598&sid=946110
 
MD: Interest in absentee ballots grows
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-ballots1017,0,4492282.story?coll=bal-mdpolitics-headlines
 
MO: Missouri Supreme Court Latest to Strike Down Modern Day Poll Tax
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=22823
 
MO: Voter ID: The Missouri Supreme Court Evaluates Legislative "Foresight"
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1894&Itemid=113
 
NM: Voting woes still exist
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_4503765
 
NV: Clark County - Clark County Voters Will Get Ballot Books On Time
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5548093
 
OH: Counting more absentee votes may take some counties longer
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=313819&Category=13&subCategoryID =
 
OH: Chaos or calm? Voting machines, new ID rule greet voters in Ohio
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/15781312.htm
 
OH: Cuyahoga County - Out with new, in with newer:Latest vote-counters untried
http://www.cleveland.com/election/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isele/1160999703112810.xml&coll=2
 
TN: Shelby County - Judge says no to electronic voting machine naysayers
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local/article/0,2845,MCA_25340_5072872,00.html
 
IReland: Ahern makes case for e-voting
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/10/17/story281395.html
 
VEnezuela: AP Interview: Venezuela electoral chief guarantees voter secrecy
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/17/europe/EU_POL_Britain_Venezuela_Elections.php
 
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