"At least two commissioners and [Broward County] Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes question the reliability and credibility of touch-screen machines without a physical record of each vote. They want county staff to explore the cost of several alternatives, among them buying printers for the controversial system or switching to paper ballots that can be read by scanners." It appears that some are beginning to realize they were wrong in their support of paperless voting all along. / Harri Hursti - The Lead Programmer Who Hacked Diebold Systems in Both Florida and Utah - Looking Forward to Testing the Security Vulnerability of Riverside County's Systems! Election Integrity Individuals, Group, Stake $1000 for Charity on Supervisor Jeff Stone's Offer!
NAtional: Editorial - Regardless of result, voting procedures must be reviewed
http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2006/12/11/opinion/01edvoting.txt
NAtional: Editorial - The Florida 'race'
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20061211-094313-7705r.htm
NAtional: Root the Vote: The Hard and the Soft
http://www.ddj.com/dept/embedded/196603544
CA: Opinion - End state travesty of a rigged system
http://www.dailynews.com/theiropinion/ci_4820790
CA: Riverside County - Nominations for special commission on registrar of voters to be annouced
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20061212-0207-commission.html
CA: Riverside County - Group Accepts Voting Machine Hacking Challenge
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_346173502.html
CA: Riverside County - EXCLUSIVE: Renowned Computer Security Expert Agrees to Meet California County Supervisor's '1000 to 1' Challenge to 'Manipulate' Sequoia Voting Machine!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3908
CA: San Mateo County - Workers to blame in voting problems
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/16220253.htm
CO: Colorado Democrats to form committee on elections
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20061212/NEWS/61212003
FL: Opinion - Paper trail the next 'dangling chad'
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2006/12/12/a14a_engelhardtcol_1212.html
FL: Opinion - Elections: a failure of trust
It's not the machines but the system that needs fixing
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061212/OPINION05/612120303/1006/OPINION
FL: Democrats vow votes will have paper trail
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-votereform1206dec12,0,309562.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state
FL: Broward County to explore paper trail for touch-screen voting machines
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pcelect12dec12,0,4740757.story?coll=sfla-news-palm
FL: Duval County - Holland seeks funds to provide paper trail
Touch-screen machines would be improved.
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/121206/met_6768785.shtml
FL: FL-13 - Candidate vows not to give up vote fight
She says voting irregularities raise too many questions to just let it pass.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/12/State/Candidate_vows_not_to.shtml
FL: Fl-13 - Florida's 13th District Debacle Requires a Re-Vote in Sarasota Today and National Reform Tomorrow
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23234
IN: Delaware County - Recount begins in local contest
Machine, provisional and absentee ballots will be counted separately, in case provisional ballots are thrown out.
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061212/NEWS01/612120334/1002
MD: Recount to Start in Delegate Race Decided by 28 Votes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/11/AR2006121101116.html
MT: Electronic Voting, Counting Machines can be Troublesome
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2115&Itemid=113
NJ: Ocean County - 2 Democrats sue for new elections
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061212/NEWS/612120322/1070/NEWS02
NY: Chautauqua County - County Board Of Elections Still Working On Voting Machine Decision
http://post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=10264
NY: Otsego County - Otsego board endorses scanners
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/12/12/tgscanners3.html
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