The Election Assistance Commission and Commissioner Paul DeGregorio make every attempt to convince the voter that 98% of them had confidence in the last election, even pointing to a fictitious exit poll as evidence. The Fort Worth Star Telegram [see below] correctly reports, “After a year in which voters across the state expressed a lack of confidence in election returns, several lawmakers are pushing measures including a backup system for electronic voting machines, last-minute registration and required proof of citizenship.”

 

NAtional: EAC Response: The Facts About Voting System Test Labs

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2220&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Response to "The Facts About Voting System Test Labs"

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2219&Itemid=26

 

FL: Sarasota County - Deal frees 800 machines for March election

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070127/NEWS/701270321

 

IL: Chicago - Chicago Elections Board sued over data breach

It released 1.3M Social Security numbers on 100 computer disks

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage_security&articleId=9008909&taxonomyId=153

 

NY: New York Won’t Replace Voting Machines by the Fall

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/nyregion/27vote.html

 

NY: State unlikely to use new voting machines before '09

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070127/1025527.asp

 

NY: Saratoga County - County dusts off old voting machines

http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17772388&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=17708&rfi=6

 

OH: Official Proposes ‘Drafting’ Poll Workers to Ease Problems

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/us/27voting.html?ref=us

 

OH: Brunner outlines goals; mail-in only for issue-only elections

http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/1528002

 

OH: Make staffing polls like jury duty, secretary of state will propose

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1169892401197260.xml&coll=2

 

TX: Election tuneup is called priority

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/legislature/16560389.htm

 

TX: Washington County - Commissioners to look at standardized charges for voting machine rental

http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2007/01/27/news/news03.txt

 

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