From the just released GAO report "ELECTIONS: All Levels of Government Are Needed to Address Electronic Voting System Challenges", "Election officials, computer security experts, citizen advocacy groups, and others have raised significant concerns about the security and reliability of electronic voting systems, citing vague or incomplete standards, weak security controls, system design flaws, incorrect system configuration, poor security management, and inadequate security testing, among other issues. These security and reliability concerns are legitimate and thus merit the combined and focused attention of federal, state, and local authorities responsible for election administration."

 

NAtional: New GAO Report: Yet Another Confirmation That 'Security and Reliability Concerns' of Election Integrity Experts are 'Legitimate' (To Say the Least)

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4237

 

NAtional: Opinion: More proof of e-voting trouble (cue crickets)

GAO report a reminder that EAC has failed entirely, says Brad Friedman

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012502&pageNumber=1

 

NAtional: Hunter & Rodriguez Appointed as New EAC Commissioners

http://www.eac.gov/news_030807.asp

 

NAtional: Press Release: Announcement of Departure of Verified Voting President & CEO

http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6436

 

NAtional: Press Release: Verified Voting Board Appoints New President

http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6437

 

CA: Counties gird for election wave

The prospect of adding an early presidential primary has officials worrying about workloads, money.

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/134452.html

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Councilwoman among those not on voting rolls

Hahn asks for an investigation. Error in data entry puts Wilmington residents in Long Beach.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/6372182.html

 

CA: Orange County - Judge forbids second 1st District 'recount'

Trung Nguyen's camp has already seen ballots it wants reviewed, a court says. His lawyer thinks people voted more than once.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1608536.php

 

CO: Colorado Clerks Want To Keep Ballots Sealed

http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_067091630.html

 

CT: Out with the old — Lever voting booths scrap heap bound

http://www.wiltonvillager.com/wilton_templates/wilton_story/288374444630778.php

 

FL: Florida Gov. Crist Makes History

Will end permanent disenfranchisement of Florida’s 600,000 ex-felons who’ve paid their debt

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00134.htm

 

LA: Opinion puts limit on faxed ballots

Secretary of state must defer to parish

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1173338222274060.xml&coll=1

 

TX: Williamson County - Elections leader preparing to avoid more blunders

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/08/8elections.html

 

VA: Voter groups ask Kaine to delay signing of bill

Say Va. should see how Congress addresses touch-screen machines

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149193584344&path=!news&s=1045855934842

 

VA: A new way to vote?

Gov. Kaine is hearing from both sides on a bill that would slowly replace new voting machines with devices that leave a paper trail.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-75030sy0mar08,0,2824739.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

 

VT: A vote in the hand is worth …

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070308/NEWS02/703080366/1003/NEWS02

 

WV: Kanawha County - Precinct merger suggested

http://wvgazette.com/section/Today/2007030716

 

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