'Daily Voting News' For December 05, 2007

 

HAVA mandated that all punch-card voting systems be replaced? Not at all. In fact a close reading of the law will prove that there are protections for punch-card and hand counted paper ballots. 12 counties in Idaho are still using their punch-card voting system. Seldom do you see Idaho as a source for any articles on this page and never have you seen an article on this page about a problem with voting in Idaho.&&& Many of you know our friend Bernie Ellis of “Gathering To Save Our Democracy” ( http://www.votesafetn.org/ ). His is a story much too long for this space but I wanted to pass on some good news about Bernie to all of his friends. Yesterday Bernie learned that his probation had been cut in half and that he is now a totally free man. One of his first actions today is to re-register to vote.

 

NAtional: California's testing cracks ES&S evoting system wide open

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071205-security-testing-uncovers-severe-security-flaws-in-ess-voting-machines.html

 

NAtional: Vote-Count Woes Linger

http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.27199/pub_detail.asp

 

NAtional: VIDEOS: Will The 2008 Vote Be Fair?

NOW Explores Many Of The Ways Republicans And The DoJ Are Working To Disenfranchise Democratic Leaning Voters

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5402

 

AZ: Pima County - Trial begins over Pima County election security

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7451024&nav=HMO6HMaY

 

AZ: Pima County Election Integrity Trial: County's Opening Statement

http://arizona.typepad.com/

 

AZ: Pima County - Trial opens in county election-records suit

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/214831.php

 

CA: San Francisco - S.F. gets 7-day delay on vote tally to hand-count absentee ballots

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/05/BAVUTO2BJ.DTL

 

CA: San Francisco - SF Board Of Supervisors Considers New Voting Machines

http://www.nbc11.com/news/14782878/detail.html

 

CT: Audit finds voting method worked well

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1votingdec05,0,4458915.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines

 

FL: Columnist - Use touchscreen technology and print a receipt

http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/viewpoints/content_articles/120507_vpt-02.txt

 

GA: Some cities still count votes by hand

Paper-ballot election may be last for Winder

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/120507/news_20071205060.shtml

 

ID: Keeping the punch

In three local counties still using punch card ballots, no major

problems reported

http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2007/12/05/news/local_state/126094.txt

 

IN: Voter ID law gears up for battle at Supreme Court

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7450569&nav=menu188_2

 

IN: Delaware County - Secretary of state's office might investigate Muncie election

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/NEWS01/712050331/1002

 

IN: Shelby County - Recount ends in tie

http://www.shelbynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=93&ArticleID=52674&TM=53607.73

 

MD: Washington County - Election Day blues were few in Washington County

State task force hears about voting problems

http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=180527&format=html

 

NJ: State report questions N.J. electronic voting machines

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/NEWS01/71205012/1002

 

OH: Ohio's definition of "random"

http://www.josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2007/12/04/unrandom

 

OH: Allen County - Election down to the wire

http://putnamsentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1962&TM=34680.93

 

OH: Cuyahoga County leery of touch screens

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/05/cuyahoga_machines.ART_ART_12-05-07_B1_JB8M870.html?sid=101

 

VT: Newsletter - Report: Vermont's Voting Machines "Defective or Unacceptable"

http://www.solarbus.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/vtvoters/20071204132030/

 

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