'Daily Voting News' For December 16 and 17, 2007

 

A very busy day today. There are still articles about the EVEREST report completed in the state of Ohio. Based on that report, recommendations were made to Cuyahoga County to change their voting system and vendor from DREs by Premier to central-count optical scan by ES&S. It appears that the county is going to do the correct thing and not make any rash decisions. They should probably make some changes but not a wholesale change of vendors and certainly not when that vendor is ES&S. A final decision will be made later this week.

 

This afternoon the state of Colorado announced that they were decertifying all voting machines and peripherals from ES&S as well as the Sequoia Edge II and Edge II Plus and optical scan systems provided by Hart Intercivic. Voting systems from Premier, optical scan and peripherals from Sequoia and DREs and peripherals from Hart were conditionally certified.

 

Also two amicus briefs were filed today in the NY v. DOJ case.

 

NAtional: Stateside: Prelude to the 2008 Elections, Part 1

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00210.htm

 

CO: E-voting machines tossed for '08

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/17/e-voting-machines-tossed-08/

 

CO: More than half of state's voting machines unsafe or inaccurate

http://www.9news.com/news/top-article.aspx?storyid=82946

 

CO: Voting Machines For Major Counties Decertified

Machines Have Problems With Security, Accuracy, Secretary Of State Says

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14875334/detail.html

 

CO: Voting machines banned over accuracy concerns

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7744376

 

CO: BREAKING: Colorado's Republican Sec. of State Decertifies E-Voting Machines After Failed Testing

 

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5451

 

FL: Sumter County - Sumter elections office updating voting procedures

http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/articles/2007/12/17/news/news03.txt

 

IA: Latest report on Iowa Caucus protections

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00220.htm

 

IN: Columnist - Mark Bennett: Voting-booth vacancy? Who cares?

http://www.tribstar.com/opinion/local_story_348212753.html

 

NM: Dona Ana County - ID restrictions may deter some voters, delay others, officials fear

http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_7740088

 

NY: Hand-Counting Paper Ballots Proposed In NY District Court

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_dave_ber_071215_hand_counting_paper_.htm

 

NY: I am Voter Hear Me Roar: Meet the New York Amici

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rady_ana_071215_i_am_voter_hear_me_r.htm

 

NY: Amicus Filed in Federal - NY State Lawsuit Over Voting Machines

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_press_re_071215_amicus_brief_filed_o.htm

 

NY: Cuomo Fighting Voting Machine Law

http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e3a0a468-5ab5-4d0f-b91c-517abbb63118

 

NY: NYVV files Amicus Brief in DOJ vs. NYS Lawsuit

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_bo_lipar_071217_nyvv_files_amicus_br.htm

 

OH: Brunner's recommendations long on money, short on transparency

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_victoria_071216_brunner_s_recommenda.htm

 

OH: Wanna Change Votes in Ohio? Use a PDA and a Magnet

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4008511

 

OH: Opinion - Vulnerable machines

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=76745

 

OH: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=753

 

OH: Editorial - Don't rush to judgment

Voting-systems report should be subjected to careful review

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2007/12/16/Jbrunner.ART_ART_12-16-07_G4_JR8PFC6.html?sid=101

 

OH: Ohio Finds All E-Voting Machines In The State Had Serious Flaws

from the no-surprise-there dept

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071216/154915.shtml

 

OH: 'Critical' flaws in voting systems worry Ohio

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/646

 

OH: Surprise: Ohio's e-voting machines riddled with critical security flaws

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/17/ohio_voting_machines_study/

 

OH: OH Sec. of State: ditch e-voting machines.

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=1502

 

OH: Ohio e-voting system security bashed in new state report

Problems threaten the integrity of future elections, officials say

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=13&articleId=9053326&intsrc=hm_topic

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Board struggles with voting technology

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/UPDATES01/71217025

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Brunner's plan gets cool reception in Cuyahoga County

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/17/cuyahoga.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio County Mulls Over Voting Systems

Cuyahoga Board Struggles With Voting Technology Decision

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/509bb488a63a7a2fe6586a17ef6dca6c.htm

 

TN: Panel recommends changes for electronic voting in Tennessee

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9004291

 

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