'Daily Voting News' For September  10, 2008

 

A couple days ago in this space I mentioned a newly posted video and report from the good folks at UC Santa Barbara with some of their findings from their work on the Calif. Top-To-Bottom Review. This report has gotten a lot of press and the video is very much worth viewing. A few of the articles are linked below.

 

There is also a report of a potential problem in Johnson Co Kansas where election officials are reporting that Premier/Diebold software causes their TSx DREs to time-out after 2.5 minutes of no activity. So if a voter takes too long to read or think about their next choice the machine begins to warn them and then after 2.5 minutes the voter card is kicked-out and the ballot is cancelled. The voter then has to start over, after some assistance from poll workers. This is a national problem that is probably being ignored or worked-around in most counties.

 

There are also reports from Pennsylvania and Indiana, The Brennan Center and the New York Times concerning student voting issues and what seems to be a concerted attempt to make it harder for students to vote.

 

National: 'Fatally Flawed' Systems Await Voters: 'Drastic Change Needed'

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fatally-Flawed-Systems-Awa-by-Rady-Ananda-080909-59.html

 

National: UC Computer Scientists Release Video on How to Hack a Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machine

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6369

 

National: Newly released video shows how easily electronic voting machines can be hacked, pried open

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Video_shows_how_electronic_voting_machines_0909.html

 

National: Want To See How Easy It Is To Hack An Election?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080909/2333082218.shtml

 

National: Security Group at Santa Barbara Infects Voting Machines with Viruses, Showing Vulnerability

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3308

 

Featured - KS: Johnson County computer voting machines prone to take a 'time out'

http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/14307

 

Featured – KS: Johnson County - Software feature puts time pressure on voters

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/790105.html

 

National: Voter Registration by Students Raises Cloud of Consequences

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/education/08students.html

 

National: Student Voting Rights

http://www.brennancenter.org/studentvoting/

 

National: Standards for accreditation of labs that test voting machines inconsistent

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080910_9095.php

 

FL: 'No match, no vote' law to be enforced

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/679629.html

 

FL: Highland County - How Much Do Elections Cost?

http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2008/sep/10/la-how-much-do-elections-cost/

 

FL: Palm Beach County – Press Release: Florida Republicans, Democrats and Non-Partisans Join Forces, Call for State Action To Secure November’s General Election

http://www.floridavoters.org/downloads/MediaAdvisory_09_10.pdf

 

IN: Fate of Ball State voting center in the hands of GOP

The measure requires unanimous approval from the Delaware County Election Board and one member said he is leaning against it.

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080910/NEWS01/809100342/1002

 

IN: New center could target youth vote

Board considers early voter center on Ball State campus

http://media.www.bsudailynews.com/media/storage/paper849/news/2008/09/10/News/New-Center.Could.Target.Youth.Vote-3422964.shtml

 

MA: New Bedford - Ballot glitch a mystery

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080910/NEWS/809100332

 

NY: Albany County - Few use new vote devices

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=719256&category=REGION

 

NY: Clinton County Voters Confused Over Polling Place

Board Of Elections Mailers Indicate Wrong Location For Primary

http://www.wptz.com/news/17434863/detail.html

 

PA: Chester County - Petition seeks poll change

http://www.dailylocal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20113794&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=635398&rfi=6

 

VA: Charlottesville - City Expected to Buy More Voting Machines

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8981464&nav=menu496_2_5

 

Washington DC: DCBOEE Issues Statement; Nickles Investigating Voting Irregularities

http://dcist.com/2008/09/10/nickles_investigating_voting_irregu.php

 

Washington DC: Some More Answers from BOEE

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/09/10/some-more-answers-from-boee/

 

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