'Daily Voting News' For October 29, 2008 – Evening Edition
6 days until Election Day.
Today a federal judge found in favor of the voters of Pennsylvania and ordered the state to require every polling place to be prepared to hand out paper ballots to voters any time 50% or more of the polling places voting machines go down for any reason.
The Election Assistance Commission announced today that they were intending to suspend SysTest Labs accreditation to test voting systems. This action follows the suspension of the lab by the National Voting Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The suspension was for SysTest’s lack of properly documented and validated test methods, testing conducted by unqualified or untrained personnel, and improper assurances made to manufacturers regarding testing outcomes. This loss of accreditation will probably affect SysTest’s ability to complete testing for the state of New York. It also brings into question all recent testing done for the state of Colorado and Ohio and all previous testing of voting systems under the previous NASED system.
Featured – PA: Federal Judge Rules That More Emergency Paper Ballots Be Made Available in Pennsylvania When Voters Face Voting Machine Breakdowns
http://tinyurl.com/5a9ssd
Featured - National: EAC Announces Intention to Suspend SysTest Labs
Follows Action Taken by National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-announces-intention-to-suspend-systest-labs/base_view
National: Lab may lose accreditation to test voting machines
http://www.examiner.com/a-1662283~Lab_may_lose_accreditation_to_test_voting_machines.html
National: Lab may lose accreditation to test voting machines
http://www.examiner.com/a-1662833~Lab_may_lose_accreditation_to_test_voting_machines.html
National: We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media
http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/10/29/we-do-not-consent-open-letter-to-the-media/
National: The Vote Grab: Voting machines are unreliable and inaccurate
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2008/10/the-vote-grab-1.html
National: Guy Who Insists E-Voting Machines Work Fine... Demonstrates They Don't
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081029/0131342676.shtml
National: Watch this controversial W.V. e-voting video
http://blogs.computerworld.com/troubling_w_v_e_voting_video
National: Opinion - The Boogeyman in the E-Voting Machine
http://www.csoonline.com/article/457964/FUD_Watch_The_Boogeyman_in_the_E_Voting_Machine
National: Experts Identify Persistent Problems with U.S. Ballot and Voting System Usability
http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=2281
National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen? Part 1 in the "Democracy" in America Series – The Proof
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Have-American-Elections-Re-by-Mark-Adams-081029-64.html
National: Is Open Source the Answer to Voting Woes?
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/osb/?p=474
National: Be Prepared for Long Lines, Snafus on Election Day
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/10/29/be-prepared-for-long-lines-snafus-on-election-day
National: How Long Do You Have to Stand In Line to Vote Before Your Civil Rights Are Violated?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-segal/how-long-do-you-have-to-s_b_139019.html
National: What You Need to Know About Voting Machines
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-10/what-you-need-know-about-voting-machines?page=
CA: Millions of Calif. absentee ballots may delay election night results
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/37526
CA: California counties brace for flood of voters
http://www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_10847971
CO: More than 3,000 registered Coloradans barred from voting
http://coloradoindependent.com/13152/more-than-3000-registered-coloradans
CO: Adams County pulls plug on faulty voting machine
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2008/10/29/news/doc4907ee63d0553766738959.txt
CO: Adams County ‘quarantines’ machine that switched candidate’s vote
http://coloradoindependent.com/13187/adams-county-quarantines-machine-that-switched-candidates-vote
FL: Hillsborough County - 90% of Hillsborough absentee ballots rejected so far
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=53b0de6c-4e38-4f47-a084-fb6140f2ebbe
FL: Miami-Dade Might Be Asking for Lawsuit over Poll-Watcher Rules
Ion Sancho, Florida's patron saint of fair voting, is on the case.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-10-30/news/miami-dade-might-be-asking-for-lawsuit-over-poll-watcher-rules/
GA: Thousands Continue to Vote Early as Time Closes in on Election Day
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7739943&version=12&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
IN: Internet, phone disruptions in area; no early voting at Evansville libraries today
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/oct/29/internet-phone-disruptions-area-no-early-voting-li/
MD: Busy, busy, busy time at election headquarters
http://tinyurl.com/63j2kb
MD: Diebold warns of voting machine problems
http://www.abc2news.com/content/gmm/story.aspx?content_id=e8ea7b0c-abf7-49d0-b705-04c729b034dc
MD: eCRASH: Elections Web site goes down on absentee ballot deadline
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/NEWS01/81029043/1002
NV: Report shows no election fraud
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10846263?nclick_check=1
NV: Clark County - Voting Lines Get Longer
http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9256270
NY: Bloomberg’s ‘Outrage’ at Elections Board
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/bloombergs-outrage-at-elections-board/?apage=1
NY: EAC Suspends SysTest
New York State Could Halt Voting Machine Testing - Again
http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/10/29/eac-suspends-systest/
NY: BREAKING: Deja Vu (all over again) Feds Pull NY's Testing Lab's Accreditation
http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2008/10/breaking-nys-testing-labs-eac.html
PA: Excerpts from US judge's Pa. paper ballot ruling
http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_10847686
PA: PA Secretary Cortes Responds to Court Decision
http://tinyurl.com/5dhrq5
PA: U.S. judge orders backup paper ballots in Pa.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/10/us-judge-orders.html
PA: BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6588
TN: Davidson County - Extra Voting Machines Could Ease Tuesday's Lines
http://www.wsmv.com/politics/17841367/detail.html#-
TX: More Vote-Flipping in TX by Machines Other Than Those Made by ES&S
Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Made by Hart InterCivic and Diebold Also Reportedly Now Flipping Votes From Democratic to Republican in TX...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6584
TX: Texas Voters Say Straight-Party Voting Flipped Votes; Activists Urge Voters to Avoid Straight-Party Voting
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/straight-party.html
VA: ACLU to join suit against political-apparel ban at polls
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/aclu-join-suit-against-politicalapparel-ban-polls
VA: Wilder Asks Kaine to Extend Polling Hours
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2008/10/wilder_asks_kaine_to_extend_po.html
VA: Wilder requests extended polling hours
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/Web/2008/102008/1029wilder
WV: Online video of purported W.V. e-voting 'flip' is disputed
The video clip to be reposted in its entirety
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118510&intsrc=news_ts_head
WV: After primary problems. Mercer County ready for general
http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=5742
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