Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
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†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 was 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
https://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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