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
https://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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