18 days until Election Day.
Today was a day for court decisions. Finally a judge in New Jersey has released the Princeton University report on the state’s Sequoia Voting Machines. Earlier Sequoia had released their response to the report. After the recent failures of their voting systems in Palm Beach Co. Florida and Washington DC Sequoia must be very concerned about this report and what it contains. One item of note is that the inspection and resulting report was the result of an election problem that called into question the accuracy of the Sequoia Advantage voting system. The cause of that failure is discussed in the Princeton report but that section of the report is one of the only sections that Sequoia ignores.
Also this morning the Supreme Court sided with the voters of Ohio and freed the Secretary of State and county election officials from a ruling by a lower court that would have caused as many as 200,000 voters to lose their right to vote in this election….
- Featured – Insecurities and Inaccuracies of the Sequoia AVC Advantage 9.00H DRE Voting Machine
http://citp.princeton.edu/voting/advantage/ - Featured – OH: Ohio Democrats Win at Top U.S. Court in Voting Fight
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a5EBGhvepnG4&refer=home - National: Robert Koehler – Our national juncture
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3243 - National: Report Card: How States Fix Voting Machine Issues
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00350.htm - National: E-Vote: Report Sends Wake-Up Call to Election Officials
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/422402 - National: States warned to prep for election glitches
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=348702 - National: Americans put revamped voting technology to test
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49G0VG20081017 - National: Big turnout, long lines expected at the polls
Officials say they are ready for vote
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081017/NEWS0106/810170466/1008/NEWS01 - National: Study: Ohio ready for election, Ky.’s not
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081017/NEWS0106/810170408 - National: Several US states not ready for accurate e-voting – report
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=11520 - National: The Election Protection Wiki: A Dynamic Website Helps Safeguard America’s Right to Vote
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Election-Protection-Wi-by-Steven-Freeman-081017-33.html - National: Coalition mobilizes to protect the vote
http://www.pww.org/article/view/13861 - AZ: State has ongoing criminal inquiry on RTA election, Goddard confirms
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/262856.php - CA: San Diego County – Walk the Vote! A Pre-emptive Strike on Voter Fraud in Our Fine City
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/ive-got-issues/2008/oct/17/walk-the-vote-a-pre-emptive-strike-on-voter-fraud-/ - CO: New Colorado Voters Are Told to Reregister After Failure to Check Box on Form
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/politics/17vote.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin - CO: Study: Colorado Not Ready for Voting Problems
http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7664381&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 - CO: Rise in Voting by Mail Transforms Race in Colorado
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/politics/17colorado.html - CO: Election readiness panned
http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10740735 - CO: Colorado election snafu roundup: Are we ready for Nov. 4?
http://coloradoindependent.com/11745/colorado-election-snafu-roundup-are-we-ready-for-nov-4 - CT: 90% voter turnout predicted for Connecticut
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/localnews/ci_10743576 - CT: Bysiewicz: No one in Connecticut will be disenfranchised due to home foreclosure
http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/Bysiewicz-No-one-in-Connecticut-will-be-disenfranchised-due-to-home-foreclosure3692.shtml - IL: Cook County – Early voters on track to set record
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=101089 - IN: Delaware County – Dems: Expect long lines on Nov. 4
Democrats are warning voters to expect long lines on Election Day, while Republicans accuse Democrats of grandstanding.
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20081017/NEWS01/810170344 - IN: Shelby County – Power cord puts kink in test
Officials plan to check voting machines Tuesday
http://www.shelbynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=93&ArticleID=57970&TM=61732.87 - MD: Study: Md. Not Ready For All Election Problems
http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/17736343/detail.html - MO: Show Me the Vote! Gears Up for November Election to Protect Voters from Disenfranchisement
http://www.kctribune.com/article.cfm?articleID=18428 - MO: Missouri voting system ranked as one of most ready
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20081017/BREAKING01/81017033 - NC: N.C. votes are in — early voting already underway
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081016/ARTICLES/810160287/0/ARTICLE - NJ: Judge agrees to release voting machine report
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/machinevoting_critics_are_due.html - NJ: Sequoia Voting Systems Refutes Academic Report Related to Court Case on the Constitutionality of Electronic Voting in New Jersey
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sequoia-voting-systems-refutes-academic/story.aspx?guid={A652EF08-9D4C-4C1C-8FF5-05DB4AAD1DCB}&dist=hppr - NJ: Judge releases report on NJ voting machines
http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/ap/2008/10/17/judge-releases-report-on-nj-voting-machines - NJ: Reports claim tampering risk in NJ voting machines
http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/10/17/the_princeton_packet/news/doc48f8df66baae1696338016.txt - NJ: Jersey voting machines susceptible to hackers, report finds
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/B3/20081017/NEWS0301/81017034/1123/NEWS02 - NJ: Sensitive reports loom on electronic voting
http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/10/17/the_princeton_packet/news/doc48f7e6c458be2033077491.txt - NJ: Rep. Holt Statement on New Jersey Voting Report
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2978&Itemid=51 - NM: Dona Ana County – Elections official: concerns on vote tallies not true
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_10747907 - NY: Audit: Are NY counties ready for Election Day?
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–votingmachines1017oct17,0,7275858.story - OH: Jennifer Brunner asks high court to decide ballot issue; hearing as early as Friday
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/jennifer_brunner_asks_high_cou.html - OH: Q&A voting fraud
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/17/copy/fraud_case_q_a.ART_ART_10-17-08_B1_0IBKK5I.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 - OH: Elections officials: Don’t expect results on Election Day
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/17/ddn101708election.html - OH: Ohio Litigating Its Way Through Election Cycle
Partisan Distrust Rampant in Swing State
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101600702.html - OH: Supreme Court Sides With Ohio Election Official
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122425922129244747.html?mod=djemalertNEWS - OH: High court rejects GOP in Ohio voting dispute
Republicans had won order that state do more to check eligibility
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27238980/ - OH: Justices Rule Against Ohio G.O.P. in Voting Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/washington/18scotus.html?ref=us - OK: State GOP to renew voter ID bill efforts
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081017_16_A12_OKLAHO286317 - TX: Editorial – Don’t vote straight-ticket
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-flip_19edi.State.Edition1.2917cd6.html - TX: Texas faulted on preparations for Election Day
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/10/17/1017voteproblems.html - TX: One study hits Texas’ voting-equipment system; another praises election Web site
http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/980684.html - VA: Spin-free polls will smooth election
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/spinfree-polls-will-smooth-election - VA: Va. Election Preparations Inadequate, Study Finds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101603641.html?hpid=topnews - VA: Record voter registration, no sign of fraud
http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/17/record-registration-no-sign-of-fraud/ - WA: Number of felons still may be on Wash. voter rolls
http://www.examiner.com/a-1642229~Number_of_felons_still_may_be_on_Wash__voter_rolls.html - WI: “My Vote, My Right†program tackling voting rights abuses
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