Daily Voting News For July 19, 2006
Today the House Science Committee held hearings on the voluntary voting systems guidelines (VVSG). "We've seen security
defects that allow a single person with insider access and some technical knowledge could switch votes, perhaps
undetected, and potentially swing an election," Prof. David Wagner testified. "These problems should be weeded out by
the independent testing process, but it is clear that this system isn't working." / "We're looking at every aspect of
elections," said Donetta Davidson, a member of the Election Assistance Commission. "We haven't found any problems with
equipment. The problems we find are human error. The more elections officials train their people, the fewer problems we
will have."Meanwhile hearings are being held around the country to find out why machines failed and what needs to be
done to fix them....
National: Lawmakers Warned About Voting Problems LINK
National: Experts tell Congress U.S. e-voting security is flawed LINK
National: Protecting The 2006 Vote LINK
California: US District Court Sends CA Lawsuit Against Diebold Back To State Court LINK
California: Kern County - County hearing about election day problems to be held on July 31 LINK
California: Los Angeles - Topanga Group Focuses on Voting Machine Fraud LINK
California: San Diego County - Protesters call for elections investigation LINK
California: San Diego County - Reliability of voting machines questioned LINK
California: San Joaquin County - Supervisors grill registrar on election glitches LINK
Colorado: Denver - Denver announces major change in voting LINK
Colorado: Prowers County - Prowers County to begin electronic voting (Hart eSlate) LINK
Georgia: Smattering of problems in overall smooth elections LINK
Georgia: New electronic voting rosters get good reviews LINK
Georgia: Machine Vote-Flipping Claimed in McKinney Primary LINK
Georgia: Bibb County - Computer issues delay Bibb results (Failure of "vote counting machines")(Diebold) LINK
Georgia: Clayton County - Clayton vote counting hits glitch ("coder card" failure)(Diebold) LINK
Georgia: Clayton County - Clayton finishes counting votes at 2:30 a.m. LINK
Georgia: Clayton County - State: Don't blame Clayton County for vote delay LINK
Georgia: Franklin County - Voting breaks down (Diebold) LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Diebold part of primary problem LINK
Texas: Travis County - Vote Suit. Put it on paper! LINK
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