Daily Voting News For September 30, 2006
Diebold responds to criticism from Avi Rubin. Diebold's Radke claims the e-poll book problems were just a minor 'glitch'
though reports are that it took three software patches to correct this minor 'glitch'. / Louisiana is conducting an
election today with local and state elections and issues / Voters in Caddo Parrish, Louisiana had problems with some
races on some machines today. The media hid that fact under a headline discussing voters finding their polling places.
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National: House Committee Hearing Testimony LINK
National: Verified Voting Offers Tools for Making Democracy Transparent LINK
National: Interview: Professor Steven F. Freeman, Co-Author of Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? LINK
National: Misinformation and Missed Opportunities LINK
National: USA TODAY: 'Don't trust vunerable Diebold voting machines' LINK
California: Yolo County - Choice voting forum is less than illuminating LINK
Colorado: La Plata County - County set to safeguard '06 election. Anti-tampering measures will secure voting machines LINK
Colorado: Moffat County - Security tightened by state mandates LINK
Georgia: McKinney wants alternative to electronic voting machines LINK
Georgia: Hall County - Hall elections director pictured in Rolling Stone article LINK
Louisiana: Electronic voting spreads. 31 parishes get new machines; no more levers LINK
Louisiana: Feds to watch voting. St. Landry monitoring spurred by allegations LINK
Louisiana: Caddo Parish - Biggest problem for voters is knowing their precincts LINK
Maryland: E-voting Critic Recounts Maryland Primary Woes LINK
Maryland: Diebold: Criticism Off-base LINK
Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Woman casts vote in song to officials. Critics of Bucks' new voting machines still question
county. LINK
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Daily Voting News For October 1, 2006
I hope that everyone had a chance to read the San Jose Mercury News article from Thursday. Our overseas military voters
will now have an option of emailing their ballots to the Pentagon. Those emails will then be sent to a contractor, who
makes partisan contributions, and the emails will then be copied and fax'd to those states that do not allow email but
will allow faxes or forwarded on to those states who do allow email. The military voters are not told that their
personal information and voting choices may be released and they are required to waive their right to a secret ballot.
The article is posted again, below / Ever hear of voting problems in Oklahoma? In over three years of doing DVN I don't
think I have ever included an article from OK. Today I did and it's a good one. / ...
National: U.S. soldiers' overseas votes ripe for fraud LINK
National: 'Pollworkers for Democracy' is Looking for a Few (Thousand) Good Citizens LINK
National: PAPER: 'U.S. Soldiers' Overseas Votes Ripe for Fraud' LINK
National: Commentary - Who's Counting: Hacking Diebold Voting Machines LINK
National: Editorial - Secure a precious right LINK
National: Republican House Passes '21st Century Poll Tax' LINK
National: Opinion – This Cannot Be (VoterID) LINK
National: Opinion - Victor Landa: Voters trustworthy; is Congress? LINK
California: Kern County - County to again employ embattled Diebold machines for coming vote LINK
Colorado: Boulder County - County needs election help. Big employers, nonprofits are being asked to recruit poll judges LINK
Connecticut: Opinion - A New Way to Vote LINK
Florida: News groups challenge ban on exit polls LINK
Florida: Broward County - Bilingual voting aid mandated. Help for Spanish-speakers may push Broward's election costs
over $3.7 million LINK
Georgia: McKinney wants voting alternative LINK
Hawaii: Editorial - Get elections running smoothly by November LINK
Iowa: UI prof is 'Yoda' of voting machines LINK
Indiana: Editorial - A vote for technology. Work out the bugs and make voting faster, simpler LINK
Indiana: Can we count on MicroVote’s ballot system? Party leaders and company rep weigh in LINK
Louisiana: Morehouse Parrish - Voting problems crop up in Morehouse LINK
Massachusetts: 'Fusion' election poses a question LINK
Maryland: Opinion - Governor's latest comments could undermine election LINK
Maryland: Allegany County – Opinion - Training allows Allegany County to avoid election problems LINK
Oklahoma: Opinion - Simple works best LINK
Pennsylvania: Chester County - Voting machines cause concerns LINK
Wisconsin: Officials work out voting kinks LINK
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