Daily Voting News For October 4, 2006
A group of voters in Alameda Co California has stepped-up with help from VoterAction to file a lawsuit against the use
of the Sequoia voting system in Nov. / VoterAction is also active in Wisconsin where they 'asked state regulators today
to revoke approval of four types of electronic voting machines before next month's election.' / Testing of the E-Poll
Books by Maryland has been completed and Diebold is declaring the testing a success though there were still a minimum of
problems and the state has been quiet on their decision. The most troublesome problem from the primary has not been
fixed, however. In Tuesday's testing a computer mouse was used instead of the normally required stylus and the
touch-screen / ES is, again, having problems meeting contractual dates in delivering paper ballots. Counties in Montana have waited over
two weeks for their ballots....
National: Computer Science Professor Argues For a Paper Trail With E-Voting LINK
National: All Paper, No Machines: HR 6200, By Kucinich In Congress LINK
National: The EAC Certification Ponzi Scheme LINK
National: Voting overhaul raises anxieties LINK
National: Representatives pass 21st century poll tax' LINK
National: Media Release - Media Briefing on New Voter Suppression Strategies; Report Suggests Disenfranchisement in
Battleground States and House Districts LINK
California: Alameda County - Alameda Voters File Suit Against County to Ensure Anti-Hacking Testing of Sequoia E-Voting
Systems Before Nov. 7 LINK
California: Alameda County - Voter group poised to sue Alameda County over new voting system LINK
California: Tehama County - Whistle-blower' election worker fired LINK
Florida: Lakeland County - No Poll Watchers Signed For Election LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Some 'zero tapes' from primary vote reported missing LINK
Illinois: Madison County - County will accommodate voters LINK
Louisiana: Morehouse Parish - Glitches plague election LINK
Maryland: Maryland tests electronic books for statewide election LINK
Maryland: E-poll results undecided LINK
Maryland: Opinion - Absentee leadership in Maryland as election nears LINK
Maryland: Tests on polling machines successful LINK
Maryland: Maryland's test voting 'successful' LINK
Maryland: Outlook unclear for Diebold machines in MD election LINK
Maryland: Lamone delays decison on e-poll books. Elections chief awaiting final tests, pending report on Diebold system
fixes LINK
Missouri: To Be a Poll Worker LINK
Montana: Some counties still waiting for late ballots LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Ohio Meltdown '06: A 'Serious Problem' Reported on First Day of Early Voting on 'Shiny New'
Diebold Touch-Screen Machines… LINK
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Voters on E-Voting: Trust, But Verify LINK
Pennsylvania: Lawrence County - November election brings challenges LINK
Pennsylvania: Somerset County - Somerset mulls precinct changes LINK
Utah: Editorial - Vote early: You won't have to stand in line on Election Day LINK
Wisconsin: Voter Action Asks State to Decertify Touch-Screen Voting Machines: Machines Inherently Prone to Fraud LINK
Wisconsin: Wisconsin group wants regulators to revoke OK of voting machines LINK
West Virginia: Clerks say balloting is on track LINK
Guam: Electronic balloting, general election debated LINK
Guam: Judge expected to issue decision Thursday LINK
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