Daily Voting News For October 24, 2006

Officials on Chicago, Illinois acknowledged that for the last five or six years it would have only taken a few keystrokes for a knowledgeable computer user to obtain the personal information for more than half of the 1.3 million identities in the system. / "Look, I think that it's time for us to make our elections work in this country, Lou. I mean, that's the bottom line. And obviously we have a great deal of work to do to make that happen. It's time for us to bring together the best and brightest from the high-tech industry, Lou, the business industry, election officials, et cetera, for us to make things work." ex-EAC Commissioner Ray Martinez told Lou Dobbs. "It's time, four years later, Lou, six years removed from Florida in 2000, it's time for us to achieve a consensus on exactly what we have to do to really improve the process of election administration." / Summit Co. Ohio ballot printing problems seem to be coming to a head with calls for federal investigation and anti-trust issues....

• National: electionline Report Finds Potential for Trouble at Polls LINK
• National: CNN's Lou Dobbs:Interview of ex-EAC Commissioners Soaries and Martinez LINK
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• National: The EAC's New Testing and Certification Program – Same Old Same Old? LINK
• National: Beware The High-Tech Ballot LINK
• National: Voting system in doubt - Changes made to fix election errors could add problems, study says LINK
• National: Election Protection Launches National Voter Assistance Hotline LINK
• National: Voter chaos predicted at US polls LINK
• National: New voting systems, rules may spell trouble at polls - Election analysts expect complications, but some disagree over how widespread they will be in the midterm tally. LINK
• National: Nonpartisan Research Group Finds Potential for Trouble at Polls; New Machines, Procedures, Close Races Could Add Up to a Difficult Election Day LINK
• National: Blind Americans to Cast First Secret Ballot LINK
• National: Potential problems loom in US election voting LINK
• National: Election Protection Efforts LINK
• National: Larry Norden - More last-minute questions about e-voting LINK
• National: More Scutiny of E-Voting Due LINK
• National: Unlocking The Ballot Box LINK
• Arkansas: Hopefuls encourage early voting LINK
• California: San Mateo County - Officials see significant errors in electronic voting test run LINK
• Colorado: Record Year In Absentee Voting Expected In Colo. LINK
• Colorado: Denver - Election commission 25% over 2006 budget LINK
• Illinois: Chicago - Voter information open to hackers LINK
• Illinois: Chicago - Group says data vulnerable, election officials investigating LINK
• Illinois: Chicago - Hack cracked - Board of Elections Web site leaves Social Security numbers vulnerable LINK
• Illinois: Chicago - Voter security glitch fixed - Site's data vulnerable at least 5 years, say city election officials LINK
• Illinois: Cook County voters will have touch-screen option LINK
• Indiana: Randolph County - Rep. says you can count on Randolph voting equipment - A staffer from Voting Technologies International said the system should be able to tally votes for the Nov. 7 election. LINK
• Massachusetts: Boston Voter ID Proposal Could Deny Vote to Thousands of Citizens; City Council Proposal Denounced by National Voting Rights Institute LINK
• Minnesota: Opinion - Keeping an eye on the machines that count Minnesotans' votes LINK
• Minnesota: Minnesota launches first post-election review LINK
• Missouri: Kansas City - Elections Office Wants Probe Into Voter Registration LINK
• Missouri: St. Louis election officials see no cause for concern LINK
• New Jersey: Fears about vote hinge on new machines. State hoping to avoid Election Day disaster LINK
• New Jersey: Be prepared at the polls LINK
• New Jersey: Ocean County - System enables blind to vote on Ocean County machines LINK
• New York: Putnam - Forum on election reforms set in Putnam LINK
• New York: Westchester County - Advocates blast Westchester plan to keep some lever voting machines LINK
• Ohio: Groups file new charges over Ohio voter ID requirements LINK
• Ohio: Some Ohio counties won't post voting results in each precinct LINK
• Ohio: Summit County - Election board angered by absentee ballot delay LINK
• Oklahoma: Easy does it - Ballot concerns few in Oklahoma LINK
• Oregon: Election Day brings many happy returns LINK
• Pennsylvania: Booth Ache - To avoid scandal, legislators will reintroduce bills to safeguard elections. LINK
• Texas: Galveston County - Lack of paper trail makes some voters leery LINK
• Texas: Hidalgo County - Lack of machines means problems for Palmview, Peñitas LINK
• Virginia: Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names - Computer Glitch Affects Voters in 3 Jurisdictions; Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7 LINK
• Washington: Official prepare for election - Prior to Election Day, county officials are busy preparing the updated ballot system to prevent ineligible votes. LINK
• WAshington DC: Did 'Your' Vote Count? LINK
• Wisconsin: Woman gets probation in fraud case - 49-year-old falsified voter-registration cards LINK

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