Daily Voting News For December 12, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"At least two commissioners and [Broward County] Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes question the reliability and
credibility of touch-screen machines without a physical record of each vote. They want county staff to explore the cost
of several alternatives, among them buying printers for the controversial system or switching to paper ballots that can
be read by scanners." It appears that some are beginning to realize they were wrong in their support of paperless voting
all along. / Harri Hursti --- The Lead Programmer Who Hacked Diebold Systems in Both Florida and Utah --- Looking
Forward to Testing the Security Vulnerability of Riverside County's Systems! Election Integrity Individuals, Group,
Stake $1000 for Charity on Supervisor Jeff Stone's Offer!...
National: Editorial - Regardless of result, voting procedures must be reviewed LINK
National: Editorial - The Florida 'race' LINK
National: Root the Vote: The Hard and the Soft LINK
California: Opinion - End state travesty of a rigged system LINK
California: Riverside County - Nominations for special commission on registrar of voters to be annouced LINK
California: Riverside County - Group Accepts Voting Machine Hacking Challenge LINK
California: Riverside County - EXCLUSIVE: Renowned Computer Security Expert Agrees to Meet California County
Supervisor's '1000 to 1' Challenge to 'Manipulate' Sequoia Voting Machine! LINK
California: San Mateo County - Workers to blame in voting problems LINK
Colorado: Colorado Democrats to form select committee on elections LINK
Florida: Opinion - Paper trail the next 'dangling chad' LINK
Florida: Opinion - Elections: a failure of trust
It's not the machines but the system that needs fixing LINK
Florida: Democrats vow votes will have paper trail LINK
Florida: Broward County to explore paper trail for touch-screen voting machines LINK
Florida: Duval County - Holland seeks funds to provide paper trail
Touch-screen machines would be improved. LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Candidate vows not to give up vote fight
She says voting irregularities raise too many questions to just let it pass. LINK
Florida: Fl-13 - Florida's 13th District Debacle Requires a Re-Vote in Sarasota Today and National Reform Tomorrow LINK
Indiana: Delaware County - Recount begins in local contest
Machine, provisional and absentee ballots will be counted separately, in case provisional ballots are thrown out. LINK
Maryland: Recount to Start in Delegate Race Decided by 28 Votes LINK
Montana: Electronic Voting, Counting Machines can be Troublesome LINK
New Jersey: Ocean County - 2 Democrats sue for new elections LINK
New York: Chautauqua County - County Board Of Elections Still Working On Voting Machine Decision LINK
New York: Otsego County - Otsego board endorses scanners LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org