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Daily Voting News For December 13, 2006

Published: Fri 15 Dec 2006 10:39 AM
Daily Voting News For December 13, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Poor software design, serious IT management inefficiencies and an untested deployment of a critical application were all major factors in last month's Election Day problems in Denver, according to a scathing report from an IT consultant. The problems led to hours-long delays for voters looking to cast ballots and raised questions about the overall efficacy of e-voting. / The challenge is on in Riverside California and it appears that the county supervisors are back-peddling a bit and distancing themselves from the man who made the challenge, Jeff Stone who may be out $1M if he accepts the challenge and the hack is accomplished....
California: Riverside County taps elections panel; public challenge to e-voting could come during 3-month investigation LINK
California: Riverside County - Hacker ready for challenge
Other supervisors distance themselves from Jeff Stone's proposal. LINK
California: Riverside County - 'RIVERSIDE CHALLENGE': County Supervisors, Voting Machine Company Begin to go Wobbly LINK
Colorado: Denver – Editorial - Election reform needs careful deliberation LINK
Colorado: Denver County - Report blames Denver election woes on flawed software LINK
Connecticut: Editorial - New technology will require planning, training LINK
Florida: Editorial - From Florida, another cautionary voting tale LINK
Florida: FL-13 - MoveOn seeks recount in Florida race LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Sarasota debacle requires a revote LINK
Illinois: Iroquois County - Restitution to be made for election trouble LINK
Indiana: New legislator seeks election-day changes
Wants regular ballots cast, more forms of ID accepted LINK
New York: Sullivan County is concerned about paying for new voting machines LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org

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