'Daily Voting News' For March 04, 2009
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of a letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and a full report on
the findings of an investigation by the California Secretary of State’s office, we have articles from Kim Zetter in her
blog for Wired Magazine and one from one of the principles of the “Humboldt County Election Transparency Project”, Mitch
Trachtenberg that is posted on BradBlog.
Yesterday I mentioned the letter sent by the Secretary of State to the EAC. In that letter is a request by Bowen that
the EAC “consider requiring that, for every voting system certified by the EAC, the voting system vendor report any and
all flaws and problems with the system to the EAC and to the elections officials in the states where the system is used
when such flaws are discovered.” This morning I was reminded by a member of the EAC staff, who receives DVN, that in the
“Testing and Certification Manual” the EAC already requires what the Secretary has suggested they require....
Featured: CA: Report: Diebold Voting System Has 'Delete' Button for Erasing Audit Logs LINK
Featured: CA: E-VOTE BOMBSHELL: Diebold Tabulator Drops Votes, Allows Undetectable Audit Log Deletion LINK
National: Voting integrity lies LINK
Arizona: Pima County - RTA Mysteries Resolved In April? LINK
California: Diebold voting system sported 'delete' button: report LINK
California: Counties scramble to cover May vote
Leaders skeptical of state promise to repay LINK
California: Riverside County - County wants cash for hand count LINK
Colorado: Coffman to face state ethics panel to answer complaint LINK
Colorado: All-paper vote has its doubters LINK
Connecticut: Sparks Fly Over Threat To Cut Registrars’ Hours In Half LINK
Illinois: Let's give instant run-off voting a chance at the polls in Chicago LINK
Kentucky: Bullitt County - Bullitt sets aside excess funds for new voting machines LINK
Maryland: State likely to miss paper-ballot system deadline LINK
Minnesota: Downballot: Wanting a do-over? LINK
Minnesota: Coleman Spokesman Declares That Court Can't Certify Election Result LINK
Minnesota: Opinion - Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Race; Coleman Needs to Make a Dignified Exit LINK
Minnesota: Coleman: ‘Court’s going to have to reflect on’ do-over election LINK
Minnesota: Minnesota Update: The System Is Broken -- Because Of This Case! LINK
Minnesota: Opinion - No legal basis for Senate do-over -- yet LINK
Minnesota: Coleman wonders if judges can find a winner LINK
Minnesota: Team Franken Tackles The Coleman Electoral-Uncertainty Principle LINK
Minnesota: Senate recount trial: Franken to move for dismissal LINK
Minnesota: No legal basis for Senate do-over LINK
Mississippi: Voter ID bills die in Mississippi Legislature LINK
New York: Elections board to recount votes in Staten Island race LINK
Tennessee: Williamson County - Election bill surprises some communities LINK
Vermont: Burlington Holds Second Highly Successful Instant Runoff Voting Election LINK
Wisconsin: A Rock, A Hard Place, and Interim Certification LINK
Germany: German High Court: E-Voting Unconstitutional LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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