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
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1924&Itemid=26 NAtional: CNN's Lou Dobbs:Interview of ex-EAC Commissioners Soaries and Martinez
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3656 NAtional: The EAC's New Testing and Certification Program – Same Old Same Old?
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1922&Itemid=26 NAtional: Beware The High-Tech Ballot
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_43/b4006045.htm NAtional: Voting system in doubt - Changes made to fix election errors could add problems, study says
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.elect24oct24,0,5872028.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines NAtional: Election Protection Launches National Voter Assistance Hotline
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-16813.html NAtional: Voter chaos predicted at US polls
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a98a912c-62e7-11db-8faa-0000779e2340.html 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.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-elect24oct24,1,1747895.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&track=crosspromo NAtional: Nonpartisan Research Group Finds Potential for Trouble at Polls; New Machines, Procedures, Close Races Could Add Up to a Difficult Election Day
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74867 NAtional: Blind Americans to Cast First Secret Ballot
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061024/cgtu038.html?.v=72 NAtional: Potential problems loom in US election voting
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=2006-10-24T144830Z_01_N24346814_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-VOTING.XML NAtional: Election Protection Efforts
http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1373 NAtional: Larry Norden - More last-minute questions about e-voting
http://niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00242 NAtional: More Scutiny of E-Voting Due
http://spectrum.ieee.org/oct06/comments/1633 NAtional: Unlocking The Ballot Box
http://www.forbes.com/security/2006/10/24/election-security-guidelines-security-cx_ll_1024votetesting.html AR: Hopefuls encourage early voting
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/170626/ CA: San Mateo County - Officials see significant errors in electronic voting test run
http://www.examiner.com/a-359447~Officials_see_significant_errors_in_electronic_voting_test_run.html CO: Record Year In Absentee Voting Expected In Colo.
http://cbs4denver.com/politics/local_story_297125556.html CO: Denver - Election commission 25% over 2006 budget
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4539398 IL: Chicago - Voter information open to hackers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-061023hacking,1,2790710.story?coll=chi-news-hed IL: Chicago - Group says data vulnerable, election officials investigating
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/politics/15832292.htm IL: Chicago - Hack cracked - Board of Elections Web site leaves Social Security numbers vulnerable
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/108366,CST-NWS-hack24.article IL: Chicago - Voter security glitch fixed - Site's data vulnerable at least 5 years, say city election officials
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0610240029oct24,1,3303012.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed IL: Cook County voters will have touch-screen option
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4691837 IN: 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.
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/NEWS01/610240327/1002 MA: Boston Voter ID Proposal Could Deny Vote to Thousands of Citizens; City Council Proposal Denounced by National Voting Rights Institute
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20061024.094715&time=11%2032%20PDT&year=2006&public=0 MN: Opinion - Keeping an eye on the machines that count Minnesotans' votes
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/15831463.htm MN: Minnesota launches first post-election review
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_kathlyn__061024_minnesota_launches_f.htm MO: Kansas City - Elections Office Wants Probe Into Voter Registration
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/10147706/detail.html MO: St. Louis election officials see no cause for concern
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/15837695.htm NJ: Fears about vote hinge on new machines. State hoping to avoid Election Day disaster
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061023/NEWS/610230346/1024/POLITICS NJ: Be prepared at the polls
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/OPINION/610240302/1029 NJ: Ocean County - System enables blind to vote on Ocean County machines
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean/story/6869152p-6734529c.html NY: Putnam - Forum on election reforms set in Putnam
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/NEWS01/610240326/1006 NY: Westchester County - Advocates blast Westchester plan to keep some lever voting machines
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/NEWS02/610240342/1018/NEWS02 OH: Groups file new charges over Ohio voter ID requirements
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/15836952.htm OH: Some Ohio counties won't post voting results in each precinct
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/15838111.htm OH: Summit County - Election board angered by absentee ballot delay
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/15838290.htm OK: Easy does it - Ballot concerns few in Oklahoma
http://www.newsok.com/article/2960638/ OR: Election Day brings many happy returns
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/NEWS/610240343/1001 PA: Booth Ache - To avoid scandal, legislators will reintroduce bills to safeguard elections.
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2006/10/19/Booth-Ache TX: Galveston County - Lack of paper trail makes some voters leery
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=5e5ae983a5427e64 TX: Hidalgo County - Lack of machines means problems for Palmview, Peñitas
http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=16041&Section=Valley VA: Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names - Computer Glitch Affects Voters in 3 Jurisdictions; Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301178_pf.html WA: Official prepare for election - Prior to Election Day, county officials are busy preparing the updated ballot system to prevent ineligible votes.
http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/19633 WAshington DC: Did 'Your' Vote Count?
http://www.nbc4.com/politics/10148483/detail.html WI: Woman gets probation in fraud case - 49-year-old falsified voter-registration cards
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