"The use of electronic machines to count ballots cast in last year's municipal elections was a fiasco, Quebec's chief electoral officer said Tuesday. The machines weren't quicker, more economical and more accurate than manual counting" said Quebec, Canada's chief elections official. One of the suppliers of electronic voting machines underestimated its ability to simultaneously service several municipalities. Sound familiar? / "Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho has a starring role in a new HBO documentary that raises serious questions about the security of vote-counting machines used in Florida and many other big states. The program, titled "Hacking Democracy," is scheduled to debut on the cable channel on Nov. 2, running through most of the month." / Diebold, as seems to be their nature, is punishing Maryland for asking voters to vote absentee. They print the state's ballots and they are late in delivering them a majority of the ballots to many counties.
 
NAtional: Watching the Vote 2006
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1927&Itemid=27
 
NAtional: Report Warns of Potential Voting Problems in 10 States
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401168.html
 
NAtional: Sancho to star in HBO documentary
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061025/CAPITOLNEWS06/61025010
 
NAtional: CNN's Lou Dobbs: New Report Says Electronic Voting a 'Giant Problems Across The Country'
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3660
 
NAtional: Watching The Vote
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/10/25/watching_the_vote.php
 
NAtional: Demos: Poll Worker Training, Staffing Shortages Expected to Create Problems On Nov. 7. Troubles with Machines and Training During 2006 Primaries Illustrate Long-Term Under-Investment
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=75004
 
NAtional: Voter Registration Lists May Foil Voters
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-election-database-woes,1,3979683.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
 
NAtional: REPORT: DoD's New, Untested, Secretly Developed Overseas Military Voting Scheme for General Election 'Poses Significant Security Risks'
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3665
 
NAtional: Pull the Plug on E-Voting
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bruce_o__061025_pull_the_plug_on_e_v.htm
 
NAtional: Editorial - Electronic Elections
http://www.fchornet.com/media/storage/paper921/news/2006/10/25/Opinion/Electronic.Elections-2401112.shtml?norewrite200610251944&sourcedomain=www.fchornet.com
 
AR: Candidates rally supporters as Ark. early voting begins
http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/10/24/ap-state-ar/d8kuqgoo0.txt
 
AR: St Francis County - Additional ballots ordered for SFC in general election
Commission errs on side of caution with high early vote turnout expected
http://www.thnews.com/article.php?id=703
 
AR: Washington County - Commission rejects new voting machine distribution date
http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/46409/
 
CO: Vote security sets city back
Extra rules, cost have officials considering reverting to mail ballots next year
http://www.denverpost.com/sportscolumnists/ci_4543041
 
CO: Big trial for new ways of voting
Coloradans can cast their votes on a variety of machines, but none has been totally trouble-free.
http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_4544798
 
DE: Delaware's voting machines are still safe and dependable
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061025/OPINION07/610250327/1108/OPINION
 
FL: Federal judge rules against state limits on voter exit polling
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061025/LOCAL/210250314/1078/NEWS
 
FL: Osceola County - Judge: Osceola must revise discriminatory election plan
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061023/LOCAL/210230343/1078/NEWS
 
FL: Osceola County - Commissioners to consider options in federal lawsuit
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/osceola/orl-owgovwatch25_206oct25,0,5185642.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-osceola
 
FL: Pinellas County: : Did every vote count?
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=42388
 
FL: Sarasota County - Computer problem slows early balloting
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061025/NEWS/610250307
 
GA: Georgia escapes election group's trouble-spot list
Voter ID issue not enough to warrant watch
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2006/10/24/1025metvoting.html
 
IL: How safe is your ballot?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story.asp?id=242166
 
IL: Chicago - City withholds payment for voting machines
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearnorthwest/chi-0610250182oct25,1,1118727.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearnorthwest-hed
 
IL: Chicago, Cook County to Withold Voting Machine Payment Until They Find Out ­ During a Live Election! ­ Whether or Not Their New Sequoia Machines Actually Work
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3662
 
IL: Chicago - Voter security glitch fixed
Site's data vulnerable at least 5 years, say city election officials
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-0610240029oct24,1,4991122.story?coll=chi-news-hed
 
MD: Younger election judges sought
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20061024-110352-7802r.htm
 
MD: Late Paper Ballots Create Problems For Md. Election Boards
http://somd.com/news/headlines/2006/4663.shtml
 
MO: Voting watchers, state hope problems resolved
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Oct/20061025News026.asp
 
OH: Suit calls Ohio's voter ID law a mess, asks court to void it
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1161765345260920.xml&coll=2
 
OH: Suit Filed to Stop Ohio’s New Voter ID Law; Groups Worry Votes Won’t Be Counted
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/ohio1025
 
OH: No Counting Until Election Day
http://www.onnnews.com/?sec=&story=sites/ONN/content/pool/200610/150824485.html
 
OH: Summit County - Summit absentee ballots delayed to fix errors
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/1161765357260920.xml&coll=2
 
OH: Summit County - Official calls for probe in ballot delay
Democrat suggests conspiracy; firm blames legal, technical issues
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/community/15844768.htm
 
PA: Centre County - County tries to ease voting jitters
Citizens group still worries about lack of paper trail from touch-screen ballots
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/15841285.htm
 
PA: Luzerne County - Probe ends with no voter registration fraud found
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/15842260.htm
 
PA: Union County - Are New Voting Machines Secure?
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=5584718&nav=menu158_1
 
TX: Older East Texans Encouraged To Vote Absentee By Mail
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17373250&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=227937&rfi=6
 
TX: Nueces County - Voter vigilance a must with 59 ballot combinations
County clerk suggests double-checking vote before making it final
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_5092337,00.html
 
VA: Virginia e-voting machines truncating candidates' names
http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/virginia-e-voting-machines-truncating-candidates-names/
 
VA: Ballot glitch concerns Democrats
Webb's last name cut off on part of electronic ballot in three cities
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191331167&path=!news&s=1045855934842
 
VA: Glitch occurs in City's electronic election ballot
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=28288&pid=1500
 
VA: Hart InterCivic Voting Machines Cutting off Name of Democratic Candidate Jim Webb in Hotly Contested Virginia Senate Race
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3663
 
VT: Voting Integrity Halted in Vermont
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_gary_bec_061024_voting_integrity_hal.htm
 
WV: Belmont County - Poll Workers In Demand
http://www.theintelligencer.net/community/articles.asp?articleID=12023
 
CAnada: Quebec - Evaluation Report of New Methods of Voting
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1926&Itemid=26
 
CAnada: Quebec - Plug pulled on electronic voting
High-tech balloting cost 25 per cent more
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=9942d279-c6e0-402f-a3e3-8155ff88968e&k=53858&p=2
 
CAnada: Quebec - Use of electronic voting machines in Quebec municipal elections was a fiasco
http://www.680news.com/news/national/article.jsp?content=n1024127A
 
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