'Lawyers for the state and groups that opposed Ohio's voter identification rules claimed victory Wednesday in a settlement that suspends the law for absentee voters and clarifies and expands it for voting in person.' / Hart Intercivic has been under the radar lately. VoteTrustUSA has an article that lets you see who is behind the company. / Cuyahoga Co Ohio is back in the news again. Seems they decided that they would make free use of workers lap-tops to make memory card reading a bit easier. No telling what viruses may have been passed around. / There seems to be a yellow button on the back of Sequoia DREs that is suddenly getting a lot of attention because it can be used to gain access to the machine and could be used to vote more than one time.

 

NAtional: Who is Counting Your Votes? - A Closer Look at Hart InterCivic

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1957&Itemid=51

 

NAtional: 'Hacking' Doesn't Crack the Code

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110103220.html

 

NAtional: CNN's Lou Dobb's: 'Tonight, voting activists, not our government, leading the battle for voting security.'

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3713

 

NAtional: In the Land of ‘Every Vote Counts,’ Uncertainty on Whether It’s Counted Correctly

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/arts/television/02hack.html?ref=arts

 

NAtional: Debate (Larry Norden v. Michael Shamos) Can Electronic Voting Be Trusted?

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116231596574509123-kZ9Ky0GtwfzcIC0ZomK1eDd3L2s_20061201.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

 

NAtional: Button on state's most used e-voting machine allows multiple votes

http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/ci_4586422&cid=0

 

NAtional: Keeping a wary eye: Pitfalls abound

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/0/92DF83F09F968FCA8625721A0019C90A?OpenDocument

 

NAtional: Close races to magnify problems at the polls

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usvote024956498nov02,0,5230403.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print

 

NAtional: ES & S Offers $10,000 Prize in University Voting Technology Competition

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=75571

 

NAtional: Hackable Democracy?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2006/story?id=2623854&page=1

 

NAtional: Media Release - Candidates Advised to 'Citizen Audit' Race Before Conceding

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-02-2006/0004465917&EDATE=

 

NAtional: Revamped exit poll, vote counting operations get test in closely watched election

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/america/NA_POL_US_Election_Calling_the_Races.php

 

AR: It's Charlie's fault (Reports of vote switching)

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2006/11/its_charlies_fault.aspx

 

CA: California secretary of state unveils new election checks

http://nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/01/news/top_stories/0_01_2510_31_06.txt

 

CA: HERE WE GO AGAIN: 'Just Push the Yellow Button and Vote as Many Times as You Want' on Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3714

 

CA: Sequoia Voting Machines Certified For Use By Secretary Of State Could Let People In 21 Counties Vote More Than Once

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_45013.shtml

 

CA: Officials brace for election glitches as e-voting takes hold

http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California2/CA_Election_Glitches_260293CA.shtml

 

CA: Mendocino County - 70% in county vote by mail

http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/local/ci_4591435

 

CO: Denver - Election judges grapple with new voting machines

http://www.denverpost.com/sportscolumnists/ci_4588675

 

CO: Eagle County - Ballots will be translated into Spanish

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20061102/NEWS/61102001

 

FL: Supervisor told new vote machines pose time-change problem

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD03POL110206.htm

 

FL: Broward County - Broward racks up nearly 40,000 early votes for Tuesday's election

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cvoting02nov02,0,2244670.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

 

FL: Collier County - Brent Batten: Voters still wary toward touch-screen machines

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/nov/02/brent_batten_voters_still_wary_toward_touchscreen_/?local_news

 

FL: Palm Beach County records 32,000 early votes for Tuesday's election

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pvotercomplaint02nov02,0,6529912.story?coll=sfla-news-palm

 

FL: Volusia County - Voting runs into untimely glitch

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-vvoting0206nov02,0,6921202.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

 

IA: State confident of voting machines

Many Iowans can use touch screens at polls; watchdog groups urge caution

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/NEWS09/611020388/1001/OBITUARIES

 

IA: Editorial - Iowa's voting methods deserve confidence

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/OPINION03/611020336/1035/opinion

 

IL: Early voters finding new machines aren't without faults

http://www.suntimes.com/news/121097,CST-NWS-vote02.article

 

IL: Chicago/Cook County - Voting equipment glitches lingering

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0611020363nov02,1,3638910.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed

 

IN: Everyone's looking for signs of voter fraud

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/02/news/lake_county/50534e3e92954e738625721a0008af96.txt

 

KS: Sedgwick County - Voting Problems in Sedgwick County

http://www.kbsd6.com/Global/story.asp?S=5626254

 

MD: More Poll Workers Recruited, But Training Proves Daunting

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110103212.html

 

MD: Maryland balloting beset with doubts, vulnerability

http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20061101-115939-5848r.htm

 

MD: Md. voters will have lots of company at polling places

http://www.examiner.com/a-374952~Md__voters_will_have_lots_of_company_at_polling_places.html

 

MD: Does e-voting need paper trails?

http://news.com.com/Does+e-voting+need+paper+trails/2100-1028_3-6130946.html?tag=sas.email

 

MD: Md. Dems slam GOP voter-credential guide

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/politics/15913120.htm

 

MD: Prince George's County - Nearly 3,000 absentee ballots yet to be sent

http://www.gazette.net/stories/110206/princou175322_31939.shtml

 

NM: Domenici criticizes decision not to use election auditor

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/51496.html

 

NY: Voting machine schedule changed

http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1162462116265550.xml&coll=1

 

OH: State Proposes Settlement To Voter ID Requirement

http://www.nbc4i.com/politics/10213995/detail.html

 

OH: Ohio suspends voter ID law for absentees

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/breaking_news/15906677.htm

 

OH: Cuyahoga County OH Possibly Exposed Election System to Computer Virus

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3715

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio's most populous county unveils election monitoring system

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/15913961.htm

 

OH: Miami County - Official States Electronic Voting System Added Votes Never Cast

In 2004 Presidential Election; Audit Log Missing

http://www.freepress.org/images/departments/2209.pdf

 

OH: Miami County - Official States Electronic Voting System Added Votes Never Cast

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3716

 

PA: Mistakes affect absentee ballots

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/NEWS/611020341

 

SC: Long ballots could mean long lines at polls

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/15904987.htm

 

SD: S.D. voting machines not linked to probe

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2006/11/02/news/state/state03.txt

 

TN: Sullivan County - Voting machine problem shuts down Civic Auditorium site

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3694182

 

TX: Electronic, paper ballots raging controversy this election season

http://star.txstate.edu/content/view/2303/

 

TX: Bringing The Ballots To People Who Cannot Get To Them

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=5627388&nav=0s3d

 

UT: Vote! - But, Bring a Book

http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/vote_but_bring_a_book/C104/L104/

 

UT: Utah braces for Nov. 7 jam

Machine shortage, confusion over ballots bring long lines, frustration in early voting

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4583810

 

WA: Computerized vote systems raise fears of potential fraud

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/290850_voting02.html

 

GUam: Opinion - Ban is not the way to address the problems with voting machines

http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061103/OPINION01/611030309/1014/OPINION