The full, un-redacted SAIC report has finally been released today. / Today marks the 58^th anniversary of the "Polk County Massacre" in Tennessee. / The news for the past week, today and surely tomorrow has been rife with 'feel-good' articles about how prepared counties are and how well the voters like their voting machines. If the primaries and early voting are a gauge, then we are looking at many of these counties, especially those in states with no early voting, to have problems. / Bibb, Camden and Cobb Co.s Georgia will all use machines with a vvpat for the first time this year. Let's hope the state is serious about this test and that the printers are properly serviced and not allowed to fail just so the state and Diebold can claim it is a mistake. / Anderson Co South Carolina has sleepovers this weekend. /  

NAtional: BradBlog Exclusive Documents: 'The Pentagon Paper Of E-Voting' – The Long-sought 2003 State of Maryland's 'SAIC Report' On Diebold Security Vulnerabilities – Now Released in Full!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3731

NAtional: Elections 58 years ago marked by violence

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_5120667,00.html

NAtional: All Four Major E-Voting Machines Flip Votes in Early Voting

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1967&Itemid=26

NAtional: Fingers Crossed That Voting Machines Work

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/04/cbsnews_investigates/main2153403.shtml

NAtional: What to Do if You Have Trouble Voting

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/05/AR2006110500374.html

NAtional: Lawyers fan out for US mid-term elections

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/11/lawyers-fan-out-for-us-mid-term.php

NAtional: Groups at odds with Pentagon over e-mail ballots

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41284

NAtional: The Importance of Recounts

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1965&Itemid=26

NAtional: Tight Lid Kept On Exit-Poll 'Vault'

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11042006/news/nationalnews/tight_lid_kept_on_exit_poll_vault_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm

NAtional: Columnist - Sanctity of ballot is once more at stake

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15932519.htm

NAtional: Counting on security

The transition to electronic voting without tough standards for security, reliability and accessibility is a serious mistake.

http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/71365.html

NAtional: U.S. Attorney's Office: We're ready to investigate election fraud

http://washington.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2006/10/30/daily27.html

NAtional: Vote-counting, exit-poll groups learned from '04

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/15935982.htm

NAtional: Getting Ugly Early On Election Law

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/05/politics/main2153624.shtml

NAtional: Political pressure mounts on decision desks

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i1sTuLQzlbxLcJLJKZftApQ%3D%3D

NAtional: Nancy Giles: Why Doesn't U.S. Voting Work?

Inspiring Democracy Abroad May Seem Easier Than Ensuring Democratic Principles, Like Voting, Back Home

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/05/sunday/main2153929.shtml

AK: Voters prefer paper ballots over screens

Machines shunned in 20 percent of precincts

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110506/sta_20061105016.shtml

AL: Baldwin County - Changes made to avoid 2002 voting problems

Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1162721880157300.xml&coll=3

CA: How Safe Is Your Vote?

http://cbs5.com/specialreports/local_story_307223147.html

CA: Riverside County - Electronic voting safe, secure and monitored

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/05/perspective/18_53_2211_4_06.txt

DE: Elections chief: Electronic machines just fine

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS/611050347/-1/NEWS01

FL: Electronic machines' vote tallies will be on the button, elections chiefs vow

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2006/11/05/m1a_tcelex_1105.html

FL: Sarasota County - Voting glitch prompts warning

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS/611050530/1006/SPORTS

GA: 3 Georgia precincts to use paper trail

Officials hope experiment reassures voters

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/election06/stories/2006/11/04/1105ballot.html

GA: Opinions remain mixed on voting machines

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20061105/localnews/135610.shtml

IL: Rockford, Winnebago Counties - E-voting safe bet for local voters

http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS0107/111050032/1004/NEWS

KS: Shawnee County - The right touch? Voters not sure

Majority casting advance ballots opting not to use high-tech devices

http://cjonline.com/stories/110506/loc_votemachines.shtml

MD: Mail-voting extension sought

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.deadline05nov05,0,5126853.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

MD: Group Threatens Legal Action To Extend Absentee Balloting

http://www.nbc4.com/news/10246631/detail.html

MO: Boone County - Clerk still wary of electronic voting

http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=22674

MS: Moment of truth for new voting machines

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/15933862.htm

NJ: Experts: Be alert for voting machine problems

http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-2/116270321443290.xml&coll=5

NJ: Poll workers predict rough day

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS01/611050362/1006

NM: On the bubble

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/51668.html

NM: New Mexico Dirty Tricks: GOP Targets Voters With Hispanic Surnames

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3730

OH: Absentee ballots double this year

http://www.newsdemocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=122352&TM=43497.96

OH: Officials ready for anything

New machines, ID requirements keep many on their toes

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS01/611050360

OH: State advises counties not to scan absentee ballots early

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/elections/15932170.htm

OH: Tuscarawas County - Making sense of ID requirements

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=60531&r=0

PA: An eSlate of candidates

http://www.altoonamirror.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=6304

PA: Lawrence and Mercer Counties - Mercer, Lawrence workers to hand-count absentees

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/310163372966656.php

SC: Anderson County - Voting machines go home with election workers

http://www.independentmail.com/and/news/article/0,1886,AND_8203_5119326,00.html

TN: Shelby County - Tennessee's GOP Party Says More Voter Smart Cards Are Missing

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=EE98ACF4-A02E-4E02-8826-740924EE8EAA

TX: Lawyers stand by in Dist. 22

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4311010.html

TX: Gregg, Harrison, Rusk Counties - More counties vote 'no' to paper ballots

http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/11052006how_vote.html

VA: Columnist - Take a healthy skepticism to the polls

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/denton/wb/wb/xp-90037

WI: Touch-screen voting to aid larger turnout Tuesday

http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/APC0101/61105013/1979

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