The EAC was established by HAVA to oversee the implementation of HAVA. Their oversight has been minimal and irresponsible. Instead of providing the informed leadership and guidance the states needed as they purchased and deployed new voting systems, the Commissioners have deferred to the wishes of vendors, propagated preconceived notions of election officials, and acceded to popularly-disseminated misinformation. They have failed to accomplish the goals in their mission statement. It would be very unwise to assign them any new important duties until they begin to fulfill those already assigned to them.

 

NAtional: EAC Has Failed To Meet Its Own Mission Statement

http://www.votersunite.org/info/EACFailedMission.asp

 

NAtional: Editorial - The Road to Reliable Elections

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/opinion/11mon1.html?hp

 

NAtional: Panel Shifts Direction On E-voting Audit Trail

Federal board OKs plan requiring that new machines create vote records

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=12&articleId=276359&intsrc=hm_topic

 

NAtional: Voting System Changes Afoot

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3648376

 

NAtional: The Road To Reliable Elections

http://www.amhersttimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3626&Itemid=27

 

NAtional: Changes in e-voting afoot but who will foot the bill?

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2774

 

NAtional: More on FL-13, and a Role for the EAC?

http://electionlawblog.org/

 

CA: San Mateo County - E-voting gets preliminary stamp of approval

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=67985

 

FL: Sarasota County - Clash of the Election Technologies

Saving money on printed sample ballot may be to blame for District 13 snafu.

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061211/NEWS/612110345/1004

 

IL: Chicago/Cook County - Vote does not compute

County logs 1,500 gripes on machines

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/167650,CST-NWS-elect11.article

 

MD: Maryland Official Reverses Stance on E-voting Bill

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=276546&taxonomyId=14&intsrc=kc_top

 

OH: Recount Confirms Pryce Won Re-Election

http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/12/11/ap3244163.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County – Opinion - Better balloting

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1165830135151340.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Update from the Hellmouth

http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/blog.php?p=9346&cat=8

 

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