Johns-Hopkins University Professor Avi Rubin reports the following in his blog about his recent congressional testimony; “Finally, I was asked if I thought that a DRE with a paper trail was an adequate voting system. I replied that when I first studied the Diebold DRE in 2003, I felt that a Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) provided enough assurance. But, I continued, after four years of studying the issue, I now believe that a DRE with a VVPAT is not a reasonable voting system. The only system that I know of that achieves software independence as defined by NIST, is economically viable and readily available is paper ballots with ballot marking machines for accessibility and precinct optical scanners for counting - coupled with random audits. That is how we should be conducting elections in the US, in my opinion.”

 

NAtional: AVI RUBIN: 'After Four Years of Study, I Now Believe that a DRE (touch-screen) with a VVPAT (paper-trail) is Not a Reasonable Voting System'

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4242

 

NAtional: My Congressional Testimony

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2312&Itemid=26

 

CA: Kern County - McFarland election still in question

http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ed889262-c2ef-42e5-9398-a4aa663f437d

 

CA: Kern County - Flawed ballot count delays McFarland election results

http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/103919.html

 

CT: ‘Scorecard’ to aid election reform

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18058528&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7576&rfi=6

 

FL: Florida Plan Gives Citizens Real Paper Ballots

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00150.htm

 

MA: New voting machines give all voters privacy

http://www.townonline.com/somerville/homepage/x725900357

 

MD: The Student Voting Rights Act would be victory for students who want more electoral involvement.

http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2007/03/09/Opinion/A.Red.Carpet.To.The.Polls-2769763.shtml

 

NM: Gallup - Misread ballots force election hand-count

http://www.gallupindependent.com/2007/march/030807zp_misreadballots.html

 

OH: Montgomery County - Inquiry sought on voting errors

A group says it has 20 complaints of errant tallies by touch screen voting machines.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/03/09/ddn030907voting.html

 

OH: Montgomery County - Election officials probe complaints about touch screens

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/16870205.htm

 

OH: Montgomery County - 20 Voters File Complaint Alleging Touch-Screen Vote-Flipping in Montgomery County, OH

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4243

 

PA: 54 counties may be poll-axed

New federal standards could make most voting machines in Pa. obsolete after 1 year

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07068/768071-103.stm

 

PA: Montgomery County - Voting machine design gets criticism

http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18053559&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=15

 

TX: Potter County - Voting machines damaged

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/030907/new_7011734.shtml

 

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