In the words of Dale Carrico in his blog “Amore Mundi” on the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies website: “Champions of electronic voting machines often tout their benefits for differently enabled citizens in particular.  Although concerns about the underaccessibility of old voting systems are certainly legitimate (and overdue), too often this rhetoric of improved accessibility has actually functioned as a way of deflecting growing criticism of the extraordinary insecurity of many of the actual systems that have been put in place across the country.

 

“Pushing a rhetoric of enfranchisement for the differently enabled, corporate hucksters and partisan hacks have facilitated disenfranchisement for all, pimpling over the electoral landscape with easily hackable machines that provide no paper trails, systems that can be stealthily manipulated and are incapable of recount should problems arise (even in jurisdictions where such recounts are mandated by law).”

 

NAtional: Differently Enabled Americans Call for Election Systems Featuring Both Accessibility and Security

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/carrico20070316/

 

NAtional: Election scorecard proposal gains momentum

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-18120012.apds.m0793.bc-ctdemomar18,0,2146530.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire

 

FL: Secretary of state's goal: No more elections embarrassments

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/16922365.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County – Columnist - Did vote warning just slip her mind?

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/COLUMNIST36/703180426

 

MS: NAACP to host voter empowerment campaign

http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_077113040.html

 

NJ: State voting machine probe focuses on a single vendor

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1174109217320940.xml&coll=1

 

NJ: So That Voting Is More Than A Crap Shoot

Engineer says gaming expertise could help safeguard elections

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1174196482270380.xml&coll=1

 

NJ: Computer engineer: Monitor electronic voting like slots

http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-njvotingmachinechal0318mar18,0,5297193.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

 

NJ: Bergen County - SCI requests county voting machine files

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwOTQzOTYmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky

 

NY: Oneida County - Delays hamper purchase of voting machines

http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/NEWS/70318003

 

NY: Westchester County - Elections officials may get $28G raises

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/NEWS01/703180409/1019/SPECIAL02

 

OH: Professor Testifies to Congress

http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2007/03/16/news/Professor_Testifies_to_Con.html

 

PA: Presidential primary date could change

http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2007/03/17/news/sunday/news03.txt

 

PA: Allegheny County - Faithless public acts

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/mistick/s_498272.html

 

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