There are elections in many jurisdictions around the country this week so we will be keeping our eye on the media for any reports of problems. A report on the recent French e-voting catastrophe opines, "Two types of machines were certified for use in France's election, both of which are of the paperless direct-recording electronic (DRE) variety now notorious (and hopefuly soon-to-be outlawed) in the States: an iVotronic model from American company ES&S, and another model from Dutch company Nedap."  And follows-up with this, “One of the more controversial of America's exports has managed to unite factions from across France's political spectrum, with the major parties in France's hotly contested presidential election uniting to inform AFP that a "catastrophe" has taken place. No, I'm not talking about the opening of a new McDonald's. The catastrophe in question is an electronic voting catastrophe of the kind that occurred in a number of counties in America during this past November's mid-term elections.”

 

NAtional: Editorial - Trust in Paper

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/05/opinion/05sat2.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fEditorials&oref=slogin

 

CO: Inquiry eyes election worker

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5521831,00.html

 

FL: Charlotte County - Group criticizes county voting machines

http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=1987

 

FL: Lee County – Voting Machines: Replacing the old with the older

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=12420&z=3&p=

 

FL: Sarasota County - New voting machine choice is little more than a coin flip

http://www.venicegondolier.com/Newsstory.cfm?pubdate=050607&story=tp2vn7.htm&folder=NewsArchive3

 

MO: East St. Louis - Officer wants review of mayoral election results

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/B45DDB67D2BD40D7862572D2000FA752?OpenDocument

 

NJ: Wonder Woman

Crusading lawyer fights for the underdog (Penny Venetis)

http://www.nj.com/living/ledger/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1178425974196210.xml&coll=1

 

NY: Editorial - Troy education board needs to vote anew

http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18306502&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7018&rfi=6

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Hurdles await new elections board

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1178440942209180.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Write-in candidates stressing voter accuracy

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18304525&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

TX: Nacogdoches County - So far, early voting is slow

http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/05/06/election.html

 

France: Electronic Voting Draws Concern

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117844708523293607.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

France: A French e-voting "catastrophe"

Paperless direct-recording electronic (DRE) used in several cities

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=STO20070506&articleId=5581

 

Scotland: A night of glitches, rejected ballots, and lost votes

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2514310.ece

 

Scotland: Election chaos unacceptable, say observers

http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=701122007

 

Scotland: Not so much an election as a national humiliation

Scotland’s voters were treated with arrogance and contempt

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article1756280.ece

 

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