On the same day that a committee of the House of Representatives met to pass a marked-up HR-811 out to the floor for a full House vote, the voters in Indiana counties went to the polls. Today the reports of the failures began to come in from Allen, Hancock, Lake, Marion, and Morgan counties. Under votes in Hancock, failure of poll workers to show up at the polls in Marion, and other counties with similar problems have led to another failure and disenfranchised voters.
NAtional: U.S. Wants Paper Ballots Back In Time For Next Presidential Race
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007295852
NAtional: Congress to vote on paper trail for e-voting systems
All touch-screen systems would be required to produce a paper receipt
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=17&articleId=9019024&intsrc=hm_topic
NAtional: SEC subpoenas voting machine maker Diebold
http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/10/news/companies/diebold.reut/?postversion=2007051012
NAtional: SEC orders Diebold to release documents in revenue probe
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17206936.htm
CA: Voting Machines Test: A New Goal?
http://www.kqed.org/weblog/capitalnotes/2007/05/voting-machines-test-new-goal.jsp
CA: Bowen Unveils "Top to Bottom" Review of Voting Systems
http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=1844&ptid=9
CA: State elections czar taps hackers to test e-voting machines
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_5858204
CA: State's electronic voting machines face mass review
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/10/news/state/1_04_495_9_07.txt
CA: California Hammers on E-Voting
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=123754&WT.svl=news2_1
CT: Democracy where it's pure and never simple
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0511/p20s01-lihc.html
FL: FL-13 - Democrat asks court to delay Sarasota election ruling
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-bk-election-050907,0,7036636.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
FL: FL-13 - Jennings asks court to delay ruling
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/NEWS/705100428
FL: FL-13 - Court Case Held as Candidate Banks on House Action in Disputed Florida 13 Race
http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/05/10/cq_2704.html
IN: Editorial - Primary day a success for local voters
http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/OPINION01/705100301
IN: Allen County - Bugs surface in new vote machines
Tally-card mistakes at 8 sites delayed results
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/17205521.htm
IN: Hancock County - Greenfield mayoral candidate asks for recount
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/LOCAL/705100589
IN: Lake County - Vote hunting and counting continues to haunt close races
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/05/10/news/lake_county/docc6e68f78ea0eb0a0862572d6008061d4.txt
IN: Lake County - Voting problems routine
http://www.post-trib.com/news/379464,election.article
IN: Lake County - Voting integrity questioned
http://www.post-trib.com/news/379466,lccomputer.article
IN: Marion County - Fallout from Marion County primary problems continues
http://www.wabashplaindealer.com/articles/2007/05/10/state_news/state2.txt
IN: Morgan County - Recount in council race possible after provisional ballots deadline
http://www.reporter-times.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=70504&format=html
NY: Rensselaer County - District prepares for high-tech voting
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18321242&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6
OH: Darby Township - 11 votes carry high price tag in trend watched by state officials
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/17206003.htm
OH: Greene County - Election results confusing, but accurate
http://fairborndailyherald.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=125036&TM=35793.56
PA: Bucks County - Watchdog group blasts county over touch-screen voting machines
Coalition for Voting Integrity says savings have not been detailed.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/quakertown/all-b1_2commish.5841376may10,0,5288987.story?coll=all-newslocalquakertown-hed
PA: Bucks County - Electronic voting machines remain controversial
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-05102007-1344193.html
UK: Scottish election debacle caused by fragmented databases
Volume of spoilt ballots overwhelmed database indexes
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=2958
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