Sen. Diane Feinstein has announced a hearing in the Senate Rules Committee to be held in September. In her press release she says, ““I was very surprised to read how easily these machines could be hacked into and election results distorted,” Senator Feinstein said.  “This report demonstrates the precarious risk of relying on electronic voting machines, especially when a verified paper record is not provided.  These findings are yet another reason that states and counties should consider a move to optical scan machines that provide an auditable, individual voter-verified paper record without having to rely on a separate printer.” If she really feels states and counties should consider a move to optical scan then why not say so in her legislation instead of doing all she can to protect Direct Recording Electronic machines? It’s time to step up and match the rhetoric with action, Senator. Today is a big news day with big stories breaking nationally. King Co. Washington’s county commission decided to take the voters advice and not use tax-payers money to purchase an untested, uncertified high-speed optical scan system from Diebold. Florida State University has released a new study that discusses problems with the Diebold optical-scans used in the state. We are still trying to get that report. Plus the heat is being turned-up in congress.

 

NAtional: Senate to Hold Hearing on Security of Voting Machines

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/senate-to-hold-.html

 

NAtional: Chairman Feinstein Announces Plans for Rules Committee Hearing to Examine Security of Electronic Voting Machines

http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1cdbd32b-fdcc-1709-2b43-2ccea66fed43&Region_id=&Issue_id=

 

NAtional: EAC Releases Report on HAVA Spending by States

http://www.eac.gov/news_073107.asp

 

NAtional: Editorial - Time Running Out for Voting Reform

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/opinion/31tue2.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

NAtional: A Publicly Owned and Controlled Voting System Ensuring Transparency and Oversight by the People or Nothing

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_andi_nov_070729_a_publicly_owned_and.htm

 

NAtional: What the U.S. Is Doing Wrong with E-Voting

http://www.channelinsider.com/article/What+the+US+Is+Doing+Wrong+with+EVoting/212541_1.aspx

 

NAtional: Some States Slow to Spend Voting Aid

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101028.html

 

CA: California's DRE Voting Systems Tested for Accessibility, Fail Fair Test

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4890

 

CA: Public Comments on Top to Bottom Review of Voting Systems Used in California

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2542&Itemid=113

 

CA: Good Overviews of California's 'Top-to-Bottom Review' of Voting Systems and the Pathetic Election Official/Vendor Talking Points in Response

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4897

 

CA: Report from Public Hearing on Debra Bowen's 'Top-To-Bottom Review' of Voting Systems

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4895

 

CA: Voting Machine Memory Cards Could be Switched in Booth, Says Reviewer

http://www.govtech.com/gt/128075?topic=117691

 

CA: E-Voting Machine Companies On Defensive

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=politics&id=5525627

 

CA: Opinion - Secure Votes, Secure Systems?

http://www.kqed.org/weblog/capitalnotes/2007/07/secure-votes-secure-systems.jsp

 

CA: Companies say California voting-machine review is unrealistic

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070730-1728-ca-votingmachines.html

 

CA:  Elections officials blast vote-hacking research

The fight over electronic balloting's security also has activists clamoring to ban the new technology.

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/300213.html

 

CA: Audit standards review group releases report

http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=26747

 

CA: E-voting machines fail hacking test

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_voting31.383832a.html

 

CA: Opinion – Legally Certifiable

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/31/opinion/editorials/20_20_227_30_07.txt

 

CA: E-voting could be breached

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=78461

 

CA: E-vote vendors attack critical state review

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_6505840

 

CA: Officials say state's tests didn't include standard safeguards

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070731-9999-1n31elect.html

 

CA: Editorial - How safe is your vote?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/07/31/EDN6R9SA11.DTL

 

CA: Makers of voting machines battle critics over UC study

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/31/BACIR9U792.DTL

 

CA: California Hacks Its E-Voting Machines

http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13300EWTDO7S

 

CA: Review uncovers E-voting flaws

UC Davis researchers assist in compiling security report

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_6507630

 

CA: Opinion – Conspiracy Theorists Who Oppose Electronic Voting Suggest We Return To The Good Old Days Of ‘Hanging Chads’.

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/conspiracy_theo.html

 

CA: Humboldt County - Bowen Review Lights Up Humboldt Media

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_dave_ber_070731_bowen_review_lights_.htm

 

CA: Will California Finally Ban Failed DRE Voting Systems?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_press_re_070731_listen_up_21__will_ca_.htm

 

CA: Debunking the "laboratory" defense

http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2007/07/debunking-laboratory-defense.html

 

CT: Officials declare end of lever-style voting machines

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18645390&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=31007&rfi=6

 

CT: Bysiewicz pulls lever voting machines

http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_6503635

 

FL: Study: Fla. voting machines still flawed

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Voting_Machine_Woes.html

 

FL: State: Fla. voting machines can be hacked

http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/188439.html

 

FL: Fla. Voting Machines Still Flawed

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1648511,00.html

 

FL: Miami-Dade County - Test weeds out 261 Dade polling clerks

Poll workers who fail a new test on voting procedures will no longer be allowed to oversee Miami-Dade precincts.

http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/187624.html

 

NY: New York Can't Purchase Voting Machines from any Vendor Asserting a Proprietary Right to Conceal Information from Public

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_andi_nov_070729_new_york_can_t_purch.htm

 

OH: Shreds of evidence

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2249.shtml

 

OH: Lucas County campaigns for fall poll workers

12,000 voters called by elections board

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/NEWS09/70731034

 

WA: King County - Council rejects new vote tabulators

All-mail balloting to use old counters

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/325738_voting31.html

 

WI: Federal proposal may force state to buy new voting machines, again

http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/articles/index.cfm?id=25171&section=Wisconsin%20News

 

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