Over the past week the media and the blogs have been filled with articles in support of a report negative on voter-verified paper audit trail requirements. Though the articles have found fault with parts of the report from the new on the scene Information Technology and Innovation Foundation they all agree on one thing; more technology added on to DRE voting machines is good and vvpat is bad. This new think-tank, ITIF, wants more software and gimmicks to be added to the present DREs. They say it will make the machines verifiable. In fact, it’s nothing more than software and gimmicks. It’s more expense for the counties who must pay more for licensing, s, bug repairs, certification costs, etc. I have an innovation. Let’s recycle the DREs, use paper-ballots, and let the fine folks at ITIF think about how they can improve some other aspect of our lives like the long waits at the airport or global warming. This all makes the ITIF today’s “Enemy of Democracy” award winner.

 

NAtional: Think Tank: A vote tally with a paper record would only raise costs, create confusion

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Think_Tank_A_vote_tally_with_0920.html

 

NAtional: summary of ITIF’s eVoting report

http://allaboutvoting.com/2007/09/20/summary-of-itif%e2%80%99s-evoting-report/

 

NAtional: Counting the Ballots? I'll Help

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_victoria_070920_counting_the_ballots.htm

 

NAtional: Director’s Note: Little Things That (Might) Mean a Lot

http://electionline.org/Newsletters/tabid/87/ctl/Detail/mid/643/xmid/271/xmfid/3/Default.aspx

 

NAtional: Down the Election Rabbit Hole and Back Again

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_victoria_070921_down_the_election_ra.htm

 

CA: San Francisco - S.F. supervisors blamed for blocking new voting system

http://sfgate.com//cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/21/MN8ASA8T4.DTL

 

FL: D-13 - Voting machines may be tested again

http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/152301.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - New machinery to stuff, track, verify absentee ballots

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2007/09/21/s3b_voting_0921.html

 

MS: Hancock County - Outside judge will hear voter fraud suit

http://www.sunherald.com/201/story/147081.html

 

MS: Quitman County - Quitman vote claims rebuked

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18840585&BRD=2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617&rfi=6

 

NC: Opinion - We demand a recount

http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/09/21/Opinion/We.Demand.A.Recount-2983267.shtml

 

NJ: Editorial - Safeguard our votes

http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1190347689259160.xml&coll=5

 

TN: Shelby County - Early Voting Will Continue In Memphis

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=16fdb711-cf36-42a1-8dc8-8292c621cc96

 

TN: Shelby County - Changes To Memphis Voting

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ca51578d-cecd-4a43-bbd9-d48dc7664a24

 

TN: Shelby County - Voting machine flap settled

Mayoral candidates keep up jabs and tough talk

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/sep/21/voting-machine-flap-settled/

 

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