I’m back from a very rewarding trip to Washington DC. The conference was a combination of Election Reformers of all types plus elected officials and just interested citizens.

 

Today’s DVN is a mixture of today’s news and some ed from the weekend’s news. Included in this are three articles from yesterday’s Daytona Beach News-Journal. When you read these articles ask yourself why the EAC would refuse to put out a warning. Diebold admits to the problem. Diebold has also as much as said they won’t warn other customers. The EAC spokesperson explains all that the EAC has done but only makes excuses as to why they feel they can turn their backs on a problem with 25,000 voting machines as if it will just go away. We should all let Ms. Layson and the EAC know our displeasure with this “head buried in the sand” attitude.

 

There were more ballots counted in East Haven Connecticut than voters who went to the polls. A hand-recount in a close mayoral election found a discrepancy between the machine total and the recount total. The good thing is this is the first election in which the state has used optical-scan so they have paper ballots to hand-count.

 

True to their ways, ES&S is turning the screws on New Mexico counties in order to get every tax-payer dollar from them.

 

NAtional: 10 Questions

http://www.whytuesday.org/vote

 

NAtional: Info on voting flaws not shared

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD03111207.htm

 

NAtional: EAC spokeswoman answers questions about agency

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD04111207.htm

 

NAtional: Diebold official answers questions about voting machines

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD05111207.htm

 

NAtional: U.S. Election Assistance Commission Working Hard to Fail and Succeeding at It!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5292

 

NAtional: Columnist - Restoring Confidence in the Balloting Process

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/us/politics/13web-seelye.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

NAtional: Opinion - Voting rights back on Justice's radar

http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/305699.html

 

NAtional: Fifty states face voting machine lawsuits; “Uncounted” documents DRE issues

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2007/11/13/fifty-states-face-voting-machine-lawsuits-uncounted-documents-dre-issues/

 

NAtional: Rep. Holt Introduces Legislation to Establish National Standards for Counting Provisional Ballots

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2644&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: The Supreme Court, Face to Face with the Politics of Voter ID

http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/news.html?AID=1126

 

CA: Ranked-Choice Voting and Flawed Ballots Tax San Francisco's Election

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2639&Itemid=113

 

CO: County clerks sound alarm over 2008 election

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5742906,00.html

 

CO: Machine madness

Concerns about electronic balloting create turmoil for Colorado election officials in run-up to 2008 vote

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5744148,00.html

 

CO: Need to certify voting machines questioned

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/11/12/111307_1b_rulemaking_repeal.html

 

CT: East Haven - Second Recount Set In East Haven

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-apeasthaven1113.artnov13,0,2397482.story

 

CT: East Haven - Discrepancy in East Haven recount

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19014488&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=590581&rfi=6

 

IA: Legislators work to make sure Iowa elections clean, fair

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071113/OPINION/711130331/1001/NEWS

 

MD: Does your home address begin with a '5'?

http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2007/11/does-your-home-address-begin-with-5.html

 

NM: Voting machine maintenance bills draw criticism

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Story/Voting_machine_maintenance_bills_draw_criticism

 

NY: New York State takes on the DOJ over e-voting

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/12/doj_nys_legal_fight/

 

OH: Lawrence County - Votes Flipped in Ohio Race that Used E-voting Machines

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/votes-flipped-i.html

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Dems: Next vote will be better

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19014583&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=

 

PA: Lackawanna County - How election technology finally came full circle

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19014582&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

TX: Nacogdoches County - Elections costly to county

http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/11/13/County_Election_Costs_1113.html

 

UT: Utah County - Election software in Utah County confusing

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695227209,00.html

 

VA: Prince William County - Coercion of voters is alleged

http://www.potomacnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WPN%2FMGArticle%2FWPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353444365&path

 

United Kingdom: Government rejects retreat on e-voting

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/e_voting_retreat_rejected/

 

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