'Daily Voting News' For December 18, 2007

 

I always thought that “sleepovers” were beyond the limit of good security. In a court election contest in Wilkinson Co Mississippi the county Circuit Clerk pled the fifth amendment to several questions. One of the questions was “Is it true you had a pre-election party that voting machines were taken to?”

 

The results of the Ohio study are stunning with regards to the ES&S iVotronic DRE. The study found that a voter or poll worker can easily recalibrate the touch-screen; access control can be defeated by someone with a small magnet and a PDA or cell phone; and there is a back door entry that can be gained bypassing password requirements.

 

The Colorado SOS is now telling the media that they may be able to use some of the decertified voting systems by patching the software. Patches require testing and certification. Is he getting nervous?

 

AZ: Opinion - Secretive electronic voting unacceptable

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/216630

 

AZ: Pima County - BREAKING: Judge Orders Release of Pima County, AZ Voting Database

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5457

 

CA: San Joaquin County - Decertification 'fiasco' sends SJ to paper ballots

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/155511.html

 

CO: Sec of State decertifies voting machines in Denver, Jefferson, Arapahoe counties

http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/2160/2/

 

CO: State decertifies voting machines

County officials livid; move ‘could cost taxpayers millions’

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/12/17/121807_1a_voting.html

 

CO: Coffman: Voting machines don't measure up

http://origin.denverpost.com/ci_7744376

 

CO: Voting machines fail state tests

Pueblo among other Southern Colorado counties to have machines decertified.

http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1197961370/1

 

CO: Political leaders, county clerks left with questions, concerns

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/18/political-leaders-county-clerks-left-with/

 

CO: E-voting veto makes mess

Decision to decertify electronic systems sends counties scrambling

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/18/e-voting-machines-tossed-08/

 

CO: Many Colorado voting machines are decertified, throwing presidential votes in disarray

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/america/Colorado-Voting-Machines.php

 

CO: Coffman decertifies election scanners

http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=5257

 

CO: Voting gear out for count

http://origin.denverpost.com/rapids/ci_7746932

 

CO: Coffman: Voting machines could be fixed in time

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7751909

 

CO: Coffman: Colo. could use voting machines OK'd in other states

http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/dec/18/colo-could-use-voting-machines-okd-other-states/

 

CO: Boulder County - Voting machines flunk

Boulder County clerk says impact of state's decertification not yet clear

http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/dec/18/voting-machines-flunk/

 

CO: Garfield County - County voting machines lose certification

http://www.postindependent.com/article/20071218/VALLEYNEWS/970030834

 

CO: Mesa county may have to seek new voting methods

http://kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7510445

 

CO: Moffat County - Voting machines banned

Paper, absentee ballot equipment in Moffat County decertified

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2007/dec/18/voting_machines_banned/

 

FL: Judge throws out Florida voting law

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/349183.html

 

FL: Judge Reverses Florida's Anti-Voter Registration Law!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5456

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough dawdles on vote switch

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/18/Opinion/Hillsborough_dawdles_.shtml

 

MS: Wilkinson County election contest restarts

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2007/dec/18/wilkinson-county-election-contest-restarts/

 

NY: Editorial - Ohio study shows vulnerability in electronic ballot systems

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071218/OPINION/712180320/1005/OPINION

 

OH: Report: Magnet and PDA Sufficient to Change Votes on Voting Machine

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/report-magnet-a.html

 

OH: Partisanship will enter decision on how Ohioans vote

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=391868&Category=14&subCategoryID=

 

OH: Editorial - It’s too soon to turn voting upside down

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=391858&Category=3&subCategoryID=

 

OH: 1,000 pages of bad news: Ohio e-voting report released

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071217-1000-pages-of-bad-news-ohio-e-voting-report-released.html

 

OH: Governor backs election overhaul in '08; critics say no way

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/18/machine_folo.ART_ART_12-18-07_A1_HE8QDTI.html?sid=101

 

OH: Opinion - Integrity greatest factor in elections

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071218/OPINION01/712180332/1014/OPINION

 

OH: Ohio Study: Scariest E-Voting Security Report Yet

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1236

 

OH: Ohio to stay with voting systems deemed unreliable in Colo.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/12/ohio_to_stay_with_voting_syste_1.html

 

OH: Justice Center at NYU Law School Faults Ohio on Voting

http://chronicle.com/news/article/3657/justice-center-at-nyu-law-school-faults-ohio-on-voting

 

OH: E-voting activists praise Ohio plan to fix e-voting system

But they fear quick 'cures' might worsen problems before '08 presidential vote

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=it_in_government&articleId=9053479&taxonomyId=69&intsrc=kc_top

 

OH: Cuyahoga County elections board takes no action on voting machine swap

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/12/cuyahoga_county_elections_boar.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections board pressured to change

http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/12/18/elections-board-pressured-to-change

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Election board balks on dumping touch-screen voting

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1197970406267740.xml&coll=2&thispage=1

 

OH: Washington County - Election reforms could pare precinct list

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new54_1218200780410.asp

 

TN: State election systems study calls for paper audit trail

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/12/state-election-systems-study-calls-for.asp

 

VA: Spotsylvania County - Jett still wins in Spotsy recount

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/122007/12182007/341930

 

WV: Taylor County Keeping Electronic Voting System

http://www.wdtv.com/news/local/12608086.html

 

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