'Daily Voting News' For March 17, 2008

 

Éirinn go Brách! In testimony before the Committee on House Administration last week, EAC Commissioner Caroline Hunter testified that there were no EAC certified voting systems at this time and that there would be none used in the election in November. The certification process should not become what it was under NASED where they qualified all of the garbage that is presently being used. The long process for certifying voting systems will surely become shorter as the labs and the EAC’s representatives get experience. Unfortunately the long process will surely affect the voters in New Jersey. The state legislature mandated a vvpat printer be added to the Sequoia Advantage machines used by the state by January 2007. The Attorney General has now moved the deadline for the printers twice with support from the legislature and is now asking that it be moved again until after November. Perhaps it is time for the courts and the legislature to step in and take action to get rid of those machines and force the Attorney General to accept paper ballots for November and beyond.

 

NAtional: American Statistical Association Calls for Audits to Increase Confidence in Electoral Outcomes

http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/3/prweb773424.htm

 

NAtional: U. of Conn. Study Reveals Still More Vulnerabilities in Diebold Optical Scan Voting System

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5806

 

FL: Lawsuit against Democratic National Commitee goes before appeals court Monday

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ef34dad2-1fea-45bd-ae29-7508840344ff

 

IA: Voting-system reversal too costly for taxpayers

Shouldn't officials have just done this right the first time?

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=194700

 

IL: Election officials dispute report critical of Illinois

Disagree with abolishing local boards

http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/282961.html

 

MI: Clerks divided over absentee ballot mailing

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080317/POLITICS01/803170377

 

NJ: Elections in 32 N.J. towns could shift under plan

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1205732107247650.xml&coll=1

 

NJ: Senate considers request to delay voting safeguards

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njvotingmachines0317mar17,0,4761323.story

 

NJ: Senate OKs measure to delay voting safeguards

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20080317_ap_senateoksmeasuretodelayvotingsafeguards.html

 

NY: Elections Board cries budget shortfall

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/03/17/2008-03-17_elections_board_cries_budget_shortfall.html

 

OH: E-Vote: Ohio Paper Ballots Save the Day Says Secretary of State

http://www.govtech.com/gt/275036?topic=117673

 

OH: Ohio's voting machines are now an official crime scene

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3054

 

OH: Ohio voting machines declared an official crime scene

Secured for forensic examination

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/ohio-voting-machines-declared

 

OH: Warren County, OH's 2004 Election Night Lockdown Finally Investigated by Media

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5810

 

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