'Daily Voting News' For August 26, 2008

 

College students in Dutchess Co. New York are taking advantage of a grant from the Election Assistance Commission to be trained to operate the counties voting equipment. These students will work as “fellows” earning a stipend as the recruit up to 200 more students to help out as election workers. Students from local colleges; Vassar, Marist and Dutchess Community College are taking part in the training process. This is a great idea that needs to be repeated all over the country. Kudos to the EAC for helping to fund this worthy project.

 

Featured - NY: Dutchess County - Students learn about balloting

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080826/NEWS01/808260320/1006

 

National: Editorial - No One Should Have to Stand in Line for 10 Hours to Vote

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/opinion/26tue4.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

National: Candidates Nationwide Called Upon to Challenge Suspicious Elections

http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=8226

 

National: E-voting outfit confesses vote-ping software bug

Ten Years Later

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/26/decade_old_evoting_error/

 

National: Officials raise concerns on Election Day glitches

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_10302663

 

National: 'Uncounted,' A Film That Will Leave Audiences Angry and Empowered

http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/279-uncounted-an-important-documentary-that-will-leave-audiences-angry-and-empowered.html

 

National: Profile: Dan Wallach

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=management&articleId=9023398&taxonomyId=14&intsrc=kc_feat

 

National: The Day After

When Electronic Voting Machines Fail

http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/summer2008/horizon04.html

 

National: Homegrown Film Looks at America’s “Uncounted” Votes

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/6016-1

 

National: E-Voting's Big Test

http://www.itsecurity.com/features/evoting-big-test-082608/

 

AL: Dallas County to lease some machines to city on Tuesday

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2008/aug/25/dallas-county-lease-some-machines-city-tuesday/

 

AL: Tuscaloosa County - Number of Northport voters turned away due to coding glitch

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080826/NEWS/808260299/1007&title=Coding_glitch_causes_problems_at_Northport_polls

 

FL: Paper trail may not matter in case of a vote recount

http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/8/26/376735.html?title=Paper+trail+may+not+matter+in+case+of+a+vote+recount

 

FL: Minor voting glitches in Broward; Dade opens on time

http://www.miamiherald.com/846/story/658416.html

 

FL: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties - Voter Turnout Light; No Major Problems Reported

New Voting System Used For Elections

http://www.nbc6.net/news/17297206/detail.html

 

HI: Judge denies renewed request to ban electronic voting machines

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/507588.html

 

MI: Willing and able

Voting machines gives disabled chance to vote

http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/08/chroniclekendra_stanleymillsmu.html

 

MO: Mo. AG candidate claims ballots wrongly rejected

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/267068.html

 

OH: Editorial - Brunner correct to cease ‘sleepover’ practice

http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/508310.html?nav=5006

 

OH: Franklin County - Elections funding sought

Much of $2.8 million is for extra helpers

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/26/boe26.html?sid=101

 

PA: More emergency ballots requested for Pa. election

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20080826_ap_moreemergencyballotsrequestedforpaelection.html

 

SC: S.C. counties sticking with touch-screen voting machines

http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/771945.html

 

TN: Nashville - Paper Ballots Possible For Upcoming Election

Supporters Say Computerized Machines Can Be Manipulated

http://www.wsmv.com/politics/17300893/detail.html#-

 

TX: Travis County Getting More Voting Machines For November

http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=bfaa654a-5943-45a8-b5e0-18a86b36e032

 

TX: Travis County - Residents urge county to dump voting machines

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/cityhall/entries/2008/08/26/residents_urge_county_to_dump.html

 

TX: Travis County - Local group against electronic voting machines

http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=218338

 

UT: Utah to cast electronic ballots

http://www.standard.net/live/news/141571/

 

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