'Daily Voting News' For September 08, 2008

 

In this space we have mentioned voter registrations many times and asked that everyone check with their state to ensure they are still on the voter rolls. Now the EAC has added their voice with ours. The EAC has also provided a new tool to give the voter more information on who to check with and when is the deadline for registration in each state and territory. http://www.eac.gov/voter/docs/state-reg-deadlines.xls

 

Today the Security Group of University of California at Santa Barbara released a report and a movie on their part in the Top-To-Bottom Review of the Sequoia Voting System.

 

National: EAC Chair Calls on Voters to Prepare and Confirm before November Election

Register Early and Verify Registration Status

http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-chair-calls-on-voters-to-prepare-and-confirm-before-november-election/base_view

 

National: Evaluating the Security of Electronic Voting Systems

http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~seclab/projects/voting/

 

National: Key Questions For Key States – Executive Summary

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/maps/documents/50QsforExecutiveSummarywithlinks.pdf

 

National: Pre-election Litigation Risk Assessment (PELRA)[Interactive Map]

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/maps/maps.php?ID=63

 

National: Flawless Vote Counts

Cryptography lets voters verify ballots.

http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=21225&channel=infotech&section

 

AZ: Pima County - Official boots observer over ballot-count queries

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/256418

 

AZ: Pima County - AZ Election Official Arrested for Flagging Tampered Ballots: Charged with Criminal Trespass

http://www.opednews.com/articles/AZ-Election-Official-Arres-by-Rady-Ananda-080907-77.html

 

AZ: Pima County - Arizona Election Integrity Advocate Arrested While Observing Hand-Count

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6363

 

CT: Audit No Evil, Recount No Evil, Uncover No Evil

http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=636

 

CT: Missing UCONN report: Is voter pre-electon info on Registrars hindered?

http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10299#56061

 

FL: Palm Beach County's election woes continue

Recounted votes don't match up with ballots cast

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114306&intsrc=news_ts_head

 

GA: Georgia Democratic Party Sues over Voter ID

http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0373.html

 

GA: Ga. Judge to Hear Voting Machine Lawsuit

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=120819&catid=3

 

GA: Ga. judge rejects voting machine lawsuit

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/434679.html

 

GA: Judge rejects challenge to Georgia voting machines

http://news.jacksonville.com/justin/2008/09/08/judge-rejects-challenge-to-georgia-voting-machines/

 

NJ: Voters wrongly told: You're not registered

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/voters_erroneously_told_youre.html

 

NY: Opinion - HAVA-ya got it together?

http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/OPINION/809080302/1015/OPINION01

 

NY: Changes await voters at primary polling sites

New voting machines, locations, improvements in accessibility on tap

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=718643

 

NY: Madison County - Lever Voting Out, Image In

http://www.syracuse.com/madison/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1220864117159160.xml&coll=1

 

NY: Onondaga County - Get Ready for the Paper Ballots

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1220864275159160.xml&coll=1

 

TX: Voter Education Project Inc. Press Conference

http://www.newspapertree.com/calendar/1190-voter-education-project-inc-press-conference

 

VA: Voter Registration by Students Raises Cloud of Consequences

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/education/08students.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=login

 

Guam: Opinion - Forward: GEC needs to push forward with electronic voting

http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/OPINION01/809080319/1014/OPINION

 

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