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'Daily Voting News' For October 27, 2008

 

8 days until Election Day.

 

Kim Zetter writes in her “Threat Level” blog on Wired.com [Featured] that while ES&S touch screens in West Virginia were flipping voters votes the Secretary of State was busy giving an ex-official of that company, and a WV resident, Gary Greenhalgh, a “Medallion Award” from the National Association of Secretaries of State. Greenhalgh sold the machines used in the state to the state. While he no longer works for ES&S, his wife is now the companies representative in WV. Secretary of State Betty Ireland, just two years ago, filed a formal complaint against ES&S with the federal Election Assistance Commission, the body that oversees federal testing and certification of voting machines. She called for an audit of the company's contractual performance. She has now turned to a supporter of the company. Not covered by Zetter is that at one time Greenhalgh worked for MicroVote as their national sales director. This NASS “Medallion Award” winner was sued by his employer for what MicroVote says is “trade secret violations”. According to James Ries Jr., the president of MicroVote, Greenhalgh’s actions were “Probably the most damaging, he was actually selling the equipment being released from Montgomery County to our customers on the side. And it violated his working contract with us that he was selling outside of MicroVote's jurisdiction”.

 

Featured - WV: W. Virginia Gave E-Voting VP an Award While Machines Were Malfunctioning

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/w-virginia-give.html

 

National: How Bad Are Electronic Voting Machines?

Do they really fail one out of five times?

http://www.slate.com/id/2203147/

 

National: Opinion - Election fraud fears: the cure

States need better machinery and better registration procedures.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-stewart27-2008oct27,0,4622227.story

 

National: Early e-voting results in vote flipping in three states so far

http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/10/27/early_voting/

 

National: Reform Institute Partners in Assisting Voters

Reform Institute a Key Partner in 877-GO-CNN-08 Voter Hotline

http://www.reforminstitute.org/DetailNews.aspx?nid=1425&cid=2

 

National: 1936: Counting America's 40,000,000 Votes

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1936-Counting-America-s-4-by-Rady-Ananda-081026-561.html

 

National: 7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1853246_1853243_1853233,00.html?imw=Y

 

National: Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/

 

National: Camps Lawyer Up For High-Pressure Election Day

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/rg_20081027_6276.php

 

National: Futurist: One Click, One Vote

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=weeklyreport-000002979078

 

National: Election officials, election watchers brace for Nov. 4

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20081027_Election_officials__election_watchers_brace_for_Nov__4.html

 

National: Opinion - Denounce dirty tricks: Ensuring a fair vote is a responsibility, too

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20081027_Denounce_dirty_tricks__Ensuring_a_fair_vote_is_a_responsibility__too.html

 

National: Election Day Trouble on the Way?

http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/27/election-day-trouble-on-the-way.htm

 

National: Open source: How e-voting should be done

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/27/44FE-e-voting-security_1.html

 

National: Popularity of mail-in voting surges in California, elsewhere

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mailvote27-2008oct27,0,2952582.story

 

National: More felons learning to their surprise that they can vote

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-felon27-2008oct27,0,6784867.story

 

National: Stealing the Vote: GOP Voter Suppression is McCain's Last Chance to Win

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=10411

 

National: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom As 2008 Election Approaches, New Report Finds

http://tinyurl.com/5qarx9

 

National: Policy Center Demos Publishes Election Primer for Journalists

http://tinyurl.com/6gc92x

 

National:  Monitor Election Problems Nationwide with OurVoteLive.org

Search by State or County for Real-Time Voter Reports on Election Day

http://7thspace.com/headlines/296223/monitor_election_problems_nationwide_with_ourvoteliveorg.html

 

National: Voting Rights Watch: One company's machine behind vote-switching reported in early balloting across the South

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-one-companys.asp

 

National: Messy Elections: Can They Be Trusted?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Messy-Elections-Can-They-by-Kevin-Zeese-081027-833.html

 

National: Pollwatcher Toolkit

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pollwatcher-Toolkit-by-ruth-081027-682.html

 

National: Princeton report rips N.J. e-voting machines as easily hackable

Vendor challenges research, says its machines are safe and reliable

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118204

 

National: Study: Large Counties in Swing States May Face Election Day ProblemsLack of Preparation, Uniformity Could Cause Long Lines on Election Day

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/10/study_large_cou.html

 

National: Far from perfect

With election days away, Stewart charts progress of U.S. voting security

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/election-vote-1027.html

 

National: E-Voting Complaints Heat Up With Early Voting

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600865

 

National: Electronic Voting Machines Leave Room For Manipulations, Warns Europe's Biggest Hacker Group

http://blogs.dw-world.de/acrossthepond/michael/1.7275.html

 

CA: Paskus: I want my vote to count, but will it?

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/27/i-want-my-vote-to-count-but-will-it/

 

CO: Oh Where Oh Where is My Mail-In Ballot?

http://community.myfoxcolorado.com/blogs/Jon_Bowman/2008/10/26/Oh_Where_Oh_Where_is_My_MailIn_Ballot

 

CO: Denver Elections Division promises delivery of delayed ballots

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=102683&catid=339

 

CO: Colorado Secretary of State sued over voter purges

http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x1589514438/Colorado-Secretary-of-State-sued-over-voter-purges

 

CO: Voting rights group sues Colorado secretary of state over purges

http://coloradoindependent.com/12872/voting-rights-group-sue-colorado-secretary-of-state-over-purges

 

CO: Weld County - Mail-in ballots have quirks

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20081027/NEWS/110279991/1008&parentprofile=1001&title=Mail-in%20ballots%20have%20quirks

 

FL: Ballots picked up, then disappear

The disappearance of some absentee ballots, picked up under unusual circumstances, has raised some serious questions.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/740834.html

 

GA: CNN: Error purges 50,000 Georgia voters from rolls

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/10/cnn_error_purge.html

 

GA: Court: ‘Flagged’ citizens may vote

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/10/27/voters_verificiation_ruling.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

 

IN: Film, panel highlight errors in electronic voting machine software

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=63924&comview=1

 

MD: After push, voter registration jumps

http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2008/10/27/News/After.Push.Voter.Registration.Jumps-3507372.shtml

 

MI: Tribe looks to boost voting

http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2008/10/27/news/srv0000003882961.txt

 

MO: Missouri ripe for voting snags

Among 12 states where conditions spark concerns

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/10/27/missouri_ripe_for_voting_snags/

 

NC: Confusing North Carolina Ballot Leaves off Votes for President

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/confusing-north-carolina_b_138073.html

 

NJ: Opinion - Less than confident our votes really count

http://blog.nj.com/njv_fran_wood/2008/10/less_than_confident_our_votes.html

 

NJ: Morris County - Voter rolls at center of clerk's race

http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/33344799.html

 

NM:  New Mexico GOP Sued For Voter Intimidation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/new-mexico-gop-sued-for-v_n_138199.html

 

OH: STAY OUT of Ohio, lawmakers tell DoJ!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/STAY-OUT-of-Ohio-lawmaker-by-Jason-Leopold-081026-473.html

 

OH: Counties count on counters

Election board workers picked by parties

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081027/NEWS0106/810270303

 

OH: Cuyahoga County voting, vote-counting likely to be slow

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/cuyahoga_county_voting_votecou.html

 

PA: Following Widespread Complaints, New Lawsuit Seeks Paper Balloting in Pennsylvania

http://i2.democracynow.org/2008/10/24/following_widepsread_complaints_new_lawsuit_seeks

 

PA: Judges of elections learn to handle voting problems, problem voters

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1225067112114090.xml&coll=1

 

PA: Philadelphia - Online voting results coming

http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/Online_voting_results_coming/14096.html

 

TX: Bexar County - Quick and early balloting

http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/victor_landa/33334689.html

 

UT: Summit County - Glitch reported in early voting in Park City

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4631731

 

VA: Let Virginia voters cast early ballots

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/let-virginia-voters-cast-early-ballots

 

VA: Va. NAACP sues governor over election readiness

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTdy6-2Gfd3EfLv9c0daJKhP3_rgD9433K6O0

 

VA: NAACP lawsuit alleges Virginia scrimped on preparations for huge election turnout

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/33408729.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU

 

VA: Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/phony-flier-says-virginians-vote-different-days

 

WV: Voting machine complaints continue

Voters encouraged to review ballots before confirming

http://wvgazette.com/News/200810270020?page=1&build=cache

 

WV: Secretary of State Hosts Update on Touch Screen Voting Machines

http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=46058

 

WV: W.Va.: Testing OKs touch screen voting machines

http://www.dailymail.com/News/200810270488

 

WV: ES&S Touch-Screens Keep Flipping in WV, Now in At Least 6 Counties

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6572

 

WV: W.Va.: Testing OKs touch screen voting machines

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x1125636459/W-Va-Testing-OKs-touch-screen-voting-machines

 

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