'Daily Voting News' For October 29, 2008 – Evening Edition

 

6 days until Election Day.

 

Today a federal judge found in favor of the voters of Pennsylvania and ordered the state to require every polling place to be prepared to hand out paper ballots to voters any time 50% or more of the polling places voting machines go down for any reason.

 

The Election Assistance Commission announced today that they were intending to suspend SysTest Labs accreditation to test voting systems. This action follows the suspension of the lab by the National Voting Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The suspension was for SysTest’s lack of properly documented and validated test methods, testing conducted by unqualified or untrained personnel, and improper assurances made to manufacturers regarding testing outcomes.  This loss of accreditation will probably affect SysTest’s ability to complete testing for the state of New York. It also brings into question all recent testing done for the state of Colorado and Ohio and all previous testing of voting systems under the previous NASED system.

 

Featured – PA: Federal Judge Rules That More Emergency Paper Ballots Be Made Available in Pennsylvania When Voters Face Voting Machine Breakdowns

http://tinyurl.com/5a9ssd

 

Featured - National: EAC Announces Intention to Suspend SysTest Labs

Follows Action Taken by National Institute of Standards and Technology

http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-announces-intention-to-suspend-systest-labs/base_view

 

National: Lab may lose accreditation to test voting machines

http://www.examiner.com/a-1662283~Lab_may_lose_accreditation_to_test_voting_machines.html

 

National: Lab may lose accreditation to test voting machines

http://www.examiner.com/a-1662833~Lab_may_lose_accreditation_to_test_voting_machines.html

 

National: We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media

http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/10/29/we-do-not-consent-open-letter-to-the-media/

 

National: The Vote Grab: Voting machines are unreliable and inaccurate

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2008/10/the-vote-grab-1.html

 

National: Guy Who Insists E-Voting Machines Work Fine... Demonstrates They Don't

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081029/0131342676.shtml

 

National: Watch this controversial W.V. e-voting video

http://blogs.computerworld.com/troubling_w_v_e_voting_video

 

National: Opinion - The Boogeyman in the E-Voting Machine

http://www.csoonline.com/article/457964/FUD_Watch_The_Boogeyman_in_the_E_Voting_Machine

 

National: Experts Identify Persistent Problems with U.S. Ballot and Voting System Usability

http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=2281

 

National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen? Part 1 in the "Democracy" in America Series – The Proof

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Have-American-Elections-Re-by-Mark-Adams-081029-64.html

 

National: Is Open Source the Answer to Voting Woes?

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/osb/?p=474

 

National: Be Prepared for Long Lines, Snafus on Election Day

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/10/29/be-prepared-for-long-lines-snafus-on-election-day

 

National: How Long Do You Have to Stand In Line to Vote Before Your Civil Rights Are Violated?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-segal/how-long-do-you-have-to-s_b_139019.html

 

National: What You Need to Know About Voting Machines

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-10/what-you-need-know-about-voting-machines?page=

 

CA: Millions of Calif. absentee ballots may delay election night results

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/37526

 

CA: California counties brace for flood of voters

http://www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_10847971

 

CO: More than 3,000 registered Coloradans barred from voting

http://coloradoindependent.com/13152/more-than-3000-registered-coloradans

 

CO: Adams County pulls plug on faulty voting machine

http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2008/10/29/news/doc4907ee63d0553766738959.txt

 

CO: Adams County ‘quarantines’ machine that switched candidate’s vote

http://coloradoindependent.com/13187/adams-county-quarantines-machine-that-switched-candidates-vote

 

FL: Hillsborough County - 90% of Hillsborough absentee ballots rejected so far

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=53b0de6c-4e38-4f47-a084-fb6140f2ebbe

 

FL: Miami-Dade Might Be Asking for Lawsuit over Poll-Watcher Rules

Ion Sancho, Florida's patron saint of fair voting, is on the case.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-10-30/news/miami-dade-might-be-asking-for-lawsuit-over-poll-watcher-rules/

 

GA: Thousands Continue to Vote Early as Time Closes in on Election Day

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7739943&version=12&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

IN: Internet, phone disruptions in area; no early voting at Evansville libraries today

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/oct/29/internet-phone-disruptions-area-no-early-voting-li/

 

MD: Busy, busy, busy time at election headquarters

http://tinyurl.com/63j2kb

 

MD: Diebold warns of voting machine problems

http://www.abc2news.com/content/gmm/story.aspx?content_id=e8ea7b0c-abf7-49d0-b705-04c729b034dc

 

MD: eCRASH: Elections Web site goes down on absentee ballot deadline

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/NEWS01/81029043/1002

 

NV: Report shows no election fraud

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10846263?nclick_check=1

 

NV: Clark County - Voting Lines Get Longer

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9256270

 

NY: Bloomberg’s ‘Outrage’ at Elections Board

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/bloombergs-outrage-at-elections-board/?apage=1

 

NY: EAC Suspends SysTest

New York State Could Halt Voting Machine Testing - Again

http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/10/29/eac-suspends-systest/

 

NY: BREAKING: Deja Vu (all over again) Feds Pull NY's Testing Lab's Accreditation

http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2008/10/breaking-nys-testing-labs-eac.html

 

PA: Excerpts from US judge's Pa. paper ballot ruling

http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_10847686

 

PA: PA Secretary Cortes Responds to Court Decision

http://tinyurl.com/5dhrq5

 

PA: U.S. judge orders backup paper ballots in Pa.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/10/us-judge-orders.html

 

PA: BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6588

 

TN: Davidson County - Extra Voting Machines Could Ease Tuesday's Lines

http://www.wsmv.com/politics/17841367/detail.html#-

 

TX: More Vote-Flipping in TX by Machines Other Than Those Made by ES&S

Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Made by Hart InterCivic and Diebold Also Reportedly Now Flipping Votes From Democratic to Republican in TX...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6584

 

TX: Texas Voters Say Straight-Party Voting Flipped Votes; Activists Urge Voters to Avoid Straight-Party Voting

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/straight-party.html

 

VA: ACLU to join suit against political-apparel ban at polls

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/aclu-join-suit-against-politicalapparel-ban-polls

 

VA: Wilder Asks Kaine to Extend Polling Hours

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2008/10/wilder_asks_kaine_to_extend_po.html

 

VA: Wilder requests extended polling hours

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/Web/2008/102008/1029wilder

 

WV: Online video of purported W.V. e-voting 'flip' is disputed

The video clip to be reposted in its entirety

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118510&intsrc=news_ts_head

 

WV: After primary problems. Mercer County ready for general

http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=5742

 

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