'Daily Voting News' For January 12, 2009

 

It seems as if every year brings a new battle. This year some in state election administrations are going to be pushing internet voting as if it was a good idea. They will ignore all of the scientific evidence to the contrary. The simple fact is that the internet is a fine platform to get voting information and ballots to military and overseas voters but there is no way the internet is secure enough to allow voters to actually cast a ballot. This is not just my opinion but it was the opinion of the Dept. of Defense in 2004 when they cancelled their plans to allow the military to vote using the internet. It is also the opinion of the National Institute of Standards and Technology who recently issued a report that clearly states the internet is not yet a secure platform for voting.

 

National: Online Voting Closer Than Imagined

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20090107_7892.php

 

National: Voting Rights Act Matters

http://andersonatlarge.typepad.com/andersonlarge/2009/01/voting-rights-matter.html

 

National: The Supreme Court hopes to kill the Voting Rights Act

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Supreme-Court-hopes-to-by-Mark-Crispin-Mille-090111-28.html

 

CA: Humboldt County - Funding Frozen For Proposed Humboldt Voting Machine Switch

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Funding-Frozen-For-Propose-by-Dave-Berman-090112-633.html

 

CO: Hearing on tap for secretary of state nominee

http://www.examiner.com/a-1789540~Hearing_on_tap_for_secretary_of_state_nominee.html

 

MN: Coleman is casting wider net for votes

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/37390669.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

NM: New Mexico AG probes $6M voter education project

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hhsPkGzxlSx_Cw51OGia99k8dy_AD95K1JF01

 

NM: Ex-N.M. Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron is under investigation

http://newmexicoindependent.com/14697/todays-top-stories-vigil-giron-is-under-investigation

 

PA: Bucks County - Bucks Election survey: Polling ran smoothly

http://www.buckslocalnews.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Weekly;!-1024250357?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_wk_article&r21.pgpath=%2FBLN%2FNews&r21.content=%2FBLN%2FNews%2FTopStoryList_Story_2650134

 

SC: Wallace Scarborough versus his own constituents

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A56790

 

SC: Von Spakovsky: Will S.C. House keep elections legal?

http://www.thestate.com/satopinion/story/645519.html

 

TX: Court won't hear Texas voting machine case

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6206691.html

 

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