http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/02/voter-fraud-investigation-could-reverse-new-jersey-election-resu/ The 11 people who were arrested are accused of falsifying absentee ballots by writing in the names of voters without their knowledge, according to The Record newspaper. One woman is also accused of voting twice, under her married name and her maiden name.
NJ: Paterson councilman is arrested in alleged voter fraud sweep(absentee ballots)
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/paterson_councilman_is_arreste.html
Councilman Rigo Rodriguez, 38, was arrested by State Police along with his wife and campaign manager, the report said.
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They allegedly voted using mail-in ballots on behalf of voters who never received their ballots, according to the Attorney General.
NY: A Month After Elections, 200,000 Votes Found
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/a-month-after-elections-200000-votes-found/?hp The preliminary machine tally alone swelled from 1,145,826 on election night to 1,366,881 in the official version.
The largest cache of newly found machine ballots was in Queens -- about 80,000, or 31 percent more than were reported on election night.
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"The unofficial election night returns reported by the press always have huge discrepancies -- which is why neither the candidates or the election officials ever rely on them," said Douglas A. Kellner, co-chairman of the State Board of Elections.
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/local-news-content/1194-judges-first-ruling-bumps-bishop-lead-to-259-votes Absent "objective evidence of fraud," Mayer ruled, the law requires election officials to count the votes. Altschuler's objections to counting the unscanned ballots were centered on "chain-of-custody type issues," Mayer said. Without evidence of fraud, that's simply not enough to justify disenfranchising 161 voters, Mayer ruled.
NY: Hearing Set in New York Case Over How to Tally Votes for Two Parties Who are Running the Same Nominee
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/12/02/hearing-set-in-new-york-case-over-how-to-tally-votes-for-two-parties-who-are-running-the-same-nominee/
U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff will hold a hearing in Conservative Party of New York and Working Families Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections on Monday, December 6, at 4 p.m.
OH: Rejected ballots to be investigated
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101201/NEWS0108/12020333/1055/NEWS/Rejected-ballots-to-be-investigated It will likely be weeks before Hamilton County knows who was elected Nov. 2 to a juvenile court judgeship - in which the candidates were separated by only 23 votes - because of a federal court ruling Wednesday ordering an investigation into 849 rejected provisional ballots.
Internet Voting Watch
CT: State Judicial Branch's computer system struck by virus
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/State-Judicial-Branch-s-computer-system-struck-by-853944.php
China is waging cyber warfare on Britain. Even your laptop isn't safe
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100066372/the-west-has-built-a-digital-maginot-line-and-chinese-spies-are-sneaking-past/ "We daren't even take our laptops into China," one FTSE100 banking director told Fraser. "They will swipe all the information at the airport." Even worse, they're carrying out most cyber attacks remotely, mining information that is stored on servers in the UK, from all over the world -" making anything from the national grid to the banking system vulnerable. And each attack almost untraceable.
National
Vladimir Putin Criticizes U.S. for Presidential Elections in Which 2nd Place Finisher in Popular Vote Took the Office http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/12/02/vladimir-putin-criticizes-u-s-for-presidential-elections-in-which-2nd-place-finisher-in-popular-vote-took-the-office/
EAC held a public meeting and and roundtable discussion today in Washington, DC.
http://www.yorkmedia.com/eac/webcasts.htm
Meeting topics: commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products; election official mentorship project. An on-demand webcast will be available within 24 hours
International
Afghanistan: WikiLeaks cables reveal panic after Afghan presidential elections
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/wikileaks-cables-panic-afghan-elections
It quotes three Karzai advisers as admitting they knew fraud had been committed by their side.
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The cable says the US ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, and other senior officials warned Karzai's opponents to refrain from violence and ensure peace and stability -" while also telling Karzai not to interfere in the counting process or undermine the authority of the country's Independent Election Commission.
Canada: Nova Scotia inmates couldn't vote in 2009 provincial election: ombudsman
http://www.canadaeast.com/front/article/1334604
he chief electoral officer responded by saying it was too late to set up polling booths in the province's five jails, which house about 300 inmates.
UK: The Pros and Cons of the Alternative (Instant-Runoff) Vote
http://www.suite101.com/content/the-pros-and-cons-of-the-alternative-instant-runoff-vote-a315772
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