Elections Administrator Roger Ortiz was notified and according to sources the discrepancy was found.
A retabulation then showed Wood was ahead by 5 votes.
VA: Making every vote count
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/story.php?id=2521 It's been a few years since Fairfax County got through an entire election cycle without a piece of voting equipment breaking down, a handful of votes vaporizing or an election result being delayed.
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Yes, processing 100,000 votes on paper ballots is more expensive than the electronic alternative, but it pales in comparison to having a three-day wait to determine the next Sully District supervisor or Mason District School Board member.
VA: LTE - Election Day glitch was inexcusable* (E-pollbooks failure)
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/266885
The recent election in Montgomery County garnered attention because electronic poll books failed to work in a third of the precincts.
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Before the election, the decision was made to provide paper backup copies of the electronic poll books in some, but not all, of the 21 precincts.
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If it was suspected that there might be problems at some of the precincts, why was a paper backup not provided at all precincts?
Internet Voting Watch
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2848261
...It would make no difference if the electronic voting system had worked perfectly and no citi-zen had encountered the myriad of problems that they did. This system should not be used again.
New Guidelines On E-Voting
http://humanrightseurope.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-guidelines-on-e-voting.html
New Council of Europe guidelines on electronic voting will be published on 17 November..the publication does not argue either for or against the introduction of e-voting
The Great Cyberheist
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/magazine/14Hacker-t.html
"This is the he single largest and most complex identity-theft case ever
charged in this country, but this story of a brilliant hacker who worked
with and betrayed the Secret Service is chilling because it happened,
and it demonstrates that our security on the web is an illusion. This is
a fascinating, almost unbelievable story."
Clues Suggest Stuxnet Virus Was Built for Subtle Nuclear Sabotage
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/stuxnet-clues/ Stuxnet was designed to hide itself from detection so that even if administrators at a targeted facility noticed that something in the facility's process had changed, they wouldn't be able to see Stuxnet on their system intercepting and altering commands
National
EAC Newsline: November 16, 2010
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EAC seeks public comments on proposed changes to its regulations pertaining to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Comments are due by Nov 23, 2010
click here
_proposed_changes_to_nvra_regulations_.aspx http://tinyurl.com/23uwac5
GRITtv: Chloe Angyal: Voting Rights and Responsibilities (great video)
http://grittv.blip.tv/file/4375227/ Where I come from, voting is compulsory. If you don't show up on Election Day, you're fined $20. I'm from Australia, where voting, like paying taxes, is a part of being an adult and being a citizen. I'm also a citizen of the United States, where voting is not compulsory, and where voter turn-out, with a few exceptions, gets thinner with every election cycle.
International
UK: Nick Clegg: 'Missing millions' will get right to vote
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/nick-clegg/8135243/Nick-Clegg-Missing-millions-will-get-right-to-vote.html Millions of people currently "missing" from the electoral system will be given the right to vote, Nick Clegg will promise today.
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The new system will see voters registered as individuals and not as part of a household.
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