Article: 'Daily Voting News' For November 5, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org The full, un-redacted SAIC report has finally been released today. / Today marks the 58th anniversary of the "Polk County Massacre" in Tennessee. / The news for the past week, today and surely tomorrow has been rife with 'feel-good' articles about how prepared counties are and how well the voters like their voting machines. If the primaries and early voting are a gauge, then we are looking at many of these counties, especially those in states with no early voting, to have problems. / Bibb, Camden and Cobb Co.s Georgia will all use machines with a vvpat for the first time this year. Let's hope the state is serious about this test and that the printers are properly serviced and not allowed to fail just so the state and Diebold can claim it is a mistake. / Anderson Co South Carolina has sleepovers this weekend. / ...

NAtional: BradBlog Exclusive Documents: 'The Pentagon Paper Of E-Voting' - The Long-sought 2003 State of Maryland's 'SAIC Report' On Diebold Security Vulnerabilities - Now Released in Full! LINK

NAtional: Elections 58 years ago marked by violence LINK

NAtional: All Four Major E-Voting Machines Flip Votes in Early Voting LINK

NAtional: Fingers Crossed That Voting Machines Work LINK

NAtional: What to Do if You Have Trouble Voting LINK

NAtional: Lawyers fan out for US mid-term elections LINK

NAtional: Groups at odds with Pentagon over e-mail ballots LINK

NAtional: The Importance of Recounts LINK

NAtional: Tight Lid Kept On Exit-Poll 'Vault' LINK

NAtional: Columnist - Sanctity of ballot is once more at stake LINK

NAtional: Counting on security The transition to electronic voting without tough standards for security, reliability and accessibility is a serious mistake. LINK

NAtional: U.S. Attorney's Office: We're ready to investigate election fraud LINK

NAtional: Vote-counting, exit-poll groups learned from '04 LINK

NAtional: Getting Ugly Early On Election Law LINK

NAtional: Political pressure mounts on decision desks LINK

NAtional: Nancy Giles: Why Doesn't U.S. Voting Work? Inspiring Democracy Abroad May Seem Easier Than Ensuring Democratic Principles, Like Voting, Back Home LINK

AK: Voters prefer paper ballots over screens Machines shunned in 20 percent of precincts LINK

AL: Baldwin County - Changes made to avoid 2002 voting problems Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday LINK

CA: How Safe Is Your Vote? LINK

CA: Riverside County - Electronic voting safe, secure and monitored LINK

DE: Elections chief: Electronic machines just fine LINK

FL: Electronic machines' vote tallies will be on the button, elections chiefs vow LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Voting glitch prompts warning LINK

GA: 3 Georgia precincts to use paper trail Officials hope experiment reassures voters LINK

GA: Opinions remain mixed on voting machines LINK

IL: Rockford, Winnebago Counties - E-voting safe bet for local voters LINK

KS: Shawnee County - The right touch? Voters not sure Majority casting advance ballots opting not to use high-tech devices LINK

MD: Mail-voting extension sought LINK

MD: Group Threatens Legal Action To Extend Absentee Balloting LINK

MO: Boone County - Clerk still wary of electronic voting LINK

MS: Moment of truth for new voting machines LINK

NJ: Experts: Be alert for voting machine problems LINK

NJ: Poll workers predict rough day LINK

NM: On the bubble LINK

NM: New Mexico Dirty Tricks: GOP Targets Voters With Hispanic Surnames LINK

OH: Absentee ballots double this year LINK

OH: Officials ready for anything New machines, ID requirements keep many on their toes LINK

OH: State advises counties not to scan absentee ballots early LINK

OH: Tuscarawas County - Making sense of ID requirements LINK

PA: An eSlate of candidates LINK

PA: Lawrence and Mercer Counties - Mercer, Lawrence workers to hand-count absentees LINK

SC: Anderson County - Voting machines go home with election workers LINK

TN: Shelby County - Tennessee's GOP Party Says More Voter Smart Cards Are Missing LINK

TX: Lawyers stand by in Dist. 22 LINK

TX: Gregg, Harrison, Rusk Counties - More counties vote 'no' to paper ballots LINK

VA: Columnist - Take a healthy skepticism to the polls LINK

WI: Touch-screen voting to aid larger turnout Tuesday LINK

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