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(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Voting News: Bridgeport CT refuses election audit. Recounts everywhere, what are the laws?
Murkowski wins Alaska Sen Race.Miller did not concede.."Bridgeport Embarrasses Itself Once Again, Refusing to be Audited"...Will California ever finish counting absentee ballots?..Who Stole Election Day? (Early voting)..Election fraud charged in Madison,Yancey Co NC..Photo ID proposed in OK & TX, to propose in NC, with LWV filing suit in OK.. Cuomo Seeks Expedited Senate Recount...
SHARE Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Voting News: In favor of paper ballots,recounts. Internet Voting is 'an affront to democracy'
"Pulling the Lever for Paper"..VA needs paper ballots by 2012 to avoid fiasco: "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."..Internet voting is "an affront to democracy..It does not fulfill the requirement of one person, one vote and a guarantee of a secret ballot."..
SHARE Monday, November 15, 2010 Voting News: Colorado poll watchers need binoculars? Time for a Recount New York
Election not truly over till 11/30 in California...Coloradoans need binoculars to observe processing of mail ballots..CT lawmaker drafts bill requiring 1 ballot per reg. voter..Ga. wants new voters to prove citizenship...100,000 Maryland 'Relax' Election Day Robocalls Violated Law..Missouri election robo calls used fake caller IDs..Montana eyes vote by mail..Several NC contests to be recounted...Key New York Races Undecided.
SHARE Sunday, November 14, 2010 Voting News: Broken voting machine seals in Putnam TN raise doubts. Clash over recount for NY 1st
In Alaska, Miller awaits the military ballots..Another bad idea for elections in the Ohio Dayton Daily News: "Unused paper ballots are big waste for Ohio". The Dayton DN editors should read the New Haven Register editorial: "Scrimping on ballots proved foolish"...Tennessee GOP requests investigation of possible voting machines tampering in Putnam Co...Clash over vote recount for NY 1st CD...
SHARE Friday, November 12, 2010 Voting News: Dust settles on voting machine failures. Beware the Perils of Internet voting
Arizona Pot smokers "edgy': Prop 203 still undecided..Colorado SoS to investigate Saguache County election after discovery of uncounted absentee ballots...Minnesota Recount part 2? Fewer absentee ballot rejections in 2010 vote...Spokane WA County Ballot Copying -- Problem?..Six House Races Remain in Limbo..Africa election commission mulls EVMs for "ensuring free elections"..Beware the Perils of Internet Voting says Kyle Geske
SHARE Thursday, November 11, 2010 Voting News: Perry Co KY vote flipping. Epstein:"What happens when there's no recount possible?"
Perry Co KY voting mach probs: voters would push button & wrong name lit up.."North Carolina Voting Machines Lessons Learned,Part Two" (not just NC)..Expert Jeremy Epstein on VA's paperless voting: "What happens when there's no recount possible?"..Veterans Day & MOVE Act..Audio reveals Afghan election fraud...33 Canada cities internet voting mess..Think internet voting is a good idea? See V for Vendetta hacks WSU...
SHARE Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Voting News: Fairfax 'should junk electronic voting machines'. NY Election night-mare
Miller campaign challenges mis-spelled write in votes for Murkowski in AK..IL Appeals court rejects Barrow's redo effort of '09 election...Philadelphia voter forced to swear on Bible before voting...Computer scientist Jeremy Epstein as a poll worker in Fairfax,VA."..one of the touch screen machines was crashing all day...If I had a laptop that crashed three or four times in one day, I'd get a new one."
SHARE Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Voting News: Spokane must duplicate 30,000 mail ballots. Some elections still too close to call
Rep Tim Bishop wants hand count of 184,000 Long Island 1st dist ballots after vote swing. 10,000 absentee ballots uncounted...Was Stark CO, OH student's video report of touchscreen vote-flipping just an isolated incident? Brad Friedman reports...Spokane WA officials busy duplicating 30K ballots that were damaged, poorly marked or unreadable...Dust Settles on Election Results, But Not Troubles. 4 India EVMs smashed...
SHARE Monday, November 8, 2010 Voting News: OH student records Vote flipping on iPhone. Paper vs. Plastic Voting in Houston
California STILL counting absentee ballots..CT,NM, NY having post election audits...Computer scientist...Young, Russo file complaint to end electronic voting in Rhode Island...Dan Wallach describes voting experience & struggle to get paper ballot in Houston TX..Parties scramble as recounts loom in several House races..Congrats to Prof Ed Felton,e-voting expert for appt as Chief Technologist to FTC
SHARE Sunday, November 7, 2010 Voting News: CA has 1 M uncounted mail ballots. AK to hand count write ins. CT gets bad advice
AK to hand count 83,000 write-in votes...CA still has est 1-1.4 M ballots to count..Newspaper-Listening to voting vendor, suggests unsafe sophisticated voting system to Connecticut...ES&S apologizes to Alabama probate judges for problems arising when ES&S sent pencils instead of pens to polling places...Georgia's Tammy Adkins Becomes the New Alvin Greene...MS dis-functional elections..Hand recount called in a NY Assembly Seat
SHARE Friday, November 5, 2010 Voting News: Widespread Diebold failure in Utah Co UT. Columbia CO NY orders full hand count
hey had ballot shortages: Auburn Lake Trails, CA & Ellsworth village,WA insufficient paper ballots created lines & long waits..MN Recount to start Nov. 29 & end Dec. 14..Columbia County NY began hand count of ballots yesterday. Election Commissioner Virginia Martin wants check against machine tally...ES&S sofware failures in Sumter SC blamed on "human error". Tuesday ALL Diebold machines failed in Utah Co Utah...
SHARE Thursday, November 4, 2010 Voting News: CA,CO mail ballot holdup. CT ballot fiasco. AR, PA voting machine fails. MN recount?
Alameda Cnty CA has 122, 000 ballots to count. Other CA counties still counting mail ballots...Weld, & Arapahoe Cnty CO still processing mail ballots...Bridgeport CT ballot shortage fiasco leaves gov race un-decided...Reduction of polling places in Paulding, GA & Collins caused long lines &, long waits for voters...More vote flipping in NC, PA...Sumter SC touchscreens shutdown...MN braces for potential recount...
SHARE Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Voting News: Vote flipping in Indiana, Maryland, Penn. 10,000 calls to 866OURVOTE
866-OUR-VOTE received over 10,000 calls today. Top states include CA, GA & PA. Some in today's news. Would you believe Alabama didn't have enough pens, so used pencils to mark ballots, causing probs? ..MD Diebold touchscreens flip votes from GOP to DEM!..CA awaits millions of mail ballots..probs with epoll books,paper poll books, power outages,locked up ballots,polling place moves, machine shutdowns, vote flipping, scams...
SHARE Monday, November 1, 2010 Voting News: Is internet voting secret & safe? Vote help 866-OUR-VOTE. Where 2 vote - vote411.org
"If we can bank by ATM, why not vote by the Internet?"~ CTVoter explains... Fox news: Internet Voting Arrives -But Is It Secret and Safe?...Chuck Tyson, Craven County NCGOP Chair on NC's touchscreen problems: "I think every vote cast should get to the right party no matter what party they put the vote for," ..."Dead Voters" and the early vote...Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE for help. See vote411.org to find your polling place...
SHARE Sunday, October 31, 2010 Voting News: NC Judge rules for GOP on touchscreen voting. E-vote probs not conspiracy theory
Judge Rules in Favor of NCGOP on Touch-Screen Vote Flipping. NCGOP atty Tom Farr:"What I heard in the argument today was, the problem with the touchscreen voting machines are the fault of the voters, not the State Board and we have to preserve the integrity of the State Board and its reputation. And that's more important than making sure that voters had their ballots counted accurately..." Vote probs?Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE...
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 30, 2010 Voting News: HAVA scary Halloween. In DC internet voting test, hackers were the GOOD guys
In D.C.'s Web voting test, the hackers were the good guys...HAVA Scary Halloween: Ten years older and deeper in debt, yet far from credible elections.."Ballot boxing: The problem with electronic voting machines" interview w/natl experts..THE UNDEAD UNDEAD VOTER CLAIM...Overdone "undervote" warning in 67 Illinois cnties using Diebold scanners..NC voting machines hearing today...Google tools to help you vote...866-OUR-VOTE..
SHARE Friday, October 29, 2010 Voting News: NC GOP sues over touch-screen problems. Beware bogus online ballots in CT, NH
A Decade After Florida Fiasco,Voting Remains a Hodgepodge...Paperless e-voting a concern this election..Nearly 1 in 4 voters in Tues elections will use e-voting systems with no paper records..Voters in Connecticut & New Hampshire beware of bogus online ballots...N.Carolina's GOP Party filed suit over touch-screen vote flipping...Internet voting 'an electronic disaster' in Stratford, Canada..Probs voting? 866-OUR-VOTE
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 28, 2010 Voting News: E-Voting 'a hopelessly dangerous concept'. NC GOP threatens suit over vote flipping
New database on state recount & audit laws...Verified Voting new map of voting tech in US...IL Dems botch absentee early voting push..NC GOP threatens suit over touch-screen voting machines..NY voter cross fingers...SC voting machines not reliable says Computer Science Prof Dr. Duncan Buell ...NM & VA voter reg. databases bogged down...9 voting machines unattended overnight in NW Lehi,UT polls... Slate: Faith Based Voting..
SHARE Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Voting News: E-Voting, E-Nightmare. 3rd NC County has vote flipping. Canada internet vote fiasco
on iTunes: Dan Rather's "Digital Democracy in Doubt"...TX vote flip video is on internet again..3rd NC county reports vote flipping..VerifiedVoting on Vote Flipping & Touch Screen Calibration...NH voters beware internet voting scam...S Carolina voting system needs overhaul..Report vote probs by cell phone 866-OUR-VOTE.
Serous system failures in Canadian muni internet voting..Ahmedabad India leaders sue to stop internet voting
SHARE Monday, October 25, 2010 Voting News: Touchscreen vote flips 'a known class of problems..' New Dan Rather e-vote report
'Dan Rather Reports' new investigative report on E-Voting Tues Oct. 26th @ 8pm...Tech-Savvy College Students wanted as Poll Workers..Early voting by itself depresses the vote?...Texas E-Voting Suit Reveals Frailties of the Ballot Box..CNN asks Does Your Vote Count?.. Vote flipping: "This is a known class of problems with touch screen voting machines." ~ Alex Halderman, computer scientist @ U. of Michigan...