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SHARE Sunday, October 24, 2010 Voting News: Touchscreens in 2 NC Counties flip votes from GOP to DEM. 866-OUR-VOTE
Chuck Tyson, chair of Craven Cnty NC GOP about touchscreen machines:"They never work, they're late reporting, they screw up, they ain't worth a damn and we ought to go back to paper ballots," ....Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE to get help & report problems...Security Fears Mount as E-Voting Comes of Age: "I think these systems can be compromised," says Pam Smith, Pres of Verified Voting. "It might not happen this year..
SHARE Saturday, October 23, 2010 Voting News: Touchscreens flip votes in N.Carolina, Texas. NY City flubs ballot instructions
Voting absentee by mail? Check postage!..Riverside CO CA starts 24 hour work days processing absentee ballots for Nov 2 election...Touchscreen voting flipping in Craven County NC, also in Dallas and Collin County TX..New York City's Nov 2 ballots instructions may disenfranchise voters...Beware hinky vote by mail applications sent out in NY ...Open Source Non profit group Trust the Vote comments on the DC internet voting hack
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, October 22, 2010 Voting News: Internet Voting - A Real Possibility? iPhone App for reporting voter fraud
Where's My Ballot? There's Still Time for Overseas Voters in 2010...Report Voter Fraud: There's an App for that...Comprehensive Map of US Voting Equipment Released...Routt County Colorado must copy mailed ballots after error..There's an iPhone app to report voter fraud, how about one to report voting machine failures or voter disenfranchisement?... Internet Voting -- A Real Possibility? Podcast with Jeremy Epstein...
SHARE Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Voting News: "Halderman's Hackers" - How safe, online voting? Vote by mail - 1 in 5 ballots 'lost'
"Halderman's Hackers": How Safe is Online Voting?..A study of 2008 election shows a "lost rate" of 20% for vote by mail ballots...Small Improvements & New Problem in Connecticut Post-Election Audits..Travis County officials OK change to paper ballot after 2012..WA State Under Fire for Emailed Overseas Ballots..Afghanistan rules 1.3m parliamentary votes invalid.. Security of India's electronic voting machines is questioned..
SHARE Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Voting News: Can Internet Voting withstand public test? Can S. Carolina 'count on machines?'
DC allowed public test of their internet voting system & shut it down after computer scientists took over the system. Other states that allow email or internet balloting for overseas voters should see if their systems can withstand a public test too..Sarasota FL's controversial Election Sup Kathy Dent may not run again...India e-voting researcher Hari Prasad is a winner of EFF Pioneer award..Afghanistan tosses 1000s of votes..
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 17, 2010 Voting News: "Whiteygate" and blackbox voting. New Hanover NC vote flipping 'no conspiracy'
Chicago official blames vendor Dominion for misspelling Rich Whitley's name as "Rich Whitey" on IL gubernatorial ballot. Whitley asks: "Why is something as vital to our society as the integrity of the vote being left to a private, for-profit contractor?"..New Hanover NC BoE Chief says 'no conspiracy' causing touchscreens to flip votes. Yet voters were disenfranchised. This would not happen with paper ballots & optical scanners
SHARE Friday, October 15, 2010 Voting News: N Carolina Touchscreens flip votes. Will internet voting cause election debacle?
Chicago's voting machines mis-spelled Green Pty candidate's name as "Rich Whitey'..Touchscreens flip votes in New Hanover CO NC..Vote PA needs your help in fight for paper ballots...."Overseas and military voters have unprecedented options for requesting, receiving and casting their ballots in 2010." says Pres of Overseas Vote Foundation..Is it possible commit election fraud even without being in a voting booth? (Yes)..
SHARE Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Voting News: Internet voting a national security question. Unredacted AVC Edge report
Computer scientist Dan Wallach News8 Austin TV: "Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on e-voting".....Computer Scientists, Election Integrity Advocates Question Feasibility of "Digital Democracy":"If I'm going to steal an election, I probably won't mess with these little pilots.."I'm going to wait until there's this groundswell for Internet voting." ~ Dr. Barbara Simons..Court permits release of unredacted report on AVC Advantage.
SHARE Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Voting News: Internet Voting, totally owned. TX Court hears evoting lawsuit
radio interview with Dr. David Jefferson, Livermore Natl Laboratories, computer scientist and cyber security expert and VerifiedVoting.org's Internet Voting expert with NEW UNREPORTED BOMBSHELLS on breath-taking D.C. Internet Vote Hack...NY BOE survey finds thousands of voters have 'major issues' with new machines...Paper Trail for E-Voting Machines Goes Before TX Supreme Court...
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 10, 2010 Voting News: Dangers of Internet Voting Confirmed. Foreign $ in US Elections?
Verified Voting's Pres.interviewed by Fox D.C. about DC Internet Voting Pilot. In spite of experts saying otherwise, DC's BoE still thinks they can make internet voting secure. Really? Then Google & DoD may wish to hire DC officials to teach them how. The video testimony is up on YouTube, making it easier to share on Facebook & blogs...Early voting centers at colleges teach students...Pakistan to pilot electronic voting...
SHARE Friday, October 8, 2010 Voting News: Video Cure for Internet Voting. Ireland voting machines to be traffic cones?
DC's Board of Elections detected the hack of their internet voting system BECAUSE Professor J. Alex Halderman & U. of Michigan students wanted the hack detected. "A real attack might be completely invisible and could have run on undetected much, much longer...". Halderman's team also changed the BoE password to protect it foreign hacker attempts..Files stolen from NM's SoS whistleblower..
SHARE Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Voting News: Internet voting faces the music. SC voting machine bugs. Ireland trashes EVMs
About the DC Internet vote hack, Dr. David Jefferson says "Let there be no mistake about it: this is a major achievement, and supports in every detail the warnings that security community have been giving about Internet voting for over a decade now."..The U. of Michigan team changed cast ballots to write-ins like HAL 900 of "2001: A Space Odyssey" ...MAJOR writeup about SC's voting machines. Shelby TN election prob testimony..
SHARE Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Voting News: India to get paper trail? DC Internet Voting Pwned - update. NY voter feedback poll
D.C.'s internet "Voting System Pwned by Michigan Wolverines" in public test. What would experts find if allowed to "test" W.VA.'s military/internet voting system, or other states' email balloting?..The NY SBOE is conducting a voter feedback poll. So is the New York Daily news..Trial against Shelby Co TN Elections Commission starts Wed..Voting by mail? Check the postage!..Will The World's Largest Democracy beat US to full VVPR?
SHARE Sunday, October 3, 2010 Voting News: A Citizen's Audit of S.Carolina's Voting System. Is there 'a ghost in the machine?'
"Citizen's Audit of South Carolina's Voting System October 2010".."Unlocking IRV in Aspen"...Florida Case Puts Focus on Issue of Absentee Ballot Fraud...Hawaii's eGov website listed wrong date for Nov General Election...2nd-tier parties sue New York State Election Board...Reminder-Monday is last day for half the states to register, visit Rock the Vote for help..India EVMs-"Is there a ghost in the machine?"..
SHARE Friday, October 1, 2010 Voting News: D.C. halts test of internet voting pilot. Shelby Co TN election trial starts Monday
DC Board of Elections & Ethics suspended the public examination of internet voting pilot...NY Sen Elections Committee held hearing on the recent primary. Lawrence Norden with Brennan Ctr for Justice makes recommendations...Judge won't dismiss lawsuit against Shelby County TN Election Commission - "You might want to start preparing for yet another election, Shelby County."..India police to question 3rd person over EVMs...
SHARE Thursday, September 30, 2010 Voting News: CNN analysis of US election accuracy. NY Primary vote problems update
ACLU faults Pima county AZ for invalidating 18% of 2008 provisional ballots..Candidate for California SOS has voted once in his life.. NYC Elections Chief Attacks Reports of Primary Day Chaos..Vote Centers for Ohio?..Dave Schechter, CNN Senior National Editor has a wide ranging analysis of today's election systems and challenges... FVAP blogs on military vote updates.
SHARE Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Voting News: Brennan Ctr to vote vendors- report malfunctions. SC cnty stalls election FOIAs
New CA law requires vote vendors to report problems...Bo Lipari's testimony on NY primary...Brennan Ctr letter asks vendors to self report probs...South Carolina Straight ticket warning..Charleston Co SC election office drags feet on FOIAS..Mary Mancini's "The Worst Legislation in Tennessee!"..Fox says 7 states violating the MOVE act, may disenfranchise overseas & military voters. FVAP says "To date, all states have..."
SHARE Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Voting News: Travis TX judge nixes paper ballots. Philippine source code disclosure ordered
DoD Announces Absentee Voting Week..The Persistence of Partisan Election Administration..Shelby County TN expands whistleblower law, but leaves out reference to elections..Overseas Vote Foundation AK, MI, VI overseas voters: Want to #vote in Nov.? Oct. 3 is your Registration deadline...Court orders Philippine Elections Commission to Disclose source code used in May elections...
SHARE Monday, September 27, 2010 Voting News: Experts slams D.C. Internet Voting Plan as unsafe. Ottawa's internet voting bugs
Hampden MA may end hand counting ballots..Benton Co MI Sup paid up to $40 + case of beer for votes..Ottawa voters blocked by "captcha" bug & some registered voters told they weren't on the list...Experts pan D.C. Internet vote plan: "Return of marked ballots over the Internet is something we simply don't know how to do safely. Exercises such as this are counterproductive, because they will provide a false sense of security."
SHARE Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Voting News: DC internet vote hack test? Thoughts on NY Primary. Visit 'Electionland'
DC offers public "test" of internet vote system...Bo Lipari has some thoughts & recommendations on New York's primary..Houston Voting Machine Fire Update and Shouting 'Voter Fraud' in a Crowded Midterm Election..Visit Electionland to register to vote, find polling place & sign up for election reminders.."the threat of the Citizens United ruling to our democracy goes far beyond the narrow definition of corruption."