Article: 'Daily Voting News' For March 8, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org From the just released GAO report "ELECTIONS: All Levels of Government Are Needed to Address Electronic Voting System Challenges", "Election officials, computer security experts, citizen advocacy groups, and others have raised significant concerns about the security and reliability of electronic voting systems, citing vague or incomplete standards, weak security controls, system design flaws, incorrect system configuration, poor security management, and inadequate security testing, among other issues. These security and reliability concerns are legitimate and thus merit the combined and focused attention of federal, state, and local authorities responsible for election administration."...

NAtional: New GAO Report: Yet Another Confirmation That 'Security and Reliability Concerns' of Election Integrity Experts are 'Legitimate' (To Say the Least) LINK

NAtional: Opinion: More proof of e-voting trouble (cue crickets) GAO report a reminder that EAC has failed entirely, says Brad Friedman LINK

NAtional: Hunter & Rodriguez Appointed as New EAC Commissioners LINK

NAtional: Press Release: Announcement of Departure of Verified Voting President & CEO LINK

NAtional: Press Release: Verified Voting Board Appoints New President LINK

CA: Counties gird for election wave The prospect of adding an early presidential primary has officials worrying about workloads, money. LINK

CA: Los Angeles County - Councilwoman among those not on voting rolls Hahn asks for an investigation. Error in data entry puts Wilmington residents in Long Beach. LINK

CA: Orange County - Judge forbids second 1st District 'recount' Trung Nguyen's camp has already seen ballots it wants reviewed, a court says. His lawyer thinks people voted more than once. LINK

CO: Colorado Clerks Want To Keep Ballots Sealed LINK

CT: Out with the old - Lever voting booths scrap heap bound LINK

FL: Florida Gov. Crist Makes History Will end permanent disenfranchisement of Florida's 600,000 ex-felons who've paid their debt LINK

LA: Opinion puts limit on faxed ballots Secretary of state must defer to parish LINK

TX: Williamson County - Elections leader preparing to avoid more blunders LINK

VA: Voter groups ask Kaine to delay signing of bill Say Va. should see how Congress addresses touch-screen machines LINK

VA: A new way to vote? Gov. Kaine is hearing from both sides on a bill that would slowly replace new voting machines with devices that leave a paper trail. LINK

VT: A vote in the hand is worth ... LINK

WV: Kanawha County - Precinct merger suggested LINK

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