Today
the Government Accountability Office (GAO) began two weeks
of testing 125 voting machines used in Sarasota Co Florida
in the CD-13 race a year ago. These are supposed to be the
same machines that lost over 18,000 votes. What if they
find no problems with the machines? What if they find the
machines were the cause?
Marin Co California has
admitted that only 17 ballots have been cast in the past two
county wide elections on their 130 AutoMark voting machines
that they purchased for the use of voters with
disabilities. That works out to over $45,500 per ballot.
Oklahoma paid $1M to lease a telephone voting system last
year. It was used by only 50 voters. Voters with
disabilities must be allowed the opportunity to vote in
privacy. We cannot go back to the days when they had to ask
for someone to mark their ballot for them. However, some
common sense has to be added to the mix. Why are states not
going low-tech? There are options available. ...
NAtional: Voting Machine Mess Can't Just Be
Fixed by Congressional Bills LINK
Arkansas:
Faulkner County - Technology, more sites may make for
shorter voting lines LINK
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California:
Mail-in ballots shaping plans of campaigns LINK
California:
Testers for CA Secretary of State Find LA County's ES&S
E-Voting System Vulnerable to Hacking, Fraud and
Manipulation LINK
California: Los
Angeles County - L.A. County vote system vulnerable to
hackers LINK
California: Marin
County - $45,588 Per E-Vote for Disabled Voters in Marin
County, California LINK
California: Marin
County - One California county asks to use questionable
voting machines anyway LINK
Connecticut: New
Voting Machines Are Put to the Test LINK
Florida: Palm
Beach County – Editorial - Seek bids on vote system LINK
Florida: Sarasota
County - GAO begins testing machines LINK
Florida: Sarasota
County - Feds test voting machines in disputed District 13
election probe LINK
Massachusetts:
Worcester - Recount ready to roll City Hall event could last
all day LINK
Missouri: Voter
ID: Attacking fraud leaves voters as casualties LINK
Mississippi:
Judge holds firm on voter identification LINK
New York: New
Yorkers: Don't buy new machines and dump the old! LINK
New York: New
York won't meet HAVA requirements by presidential primary
LINK
Ohio: Ohio's
Brunner, SOSers File Brief to Supremes Against Indiana
Voter ID Law LINK
Virginia:
Martinsville - City Council: Special election could cost
city more LINK
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