41 voters in Atlanta Texas went to the polls to vote for,
amongst other items, a candidate for City Council District
1. Little did those voters know that the city had leased the
machines from Cass County and Hart Intercivic had done the
ballot programming which contained an error. It turns out
that the vendor had programmed the DREs used by the city so
more than just citizens of District 1 could vote in that
particular race. Rather than 41 votes there was a combined
total of 198 votes cast. This is an accuracy issue that was
not caused by the voter and is another clear violation of
HAVA Section 301(a)(5)....
NAtional: Voting Rights advocates say
America is unprepared for massive turnout Nov. 4 LINK
Kansas: Sebelius
vetoes bill requiring a photo ID to vote LINK
Massachusetts:
Plymouth County - Recount affirms: Abington approves another
override LINK
Maryland:
Maryland Taxpayers Pay Big Money for Controversial E-Voting
System LINK
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North Carolina:
Opinion - A costly way to pick a winner Runoff for state
labor commissioner shows there's a better way of voting LINK
New York: Nassau
County - Nassau tests new voting machines LINK
New York:
Westchester County - Westchester lawmakers approve funding
for new voting machines LINK
Oregon: Opinion
- Some things lost when voting by mail LINK
Netherlands -
Dutch government bans electronic voting The government
of the Netherlands has banned electronic voting machines
from future elections because of a risk of eavesdropping.
The nation will return to paper voting. LINK
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