Daily Voting News For August 5, 2007

Of course today’s news is overwhelmingly about the “California Decisions”. After this weekend we will probably hear a lot more from the county officials and the vendors. Diebold appears to have had a press release ready to roll out upon the decision from Secretary of State Bowen. They seem to have decided that terminology changes needed to be made so they are now calling their DREs “touch-screen voting solutions”. I’m not sure what they are trying to solve by the use of their machines. We now know it’s not security problems or accessibility. ...

NAtional: Diebold voting machines vulnerable to virus attack LINK

California: Paper Ballots For California! – Secretary of State Announces De-Certification /Re-Certification Plans For E-Voting LINK

California: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Decertifies Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting Systems--Late Submitted ES&S System “InkaVote Plus” Used in Los Angeles to be Reviewed LINK

California: Statement of Diebold Election Systems on California Secretary of State's Top-to-Bottom Review of Voting Systems LINK

California: State curtails e-voting L.A. system decertified; restrictions on two others LINK

California: California orders voting machines to have tighter security LINK

California: Electronic voting decertified LINK

California: Bowen places tough restrictions on voting systems LINK

California: State decides to secure electronic voting machines Secretary of State orders more precautions be taken against tampering, and withdraws support of the InkaVote Plus machines used in Southern California. LINK

California: State decides to secure electronic voting machines LINK

California: Elections chief gives OK to vote machines Despite security concerns, she clears them for use in February LINK

California: California Restricts Voting Machines LINK

California: California Restricts E-voting LINK

California: California voting machines decertified LINK

California: Inland Empire Voters May Go Back To Paper Ballots LINK

California: California Severely Limits Electronic Voting LINK

California: California moves to lock down e-voting systems Controls on three companies' offerings; ES&S decertified LINK

California: Santa Clara County – Ballot Questions LINK

Florida: FL-13 - D-13 probe stalled by recess in Congress LINK

Florida: FL-13 - Voting inquiry finds reasons to dig deeper GAO investigators say no 'smoking gun' was found in District 13 election LINK

Illinois: Peoria County - Petition to remove officals withdrawn Group trying to oust two election commissioners search different options LINK

Mississippi: Benton County - Candidate for Benton Co. Sheriff charged with voter fraud LINK

Ohio: Voter ID Standards Still Up In The Air LINK

Ohio: State makes changes to provisional ballots LINK

Ohio: Opinion - Don’t Go Back To Paper Ballots LINK

Ohio: Franklin County - New machine should better track ballots LINK

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