Today
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner released the
results of her EVEREST (Evaluation & Validation of
Election-Related Equipment, Standards & Testing) report.
There is a lot of interesting reading for the technical
types and for the non-technical among us. Brunner has, with
input from a bi-partisan group of county elections people,
recommended that changes be made before next years
elections; no DREs, no Precinct-Based Optical Scan,
hand-marked paper ballots to be counted on Central-Count
Optical Scan except for the use of Ballot Marking Devices
for voters with disabilities, early voting up to 15 days,
and voting centers. One has to hope that if all of the
counting is going to take place on CCOS machines that no
vendors will be involved in that counting and that the
counting be open to the public. One pleasant surprise was
that Brunner went farther than the rumors said she would
go. Not only did she release her “Executive Summary” but
the technical reports were released at the same time. Thank
you for that openness, Secretary Brunner....
NAtional: Midwest Voter Registration
Data-Sharing Project Moves Forward Kansas leads groups of
states crosschecking information; Advocates voice concern
LINK
Ohio: Ohio's
electronic voting system vulnerable, report says LINK
Ohio: Ohio
Secretary of State confirms 2004 election could have been
stolen LINK
Ohio: Official:
Ohio Vote Machines Vulnerable LINK
Ohio: Statement
of Premier Election Solutions in Response to Today's
Release of the Ohio EVEREST Voting System Review LINK
Ohio: 'Critical
Security Failures’ Leads Ohio Sec. Of State To Recommend
Ban of DRE (Touch-Screen) Voting Machines LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga
County - Secretary of State wants new voting system in
Cleveland LINK
Virginia: 37th
District Recount Set for Next week Candidates disagree over
the degree to which votes should be studied. LINK
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