A couple days ago in this space I mentioned a newly
posted video and report from the good folks at UC Santa
Barbara with some of their findings from their work on the
Calif. Top-To-Bottom Review. This report has gotten a lot of
press and the video is very much worth viewing. A few of the
articles are linked below.
There is also a report of a
potential problem in Johnson Co Kansas where election
officials are reporting that Premier/Diebold software causes
their TSx DREs to time-out after 2.5 minutes of no activity.
So if a voter takes too long to read or think about their
next choice the machine begins to warn them and then after
2.5 minutes the voter card is kicked-out and the ballot is
cancelled. The voter then has to start over, after some
assistance from poll workers. This is a national problem
that is probably being ignored or worked-around in most
counties.
There are also reports from Pennsylvania and
Indiana, The Brennan Center and the New York Times
concerning student voting issues and what seems to be a
concerted attempt to make it harder for students to vote.
...
National: 'Fatally Flawed'
Systems Await Voters: 'Drastic Change Needed' LINK
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National: UC
Computer Scientists Release Video on How to Hack a Sequoia
Touch-Screen Voting Machine LINK
National: Newly
released video shows how easily electronic voting machines
can be hacked, pried open LINK
National: Want
To See How Easy It Is To Hack An Election? LINK
National:
Security Group at Santa Barbara Infects Voting Machines with
Viruses, Showing Vulnerability LINK
Featured - KS:
Johnson County computer voting machines prone to take a
'time out' LINK
Featured – KS:
Johnson County - Software feature puts time pressure on
voters LINK
National: Voter
Registration by Students Raises Cloud of Consequences LINK
National:
Standards for accreditation of labs that test voting
machines inconsistent LINK
Florida: 'No
match, no vote' law to be enforced LINK
Florida:
Highland County - How Much Do Elections Cost? LINK
Florida: Palm
Beach County – Press Release: Florida Republicans,
Democrats and Non-Partisans Join Forces, Call for State
Action To Secure November’s General Election LINK
Indiana: Fate of
Ball State voting center in the hands of GOP The measure
requires unanimous approval from the Delaware County
Election Board and one member said he is leaning against it.
LINK
Indiana: New
center could target youth vote Board considers early
voter center on Ball State campus LINK
Massachusetts:
New Bedford - Ballot glitch a mystery LINK
New York: Albany
County - Few use new vote devices LINK
New York:
Clinton County Voters Confused Over Polling Place Board
Of Elections Mailers Indicate Wrong Location For Primary LINK
Pennsylvania:
Chester County - Petition seeks poll change LINK
Virginia:
Charlottesville - City Expected to Buy More Voting Machines
LINK
Washington DC:
DCBOEE Issues Statement; Nickles Investigating Voting
Irregularities LINK
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