Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Early voting for the Nov. general election has started in Ohio. / Winnebago Co. Wisconsin is threatening to withhold payment for their Diebold voting machines because the company failed to meet promises. / Voter turnout was higher than expected in Snohomish Co. and Kitsap Co. Washington. This was the first use of all vote-by-mail by Snohomish and the second even year VBM election for Kitsap. / Michael Shamos appeared on CNBC with Warren Stewart of VoteTrustUSA last night. Shamos again threw up the tired red-herring that there’s never been a verified instance of voting machine tampering. Correctly Stewart pointed out that the recent Princeton test proved that tampering can be done without anyone ever knowing about it. It’s time for Shamos to find another diversion. …
NAtional: Media Briefing on New Voter Suppression Strategies in the 2006 Elections
Brennan Center Report Suggests Disenfranchisement in Battleground States, House Districts LINK
NAtional: Is Diebold Really OK In Pennsylvania (And The Rest Of the Country)? LINK
NAtional: Notes from the WeCount2006 Voting Integrity Conference LINK
NAtional: A Dozen Random Reasons for HCPBs LINK
NAtional: Recipe for a Cooked Election LINK
NAtional: Could Crypto Resolve the Voting Machine Controversy? LINK
AR: Benton County – Election commissioners training on new machines LINK
CA: Is Your Vote Safe? Politicians, activists, and people with disabilities debate the security of electronic voting LINK
CA: Sonoma County — Sonoma Supes OK Raises for Poll Workers LINK
CO: Opinion – One person, one vote LINK
IL: State Commission Cites DuPage County Board of Elections for Destruction of Records LINK
IN: Contract awarded by Rokita questioned. Foe: Bids should have been sought LINK
IN: Delaware County – Straight-party voting passes electronic test LINK
IN: Wayne County – Voting shift ahead. Pilot program in Tippecanoe and Wayne County, too LINK
MD: Maryland Conducts Pre-Election Day Tests LINK
MD: E-voting Critic Recounts Maryland Primary Woes LINK
MD: Elections chief: Problems may continue LINK
MD: Test to determine electronic poll books’ fate LINK
MD: E-poll books undergo tests. Trial aims to fix glitches; Lamone to decide if system can be used Nov. 7 LINK
MD: Md. Election Officials Run Test on Polling Books. Decision to Use New Polling Books Expected as Early as Wed. LINK
ME: Law on accessibility protects right to vote LINK
ND: Absentee ballots available for North Dakotans LINK
OH: Euclid OKs election plan hoping to end U.S. lawsuit. Redistricting aims to add black representation LINK
OH: First Dirty Trick of the Year in Ohio’s 2006 Election? LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Elections board to rent 30 extra vote scanners LINK
OH: Trumbull County – Absentee voting begins LINK
TN: Shelby County – Democrats cry foul, want rematch LINK
WA: Kitsap County – Above average turnout for primary LINK
WA: Snohomish County – Voter turnout beats expectations LINK
WI: Winnebago County – Supervisor urges county to withhold Diebold payment LINK
GUam: No decision on Primary. Hearing on motion to dismiss bogs down LINK
BRazil: Electronic Voting & U.S. and Brazilian Elections LINK
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Early voting for the Nov. general election has started in Ohio. / Winnebago Co. Wisconsin is threatening to withhold payment for their Diebold voting machines because the company failed to meet promises. / Voter turnout was higher than expected in Snohomish Co. and Kitsap Co. Washington. This was the first use of all vote-by-mail by Snohomish and the second even year VBM election for Kitsap. / Michael Shamos appeared on CNBC with Warren Stewart of VoteTrustUSA last night. Shamos again threw up the tired red-herring that there’s never been a verified instance of voting machine tampering. Correctly Stewart pointed out that the recent Princeton test proved that tampering can be done without anyone ever knowing about it. It’s time for Shamos to find another diversion. …
Rush Holt confronted Shamos at the hearing last week. Shamos said he thought one way to verify elections was by filming a separate machine as voters voted on an original machine, (or something like that). Holt said it sounded like a Rube Goldberg method of verification and couldn’t understand how in the world it would be better then using a paper printout.
Here’s a Rube Goldberg machine designed to take a picture:
As you sit on pneumatic cushion (A), you force air through a tube (B) which starts ice boat (C), causing lighted cigar butt (D) to explode balloon (E). Dictator (F), hearing loud report, thinks he’s been shot and falls over backward on bulb (G), snapping picture!