By
John Gideon on 11/3/2006, 6:07pm PT
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The complete, unredacted SAIC Report is finally in the process of being released by someone on the inside. There will now be a mad crush of people who will want to read the report. Diebold's worse nightmare. / Here's a five-step plan guaranteed to make an obscure company [Diebold] absolutely notorious. First get into a business you don't understand, selling to customers who barely understand it either. Then roll out your product without adequate testing. Don't hire enough skilled people. When people notice problems, deny, obfuscate and ignore. Finally, blame your critics when it all blows up in your face....
NAtional: Leaked 2003 Report On Maryland's Diebold Voting System Reveals Serious Security Concerns Were Withheld From Election Board, Governor, Public LINK
NAtional: HBO hacked about Diebold's docu claims LINK
NAtional: Delays loom in counting ballots LINK
NAtional: Democrats Predict Voter ID Problems LINK
NAtional: U.S. Attorney's Office: We're ready to investigate election fraud LINK
NAtional: Opinion – Katrina vanden Heuvel - Bring Democracy Home LINK
NAtional: Columnist – Ellis Henican - A vote for old-fashioned poll method LINK
NAtional: E-voting may be scarier than hanging chads LINK
NAtional: Distrust of voting machines is running high LINK
NAtional: Opinion - We must restore trust in nation's election system LINK
NAtional: Computer scientists alarmed by voting system for troops LINK
NAtional: Electronic voting: Cure or a bigger problem? LINK
NAtional: Dean on Maryland Voter Challenges and Ohio Voter ID Developments LINK
NAtional: In America, Black Voters say Their Votes are Stifled LINK
NAtional: Don't Let "Hackable" Diebold Machines Give You A "What's The Use In Voting" Mindset LINK
NAtional: Rage against the machine LINK
NAtional: Voting system raises security questions LINK
NAtional: Voting machines vulnerable, says report by UConn faculty LINK
NAtional: LOU DOBBS: Avalanche of Last Minute Problems with E-Voting Machines LINK
NAtional: Electronic Voting Machines Under Scrutiny LINK
NAtional: E-voting problems still exist, critics say LINK
NAtional: How to restore trust at the ballot box
Problems with high-tech machines have some voters feeling left out LINK
AR: Lagrone claims early voting plagued with problems; Daniels staffers disagree LINK
AR: Washington County - Early mishap with new voting machines corrected LINK
AZ: Maricopa County - Voting machine accuracy to be tested with hand counts LINK
CA: Voting machines susceptible to abuse LINK
CA: Riverside County - Vote machine buttons ignite controversy LINK
CA: San Diego County - S.D. runs short of absentee ballots
Photocopies mailed; registrar says all votes will be counted LINK
CA: San Joaquin County - E-voting security flaws? LINK
CO: Large turnout expected for elections LINK
DE: Blind gain new option at the polls LINK
FL: State, Diebold: Voting machines won't shut off early LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Turnout matters. So does counting. LINK
GA: Election board tells county to explain breach LINK
IL: County clerks say early voting ran smoothly LINK
KS: Seward County - Hundreds of ballots missing U.S. House candidate's name LINK
KS: Seward County - Advance ballots were missing 1st District Reform candidate's name LINK
MD: Secrets, Secrets Everywhere and all the Board did Shrink (with apologies to Samuel Coleridge) LINK
MD: Baltimore - Will voting poll issues resurface general election day? LINK
MD: Diebold trust issues spur run on paper ballots LINK
MD: Officials Fear Counting Md. Ballots Could Take Days LINK
MO: Voter machine fraud not so easy
Officials explain precautions to prevent election tampering with electronic voting devices LINK
MO: Kansas City - Stealing Elections the Old Fashioned Way LINK
NM: Computer snag stalls early voting LINK
NY: First Look At Potential New Voting Machines LINK
OH: Judge: All 88 Ohio counties can scan absentee ballots early LINK
OH: Voter ID ruling sets off a flurry
Local elections boards, advocates scramble to educate poll workers LINK
PA: Delaware County - Spencer: County does voters right with Danaher 1242 LINK
SC: Long voting lines anticipated by election officials LINK
SC: Charleston County voting under way LINK
TN: Shelby County - Early and often? Double votes checked LINK
TN: Shelby County - Smart Cards That Activate Voting Machines Go Missing In Tennessee LINK
TX: Burnet County - Marble Falls Experiencing E-Voting Growing Pains LINK
TX: Collin County - Stealing Elections Texas Style: Mrs. Blankenship goes out to vote. LINK
TX: El Paso County - County Attorney investigating voter concerns LINK
TX: Tarrant County – Opinion - A matter of trust LINK
WI: Editorial - Abolish black boxes, make optical-scan preferred voting method LINK
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