Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The full, un-redacted SAIC report has finally been released today. / Today marks the 58th anniversary of the “Polk County Massacre” in Tennessee. / The news for the past week, today and surely tomorrow has been rife with ‘feel-good’ articles about how prepared counties are and how well the voters like their voting machines. If the primaries and early voting are a gauge, then we are looking at many of these counties, especially those in states with no early voting, to have problems. / Bibb, Camden and Cobb Co.s Georgia will all use machines with a vvpat for the first time this year. Let’s hope the state is serious about this test and that the printers are properly serviced and not allowed to fail just so the state and Diebold can claim it is a mistake. / Anderson Co South Carolina has sleepovers this weekend. …
NAtional: BradBlog Exclusive Documents: ‘The Pentagon Paper Of E-Voting’ — The Long-sought 2003 State of Maryland’s ‘SAIC Report’ On Diebold Security Vulnerabilities — Now Released in Full! LINK
NAtional: Elections 58 years ago marked by violence LINK
NAtional: All Four Major E-Voting Machines Flip Votes in Early Voting LINK
NAtional: Fingers Crossed That Voting Machines Work LINK
NAtional: What to Do if You Have Trouble Voting LINK
NAtional: Lawyers fan out for US mid-term elections LINK
NAtional: Groups at odds with Pentagon over e-mail ballots LINK
NAtional: The Importance of Recounts LINK
NAtional: Tight Lid Kept On Exit-Poll ‘Vault’ LINK
NAtional: Columnist – Sanctity of ballot is once more at stake LINK
NAtional: Counting on security
The transition to electronic voting without tough standards for security, reliability and accessibility is a serious mistake. LINK
NAtional: U.S. Attorney’s Office: We’re ready to investigate election fraud LINK
NAtional: Vote-counting, exit-poll groups learned from ’04 LINK
NAtional: Getting Ugly Early On Election Law LINK
NAtional: Political pressure mounts on decision desks LINK
NAtional: Nancy Giles: Why Doesn’t U.S. Voting Work?
Inspiring Democracy Abroad May Seem Easier Than Ensuring Democratic Principles, Like Voting, Back Home LINK
AK: Voters prefer paper ballots over screens
Machines shunned in 20 percent of precincts LINK
AL: Baldwin County – Changes made to avoid 2002 voting problems
Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday LINK
CA: How Safe Is Your Vote? LINK
CA: Riverside County – Electronic voting safe, secure and monitored LINK
DE: Elections chief: Electronic machines just fine LINK
FL: Electronic machines’ vote tallies will be on the button, elections chiefs vow LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Voting glitch prompts warning LINK
GA: 3 Georgia precincts to use paper trail
Officials hope experiment reassures voters LINK
GA: Opinions remain mixed on voting machines LINK
IL: Rockford, Winnebago Counties – E-voting safe bet for local voters LINK
KS: Shawnee County – The right touch? Voters not sure
Majority casting advance ballots opting not to use high-tech devices LINK
MD: Mail-voting extension sought LINK
MD: Group Threatens Legal Action To Extend Absentee Balloting LINK
MO: Boone County – Clerk still wary of electronic voting LINK
MS: Moment of truth for new voting machines LINK
NJ: Experts: Be alert for voting machine problems LINK
NJ: Poll workers predict rough day LINK
NM: On the bubble LINK
NM: New Mexico Dirty Tricks: GOP Targets Voters With Hispanic Surnames LINK
OH: Absentee ballots double this year LINK
OH: Officials ready for anything
New machines, ID requirements keep many on their toes LINK
OH: State advises counties not to scan absentee ballots early LINK
OH: Tuscarawas County – Making sense of ID requirements LINK
PA: An eSlate of candidates LINK
PA: Lawrence and Mercer Counties – Mercer, Lawrence workers to hand-count absentees LINK
SC: Anderson County – Voting machines go home with election workers LINK
TN: Shelby County – Tennessee’s GOP Party Says More Voter Smart Cards Are Missing LINK
TX: Lawyers stand by in Dist. 22 LINK
TX: Gregg, Harrison, Rusk Counties – More counties vote ‘no’ to paper ballots LINK
VA: Columnist – Take a healthy skepticism to the polls LINK
WI: Touch-screen voting to aid larger turnout Tuesday LINK
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The full, un-redacted SAIC report has finally been released today. / Today marks the 58th anniversary of the “Polk County Massacre” in Tennessee. / The news for the past week, today and surely tomorrow has been rife with ‘feel-good’ articles about how prepared counties are and how well the voters like their voting machines. If the primaries and early voting are a gauge, then we are looking at many of these counties, especially those in states with no early voting, to have problems. / Bibb, Camden and Cobb Co.s Georgia will all use machines with a vvpat for the first time this year. Let’s hope the state is serious about this test and that the printers are properly serviced and not allowed to fail just so the state and Diebold can claim it is a mistake. / Anderson Co South Carolina has sleepovers this weekend. …
I have, for those who would like to utilize it, compiled a ‘scandal source sheet’ on my site.
It includes current GOP House and Senate members that have been publicly identified as being under investigation.
I got the initial list from TPM and whittled it down to those GOP pols who are up for re-election. I then link to both the specific charges (for reference) and the letters to the editors of their local papers, to help you get those last-minute e-mails out.
Who knows, one may get printed and sway a vote or 2.
http://scootmandubious.blogspot...rce-sheet.html