Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
“In a decision that could have far-reaching effects on the way Rhode Island conducts elections, Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. ruled yesterday that any ballot that cannot be read by electronic voting machines during an election recount must be made available for public scrutiny to determine if a voter’s intent can be discerned. “We’re dealing with a fundamental right,” Fortunato said. “Surely we cannot surrender elections to machines.”’ / “Software that Denver used to check in voters on Election Day did not “meet, or even approach, professional standards,” consultants told a city investigative panel Wednesday. Experts hired to study Denver’s problem-plagued election also criticized election officials for failing to catch obvious problems, and they expressed surprise at the “casual” attitude of those running a critical system of democracy.” / There is a lot in the news today about the finger-pointing between Denver officials and those officials and Sequoia….
NAtional: Touch Screens? Vote Yes or No LINK
NAtional: Election glitches impede voters nationwide LINK
NAtional: First widespread use of electronic voting praised
(NOTE: This article gives a completely skewed report on the electionline.org report) LINK
NAtional: Congress to look at voting problems LINK
NAtional: Congress should patch election holes by 2008 LINK
NAtional: NIST-backed panel calls for end to paperless voting LINK
AR: Waldenburg ““ One Man, One Vote LINK
CA: Riverside County – Two reports expected on voting woes
County registrar, watchdog groupeach to offer perspectives to board LINK
CO: Denver – Election officials back up director LINK
CO: Denver – “Laughable failures” in Denver election
Experts also blame voting woes on oblivious officials LINK
CO: Denver – Consultant: Election Software Riddled With Computing 101 Errors
Sequoia Voting Systems Says Denver Used Old Software LINK
CO: Denver – ‘Fundamentally flawed’
Consultant rips into Sequoia’s vote wares, election commission LINK
FL: ‘Undervote’ uproar pushes paper ballots
Voters suspicious of electronic voting results are calling for a return to the paper era. LINK
FL: Doubt dooms paperless voting, election chiefs say LINK
FL: Voting chiefs ‘diss’ paper, but see inevitability LINK
FL: FL-13 – Audit fails to answer questions
Jennings considers taking D-13 fight to the U.S. House LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Sarasota revote rally is set for Dec. 3 LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Search for voting errors continues LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Reform groups to rally for revote LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Analysts debating Florida ‘undervotes’
Did machines err, or did the voters? LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Test adds to mystery
State offers answers for 2 of 10 variances so far LINK
FL: Sarasota County – To seek a better voting system LINK
FL: Sarasota County ““ Columnist – Audit problems must be due to human error LINK
FL: Sarasota County – State: Errors in disputed election test result of human mistakes LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Election experts see positives in Sarasota ordeal LINK
GA: Editorial – Voters should get paper trail to follow ballots LINK
GA: Legal Challenges Face Voting Machines As Runoffs Approach LINK
MA: US is said to probe Bay State elections
At issue is access by disabled voters LINK
NM: Commentary: Striving for perfect democracy LINK
NY: Tainted Touch: Fear Over New Vote Machines LINK
OH: Ohio did OK on Election Day LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Cuyahoga might scrap Diebold’s voting machines LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Different voting machines wanted
Commissioners might ditch touch screens, which cost $17 million LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County ““ Opinion – A vote for caution
Maybe Cuyahoga County should ditch touch-screen machines, but not until it has learned all it can from the recent election LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Ohio county eyes switch to optical-scan e-voting LINK
PA: New voting machines’ debut rocky, study says
Pennsylvania had high number of problems LINK
RI: Judge orders manual review of 96 ballots LINK
TN: Study finds state had voting troubles LINK
UT: 3 election recounts in Salt Lake County don’t change the results LINK
UT: Vote performance in Utah issued a B+ LINK
UT: E-voting report: ‘Glitches’ but no serious hitches
Electronic voting: A 90-minute shutdown in Utah County was among few problems LINK
WV: Marshall County – Recount Delayed LINK
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“In a decision that could have far-reaching effects on the way Rhode Island conducts elections, Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. ruled yesterday that any ballot that cannot be read by electronic voting machines during an election recount must be made available for public scrutiny to determine if a voter’s intent can be discerned. “We’re dealing with a fundamental right,” Fortunato said. “Surely we cannot surrender elections to machines.”’ / “Software that Denver used to check in voters on Election Day did not “meet, or even approach, professional standards,” consultants told a city investigative panel Wednesday. Experts hired to study Denver’s problem-plagued election also criticized election officials for failing to catch obvious problems, and they expressed surprise at the “casual” attitude of those running a critical system of democracy.” / There is a lot in the news today about the finger-pointing between Denver officials and those officials and Sequoia….
I just read the three articles from Utah above. I think I’m gonna be sick!