Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
“Almost any system, including paperless touch-screen voting systems, can be jury-rigged to attach a printer and generate a hard copy of each voter’s choices. That is a far more complicated, and potentially troublesome, process than one which generates a real, live, legally valid paper ballot; it does nothing, for example, to mitigate the security risks that so many researchers have exposed in a number of e-voting systems. In addition, I suspect that no matter what type of voting system is involved, paper ballots are likely to carry far more legal weight in a court challenge — thus allowing a judge to rule on the matter as quickly and confidently as possible and to keep the process moving along.”…
NAtional: More Than 30 Election Integrity Orgs. Issue Open Letter Demanding ‘A Paper Ballot For Every Vote Cast’ LINK
NAtional: E-Voting: Will A ‘Paper Trail’ Get Us Where We Want To Go? LINK
NAtional: E-Voting Bill: Dead Trees And Democracy LINK
NAtional: Editorial – Help America secure LINK
NAtional: E-voting requires long-term strategy: IDC LINK
NAtional: Thirty-Four Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress To Require Paper Ballots LINK
NAtional: Column: American elections no longer the gold standard LINK
NAtional: David Dill Unplugged: Computer glitch leaves electronic voting machine advocate without a script LINK
CA: Napa County – Tuteur explains long lines at polls on Election Day LINK
CA: Riverside County — Columnist – Hack Attack LINK
CO: Denver County – Denver holds back $52,160 from Sequoia LINK
FL: Crist taps two top officials LINK
FL: Pasco’s Browning named secretary of state LINK
FL: Columnist – Politics foul up election oversight LINK
FL: Florida Voting System Standards: Commentary LINK
FL: Michael Collins: The Long Road to Democracy LINK
FL: FL-13 – Group petitions for District 13 revote LINK
FL: FL-13 – State withdraws motion to dismiss lawsuit in contested race LINK
MI: Michigan’s voting system a wise choice Officials consider requiring paper trail LINK
MN: Minnesota Performs First Post-Election Review LINK
NJ: Ocean County – County gets more time on vote query LINK
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“Almost any system, including paperless touch-screen voting systems, can be jury-rigged to attach a printer and generate a hard copy of each voter’s choices. That is a far more complicated, and potentially troublesome, process than one which generates a real, live, legally valid paper ballot; it does nothing, for example, to mitigate the security risks that so many researchers have exposed in a number of e-voting systems. In addition, I suspect that no matter what type of voting system is involved, paper ballots are likely to carry far more legal weight in a court challenge — thus allowing a judge to rule on the matter as quickly and confidently as possible and to keep the process moving along.”…
Given the Sequoia machines abysmal record of failure, why is Denver paying the company anything at all.
They should be returning those pieces of electronic rubbish together with a refund request.
PAPER BALLOTS, HAND COUNTED..!
Professor Dill unplugged…
Just another MasterCard moment..
Priceless
🙂 🙂 🙂