Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
My apologies for the lateness of DVN this evening. I, as many in the Election Integrity community, waited to provide the news of the actions of California Secretary of State Bowen with respect to the voting systems used in California. In a clear victory for the EI community and the voters in the state Secretary of State Bowen has announced the following actions: ES&S InkaVotePlus used only in Los Angeles County has been decertified. Hart Intercivic version 6.1 was withdrawn from use in the state by the company. The other systems by Diebold, Sequoia and Hart all had approval for use withdrawn with conditional reapproval for use in the state primary election on 5 February 2008. The conditions for reapproval are tough and thorough with Diebold and Sequoia limited to one DRE per polling place for use by voters with disabilities on election day….
NAtional: IEEE – Paper-based elections: no better than electronic ones? LINK
NAtional: Diebold Voting Machines Vulnerable to Virus Attack
An analysis of Diebold’s source code shows that a hacker with access to a single voting machine could use a virus to affect an election. LINK
NAtional: Holt’s paper trail bill still waiting LINK
AR: Benton County Commission Adopts Recount Policy LINK
CA: California Source Code Reports Released LINK
CA: Today Is D-Day for Electronic Voting Machines LINK
CA: Press Release ““ UCBerkeley – E-voting systems vulnerable to viruses and other security attacks, new report finds LINK
CA: CA Releases Source Code Review of Voting Machines — New Security Flaws Revealed; Old Ones Were Never Fixed LINK
CA: E-voting systems vulnerable to viruses, other security attacks LINK
CA: “Top-to-Bottom Review” Provides No Basis for Trust LINK
CA: E-Voting Hacks Highlight Political Problems LINK
CA: CA Source Code Report: Diebold Voting Machines Can Be Hacked With Virus by Single Person, Affecting Entire Election LINK
CO: Mesa County – County struggling to find extra money to fund ’08 election LINK
FL: Accuvote? Bit Of An Oxymoron, Don’t You Think? LINK
FL: FL-13 – GAO says more time needed in District 13 probe LINK
FL: Status of GAO’s Review of Voting Equipment Used in Florida’s 13th Congressional District LINK
IA: Ron Paul Supporters Denounce Iowa Diebold Use LINK
NJ: Judge wants plans in place for substitute voting machines
Ruling prepares for possibility of no printers LINK
OH: The criminal cover-up of Ohio’s stolen 2004 election sinks to the fraudulent, the absurd, the pathetic LINK
OH: State makes changes to provisional ballots LINK
PA: California’s State-Level Red-team analysis and its implications for
Pennsylvania. LINK
TX: Study: Voting machine used here open to attacks
California review finds hackers could alter totals, violate voters’ privacy and delete audit trails LINK
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My apologies for the lateness of DVN this evening. I, as many in the Election Integrity community, waited to provide the news of the actions of California Secretary of State Bowen with respect to the voting systems used in California. In a clear victory for the EI community and the voters in the state Secretary of State Bowen has announced the following actions: ES&S InkaVotePlus used only in Los Angeles County has been decertified. Hart Intercivic version 6.1 was withdrawn from use in the state by the company. The other systems by Diebold, Sequoia and Hart all had approval for use withdrawn with conditional reapproval for use in the state primary election on 5 February 2008. The conditions for reapproval are tough and thorough with Diebold and Sequoia limited to one DRE per polling place for use by voters with disabilities on election day….
John, you asked:
The article you linked to was interesting. I say the answer to the question depends on the people conducting the election.
However, under current reality, before we even get to the corruption by hack considerations, lets remember the performance failures of EVMs, which you tirelessly report here.
Even in a better world where all election officials, voters, and precinct workers are honest, these EVM’s still fail to perform. Defective performance is a reality even in the absence of hacking corruption.
One could come to different conclusions, depending upon the context, so it is not ultimately helpful to consider these issues purely in the abstract.
Until the EVM makers have a high sense of mission to deliver much higher quality products for use in american elections, by default I have to yield to favoring paper ballot systems.
Having said that, the Ohio example in the linked-to story is about paper ballot system corruption because 56 out of 88 counties rebelled brazenly and destroyed the paper evidence. Even in the face of a court order not to.
Further, the purrfeckt words of the_zapkitty come to mind:
(Another Bradblog thread). So, these issues are not solved by fundie type simplistic notions.
We must continue the struggle on all fronts, human and machine, and improve every election scenario everywhere.
John,
There were some interesting votes having to do with the priceless 4th Amendment yesterday.
The House held up and the dam did not break, they did not cave in to the Gonzales / Bush demand that they be granted warrantless wiretapping (the FISA court has ruled what Gonzales/ Bush had been doing without warrants was illegal).
The Senate, however, could not shake the shame and alas put a cheap price on the 4th Amendment.
I will list the democrats who voted for the fascist bill, because they know better, and the republicans who voted against it, because they suffer great peer pressure but overcame it as all the dems should have.
… when the results become available … not yet on Senate websie.
And don’t forget Feinstein voting with the Repub’s to move the Southwick nomination to the Senate for a full vote.
Bruce #3
Not forgotten.
But worse is that the democrats in the Senate caved in to the republicans there and passed warrantless wiretapping at the whim of Alberto Gonzales.
It looks like the House will do the same.
If they do I assure you that “Stalin and company
actually presidedwill be presideing over many thousands ofperfectly honestso called perfectly honest elections with untampered ballots”.And if so American no longer exists.
So Dredd will “retire” to a distant jungle and wish you all happy trails. Do the yoda and wait. The sith are in power and … well you know the story.
The empire is back.