‘Daily Voting News’ For August 10, 2007

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Diebold seems to have convinced the Florida Sec. of State that they have fixed security problems found on their optical-scan systems during a review by Florida State University. It’s amazing how they did that in just a couple weeks. Or maybe not. The Attorney General of New Jersey has denied certification for use of any voter verified paper audit trail printer on the state’s voting machines. State law requires these printers be used by January 2008 but testing of the printers has shown they do not work as advertised. No printers; no DREs. There is still much more news coming from California….

  • NAtional: Rep. Dennis Kucinich: guardian of the American voter and democratic values LINK
  • CA: What Have We Learned About Elections Lately? LINK
  • CA: UC Davis Concludes E-Voting Systems Hackable LINK
  • CA: Voting must be secure by primary time LINK
  • CA: Secretary of state’s act worrisome for election LINK
  • CA: Columnist: ‘Whining’ California Election Registrars are ‘Losers, Exposed as Careless at Best, Irresponsible at Worst’ LINK
  • CA: El Dorado ““ Placer Counties – Secretary of state decertifies some electronic voting machines LINK
  • CA: San Bernardino County – Voting machines could cost county
    Registrar weighs options for 2008 elections if they must use paper ballots LINK
  • CA: San Joaquin County – Electronic voting reforms won’t be cheap LINK
  • CA: Shasta County – Properly counted votes are worth counties’ trouble LINK
  • CO: Mesa County – Elections office pleads for more voting gear LINK
  • FL: Secretary of state says voting machine flaws now fixed LINK
  • IA: Security will be tight for straw poll
    Voters will have thumbs dipped in indelible ink LINK
  • IA: Iowans ask judge to forbid machines in straw poll LINK
  • IA: Request To Stop Straw Poll Denied LINK
  • IA: Iowans Object To Voting Machines Used for Straw Poll LINK
  • IN: Hamilton County – Absentee voters to get paper again LINK
  • MS: Editorial – Let’s start pulling LINK
  • MS: Washington County – Voters denied rights in election LINK
  • NJ: AG orders voting machine flaws fixed LINK
  • NJ: State orders fixes to ballot printers LINK
  • NJ: The Vote: New Jersey Attorney General Denies Voting Machine Certification Until Fixes and Retesting Completed LINK
  • NV: Despite California voting machine review results, Lyon Clerk remains confident in Nevada voting system LINK
  • NY: Lever voting machines get a reprieve in NY LINK
  • WA: King County – Reckless Plan: Full Steam Ahead LINK
  • **”Daily Voting News” is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in “Daily Voting News” may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**

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      Dredd said on 8/11/2007 @ 5:17am PT: [Permalink]

      John,

      I noticed that candidate Ron Paul backed away from a lawsuit filed by some anti-Diebold-machine folks in the Iowa straw polling arena.

      A lawsuit by republicans against republicans evidently seeks to challenge the methods and practices used in that election:

      Some supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul have been sounding the alarm about potential voting irregularities in this weekend’s Republican straw poll.

      (Raw Story).

      The campaign said:

      Representatives of the campaign privately discussed potential security vulnerabilities in the Diebold voting machines to be used in Saturday’s vote, but a spokesman tells RAW STORY that Paul’s campaign never intended to publicly challenge the vote.

      “We didn’t want to use and will not use this as a public relations opportunity,” Jesse Benton, a spokesman for Paul’s campaign, said in a telephone interview. “We have no part in that lawsuit.”

      (ibid). Where have we heard that before? I noticed that you had three links to various aspects of that story.

      One wonders if there any connection between republican ownership of Diebold and the faith in Diebold machines:

      The Iowa Republican Party says the vote will be “fraud-proof, honest and secure.” Participants will have to show a valid Iowa ID and will have their thumbs dyed purple to prevent multiple votes.

      (ibid, emphasis added). One also wonders how why they think they can guarantee no fraud. Maybe it is the purple magic die that makes fraud impossible there?

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