Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
After spending what must be over $1M total in Colorado and many months the state is in nearly exactly the same position they were in when they started. The court told the state they had to recertify their voting systems so all voting systems in use in the state were tested. Based on test results and information from the test labs nearly every voting system used in the state was denied certification. SoS Coffman proudly announced that voting systems were flawed. Then under pressure from the counties who use the systems and the vendors who stood to lose money, Coffman folded and decided that it would be alright for the counties and vendors to retest the machines. Naturally the counties and vendors reported that there were no problems and Coffman went along with that biased opinion and recertified the systems for use. The Governor and some legislative leaders then decided that paper ballots should be used in Nov. But no money could be found to support that change. So, long story short, nothing has changed from the time the court made their decision except a lot of labs and consultants made a lot of money. The same machines will be used with the same safeguards as previously were in place. …
- NAtional: E-voting vendor’s Web site hacked
The Web site of Sequoia Voting Systems, which is already under scrutiny for voting tally discrepancies in New Jersey, was hacked Thursday morning
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/20/E-voting-vendors-Web-site-hacked_1.html - CA: Dan Walters: Court ruling offers hope to dysfunctional California politics
http://www.sacbee.com/111/v-print/story/796281.html - CO: Money woes may doom paper-ballot bill
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8627580 - CO: Colorado Backs Off Paper Ballot Plan
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2JcFxCLC-TauSMvY-IHU41Sm0tgD8VGSHG80 - CO: Editorial – Paper ballots go up in smoke
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_8629677 - CO: Paper-ballot plan folds amid worry on feasibility, cost
http://www.denverpost.com/technology/ci_8631584 - CO: Editorial – Restore trust in system – and clerks’ role
Legislature’s yo-yo process is undermining fair election
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/OPINION01/803200340/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02 - CO: Paper ballots officially dead
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/20/paper-ballots-officially-dead/ - CO: Paper ballot bill flames out
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8638859 - FL: New voting machines pass first hurdle for Plant City elections
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=76515 - FL: Hillsborough County – New Voting Machines Ready For Plant City Election
http://plantcity2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/20/new-voting-machines-ready-plant-city-election/ - NJ: Urge New Jersey’s Governor to Veto a Paperless 2008 Election
http://votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2792&Itemid=1235 - NJ: State AG confronted on voting machines
Milgram urged to join demand for analysis
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1205991477283090.xml&coll=1 - NJ: After threats, NJ clerks call for e-voting investigation
County clerks in New Jersey asked the state’s attorney general to investigate discrepancies observed in last month’s primary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032001411.html - NJ: E-voting vendor blocks security audit with legal threats
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080320-e-voting-blocks-e-voting-security-audit-with-legal-threat.html - NJ: Sequoia’s Explanation, and Why It’s Not the Whole Story
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1267 - NJ: Sequoia attack dogs kill review into e-voting discrepancies
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/20/sequoia_kills_evoting_review/ - NY: Follow the Count, Super Tuesday Votes Revisited
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/voting/20080321/17/2469/ - OH: Portage County – Election workers frustrated by new rules State directives create lines when dropping off ballots; officials want to speed process
http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/3497772 - PA: Voting system concerns voiced
A Penn State researcher presented a report last night to members of the community about the security of voting systems.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/03/20/voting_system_concerns_voiced.aspx - PA: Pennsylvania’s Online Voter Registration Data Found Vulnerable
https://bradblog.com/?p=5828 - PA: Bucks County – Activists blast voting machines
Commissioner says equipment complies with federal law.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2commish.6321102mar20,0,5783257.story
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Yes John,
When one tags along with or participates in the EI movement, deja vu happens all over again.
Probably could modify the words of that song “Lightning Is Striking Again” and make it “Deja Vu Is Striking Again”.
As long as one does not put dates, places, and people on the articles they can be recycled. Hey that’s green baby.
And it could be automated … 😉 … seriously, without the movement we are in even more trouble of America morphing into Amurka than we are today.
Here is a pre-voting story that may effect voting. I am wondering about:
(Huffpo).
From the viewpoint of the bushies the passport invasion story is a leak, because they not only allowed the privacy invasion for political purposes, they thought they had a lid on it.
The spying on Americans by Amurkans found some vulnerabilities in some state department folks. They were told to keep a lid on the fact that Obama’s files were being rifled thru … or else.
Someone leaked the truth. Now the bushie army is in full retrobution mode trying to find the leaker.
The leaders of the state department say they found out from reporters about the Obama privacy invasion … now how much does that sound like the Scooter story?
The real story is that the incident of privacy invasion was leaked. Daniel Ellsberg, Clint Curtis, and Sibel Edmonds 🙂 were where when this was leaked?
Anybody out there living in Co.? Noticed any racism? Seems to go along with the worst states fixed election systems. Worse the racism ..more irregularities show up in elections. And the more predictable the problem….the quicker we can get fair elections. And elect leaders who represent US…instead of corporations.N.H. was a surprise to me….as to just how rotten their system is.
Hey John, the Brookings Institute on cspan right now 10:15 EST on voting technology!
Apropos the CSPAN voting technology conference the authors on this panel claimed that touch screen voting technology was the most satisfactory with minor glitches. They did not study hacking or misdesign of software nor wholesale fraud because vote stealing has always been a problem in America. They gave a favorable report on Diebold systems. I didn’t hear them mention Sequoia.
From CSAN-ID: 204495 – 03/21/2008 – 1:29
Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot, published by the Brookings Institute. The book addresses important questions about how Americans respond to the voting systems they use on Election Day. Have new voting systems improved citizen satisfaction and trust in the voting process? Can citizens cast their ballots without making the same errors that occurred in Florida in 2000?
I saw that story earlier, Eric. I am just wondering if what might be happening is that the DRE folks are seeing the writing on the wall and want a ” best user interface” Oscar to keep the possibility of some advance orders alive for not yet existent products.
I am not a corporate manager, etc. It just struck me that, while user interface is definitely a valid, important part of the voting experience, it is disingenuous not to talk about the fact that it’s a wonderful voting experience if you don’t care if your vote was actually counted.
Kinda like:
“We have a great nuclear plant hear. Cheap power, if you don’t add in the cost of the unsolved waste problem.”
You sure could tell the vendors paid in part for the study! I took notes and the pathetic built in bias was obvious! Thank God for the people who asked questions afterwards exposing the fact the user ease was a higher priority than security in their probably millions of dollars spent for a slanted study. How they trashed paper ballots and never mentioned “secure chain of custody” is beyond belief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brad, you should check out their book:
Voting Technology: A Not So Simple (something I didn’t catch) to Cast a Ballot
I’m sure you’d have a field day with it!
The name of the book is:
Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot, published by the Brookings Institute