Today we have post-election reports from Connecticut on the accuracy of the optical scanners. There's an interesting contrast of voting methods between Canada (voting on paper ballots) and India (hauling e-voting machines up the Himalayas)....

• NAtional: The Supreme Court's Hostility to the Voting Rights Act
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...5/13/opinion/13wed4.html
• CT: UConn audit shows Conn. election machines accurate
  http://connpolitics.tv/i...ection-machines-accurate
• CT: Bysiewicz releases final reports on independent audit of November Election
  http://www.stamfordplus....d-memory-cards4962.shtml
  UConn Post Election Audit Report
  http://voter.engr.uconn....ds/2008-Nov-Hand-V10.pdf
  UConn Memory Card Report
  http://voter.engr.uconn....ds/2008-nov-post-v10.pdf
• TX: Sure as clock's ticking, lawmakers wasting time
  http://www.mysanantonio....makers_wasting_time.html
• WA: Is Washington's elections record-keeping so bad it's illegal?
  http://www.pnwlocalnews....oi/opinion/45004222.html
• Canada: Lessons from the voting poll
  http://www.countablyinfi...ns-from-the-voting-poll/
  (A day in the life of a Canadian poll worker.)
• India: Jammed EVMs: parties not happy
  http://www.indianexpress...arties-not-happy/458388/
• India: Poll officials fail to reach Zanskar on time
  http://www.worldlatestne...to-reach-zanskar-on-time
  (Tribulations of taking electronic voting machines up the Himalayas.)
• Philippines: Comelec reconsiders 4 bidders
  http://newsinfo.inquirer...ec-reconsiders-4-bidders

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