{"id":4887,"date":"2007-07-28T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2007-07-29T10:35:23","modified_gmt":"2007-07-29T17:35:23","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-july-28-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4887","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For July 28, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Naturally nearly all of the news is from California in regards to their &#8220;Top-To-Bottom&#8221;\u009d review. However for those of you who are concerned about election audits there is also a great report from a group who have been working with VerifiedVoting. <\/p>\n<p>Also reported is that scientists, under the GAO, may get a chance to look at the source code from the machines used in Sarasota Co last Nov.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the &#8220;Top-To-Bottom&#8221;\u009d review; only one of the articles listed, the SF Chronicle article, mentions anything about the accessibility report that was also done by the California researchers, and they gave that report one sentence. The accessibility report says, &#8220;Although each of the tested voting systems included some accessibility accommodations, none met the accessibility requirements of current law and none performed satisfactorily in test voting by persons with a range of disabilities and alternate language needs.&#8221;\u009d In other words if a jurisdiction uses any of the three machines tested for accessibility they are violating federal law (HAVA).<\/p>\n<p><em>All of those stories, and more, linked below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Percentage-based versus SAFE Vote Tabulation Auditing: A Graphic Comparison <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org\/article.php?id=6483\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Agreement Reached to Move Holt Election Reform Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/07-27-2007\/0004634433&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Video: NOW Exposes Republican Conspiracy To Steal 2004 Presidential Election <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4884\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: CA Releases Results of Red-Team Investigation of Voting Machines: All Three Systems Could Be Compromised <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2007\/07\/ca-releases-res.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California report slams e-voting system security <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/id,135199-c,techindustrytrends\/article.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Scientists&#8217; Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/07\/28\/us\/28vote.html?ref=politics\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California report slams e-voting system security<br \/>\nEvery tested machine had problems&#8230; yes, every single one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#038;articleId=9028262&#038;pageNumber=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Findings Released in California&#8217;s Top-to-Bottom Voting System Review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtech.com\/gt\/127965?topic=117691\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: E-voting vulnerable to fraud <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/news\/ci_6483395\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: 3 voting systems faulted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/technology\/la-me-vote28jul28,1,6799644.story?coll=la-headlines-technology\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: State rushes electronic voting study <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/news\/regstate\/articles\/8780982.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: State Vote Machines Lose Test To Hackers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/c\/a\/2007\/07\/28\/MNGP6R8TJO1.DTL\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Kern County &#8211; Voting machines&#8217; fate up in the air <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakersfield.com\/102\/story\/199775.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Diego County &#8211; Review shows S.D. voting machines can be breached  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/metro\/20070728-9999-1n28elect.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: FL-13 &#8211; District 13 debate to look into secret coding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/local\/story\/108684.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Rokita gets $363,000 over faulty voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesonline.com\/articles\/2007\/07\/28\/news\/lake_county\/doc796597fba74343028625732600080f81.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NH: California study reinforces need in the Granite State to rid ourselves of secret vote counting technology <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_nancy_to_070728_california_study_rei.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Lancaster County &#8211; Congress may say &#8216;no&#8217; to e-Slate voting <a href=\"http:\/\/local.lancasteronline.com\/4\/207464\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Davidson County &#8211; Computer glitch affecting early voting in Belle Meade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070728\/NEWS0206\/70728006\/1001\/NEWS\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Pierce County whacks polls<br \/>\nLow turnout forces closure of 40 percent of voting places, auditor says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/news\/local\/story\/120549.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; 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 &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Naturally nearly all of the news is from California in regards to their &#8220;Top-To-Bottom&#8221;\u009d review. However for those of you who are concerned about election audits there is also a great report from a group who have been working with VerifiedVoting. 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