{"id":4916,"date":"2007-08-04T16:33:18","date_gmt":"2007-08-04T23:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2007-09-08T14:51:36","modified_gmt":"2007-09-08T21:51:36","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-04-2007-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4916","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 04, 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>Of course today&#8217;s news is overwhelmingly about the &#8220;California Decisions&#8221;\u009d. After this weekend we will probably hear a lot more from the county officials and the vendors. Diebold appears to have had a press release ready to roll out upon the decision from Secretary of State Bowen. They seem to have decided that terminology changes needed to be made so they are now calling their DREs &#8220;touch-screen voting solutions&#8221;\u009d. I&#8217;m not sure what they are trying to solve by the use of their machines. We now know it&#8217;s not security problems or accessibility. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Diebold voting machines vulnerable to virus attack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/08\/04\/AR2007080400065.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Paper Ballots For California! &#8220;\u201c Secretary of State Announces De-Certification \/Re-Certification Plans For E-Voting <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4914\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Decertifies Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting Systems&#8211;Late Submitted ES&#038;S System &#8220;InkaVote Plus&#8221;\u009d Used in Los Angeles to be Reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiaprogressreport.com\/2007\/08\/california_secr_1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Statement of Diebold Election Systems on California Secretary of State&#8217;s Top-to-Bottom Review of Voting Systems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/08-04-2007\/0004639315&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: State curtails e-voting<br \/>\nL.A. system decertified; restrictions on two others <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/111\/story\/308452.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California orders voting machines to have tighter security <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/news\/ci_6541303\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Electronic voting decertified <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/inland\/stories\/PE_News_Local_D_vote04.43ec47a.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Bowen places tough restrictions on voting systems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orovillemr.com\/news\/bayarea\/ci_6543327\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: State decides to secure electronic voting machines<br \/>\nSecretary of State orders more precautions be taken against tampering, and withdraws support of the InkaVote Plus machines used in Southern California. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-voting4aug04a,0,894515.story?coll=la-home-center\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: State decides to secure electronic voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-voting4aug04a,0,894515.story?coll=la-home-center\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Elections chief gives OK to vote machines<br \/>\nDespite security concerns, she clears them for use in February <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/c\/a\/2007\/08\/04\/MNG2ERD1HJ1.DTL\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California Restricts Voting Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/05\/us\/05vote.html?_r=1&#038;hp&#038;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California Restricts E-voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/id,135537-c,onlinesecurity\/article.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California voting machines decertified  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvoter.org\/news\/blog\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Inland Empire Voters May Go Back To Paper Ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs2.com\/topstories\/local_story_216153500.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California Severely Limits Electronic Voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/rights\/58852\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California moves to lock down e-voting systems<br \/>\nControls on three companies&#8217; offerings; ES&#038;S decertified <a href=\"http:\/\/computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#038;taxonomyName=security&#038;articleId=9029038&#038;taxonomyId=17&#038;intsrc=kc_top\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Santa Clara County &#8220;\u201c Ballot Questions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/valley\/ci_6543575\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: FL-13 &#8211; D-13 probe stalled by recess in Congress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/local\/story\/113949.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: FL-13 &#8211; Voting inquiry finds reasons to dig deeper<br \/>\nGAO investigators say no &#8216;smoking gun&#8217; was found in District 13 election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/article\/20070804\/NEWS\/708040356\/1006\/SPORTS\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Peoria County &#8211; Petition to remove officals withdrawn<br \/>\nGroup trying to oust two election commissioners search different options <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pjstar.com\/stories\/080407\/TRI_BDVMOT0I.046.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Benton County &#8211; Candidate for Benton Co. Sheriff charged with voter fraud <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmcstations.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=6885602\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Voter ID Standards Still Up In The Air <a href=\"http:\/\/campaignsandelections.com\/oh\/articles\/?ID=464\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: State makes changes to provisional ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountvernonnews.com\/local\/07\/08\/03\/kno.elc.ballots.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Opinion &#8211; Don&#8217;t Go Back To Paper Ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theintelligencer.net\/page\/content.detail\/id\/51424.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Franklin County &#8211; New machine should better track ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusdispatch.com\/dispatch\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2007\/08\/04\/commiss01.ART_ART_08-04-07_B1_LE7HAEJ.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 Of course today&#8217;s news is overwhelmingly about the &#8220;California Decisions&#8221;\u009d. After this weekend we will probably hear a lot more from the county officials and the vendors. Diebold appears to have had a press release ready to roll out upon the decision from Secretary of State Bowen. 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