{"id":5459,"date":"2007-12-18T19:15:33","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T03:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5459"},"modified":"2007-12-18T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T03:20:00","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-december-18-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5459","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For December 18, 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>I always thought that &#8220;sleepovers&#8221;\u009d were beyond the limit of good security. In a court election contest in Wilkinson Co Mississippi the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natchezdemocrat.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/wilkinson-county-election-contest-restarts\/\">county Circuit Clerk pled the fifth<\/a> amendment to several questions. One of the questions was &#8220;Is it true you had a pre-election party that voting machines were taken to?&#8221;\u009d <\/p>\n<p> The results of the Ohio study are stunning with regards to the ES&#038;S iVotronic DRE. The study found that a voter or poll worker can easily recalibrate the touch-screen; access control can be defeated by someone with a small magnet and a PDA or cell phone; and there is a back door entry that can be gained bypassing password requirements. <\/p>\n<p> The Colorado SOS is now telling the media that they may be able to use some of the decertified voting systems by patching the software. Patches require testing and certification. Is he getting nervous?<\/p>\n<p><em>Links to those stories, and the other notable voting news today, all posted neatly below as usual&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AZ: Opinion &#8211; Secretive electronic voting unacceptable<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/allheadlines\/216630\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/allheadlines\/216630<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: Pima County &#8211; BREAKING: Judge Orders Release of Pima County, AZ Voting Database<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5457\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5457<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Joaquin County &#8211; Decertification &#8216;fiasco&#8217; sends SJ to paper ballots<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modbee.com\/local\/story\/155511.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.modbee.com\/local\/story\/155511.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Sec of State decertifies voting machines in Denver, Jefferson, Arapahoe counties<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecherrycreeknews.com\/content\/view\/2160\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.thecherrycreeknews.com\/content\/view\/2160\/2\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: State decertifies voting machines<br \/>\nCounty officials livid; move &#8216;could cost taxpayers millions&#8217;<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/2007\/12\/17\/121807_1a_voting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/2007\/12\/17\/121807_1a_voting.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Coffman: Voting machines don&#8217;t measure up<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/origin.denverpost.com\/ci_7744376\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/origin.denverpost.com\/ci_7744376<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Voting machines fail state tests<br \/>\nPueblo among other Southern Colorado counties to have machines decertified.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/metro\/1197961370\/1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/metro\/1197961370\/1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Political leaders, county clerks left with questions, concerns<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/political-leaders-county-clerks-left-with\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/political-leaders-county-clerks-left-with\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: E-voting veto makes mess<br \/>\nDecision to decertify electronic systems sends counties scrambling<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/e-voting-machines-tossed-08\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/e-voting-machines-tossed-08\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Many Colorado voting machines are decertified, throwing presidential votes in disarray<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2007\/12\/18\/america\/Colorado-Voting-Machines.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2007\/12\/18\/america\/Colorado-Voting-Machines.php<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Coffman decertifies election scanners<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescall.com\/News_Story.asp?id=5257\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.timescall.com\/News_Story.asp?id=5257<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Voting gear out for count<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/origin.denverpost.com\/rapids\/ci_7746932\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/origin.denverpost.com\/rapids\/ci_7746932<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Coffman: Voting machines could be fixed in time<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/headlines\/ci_7751909\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/headlines\/ci_7751909<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Coffman: Colo. could use voting machines OK&#8217;d in other states<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycamera.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/colo-could-use-voting-machines-okd-other-states\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/dailycamera.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/colo-could-use-voting-machines-okd-other-states\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Boulder County &#8211; Voting machines flunk<br \/>\nBoulder County clerk says impact of state&#8217;s decertification not yet clear<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycamera.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/voting-machines-flunk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/dailycamera.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/voting-machines-flunk\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Garfield County &#8211; County voting machines lose certification<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/article\/20071218\/VALLEYNEWS\/970030834\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/article\/20071218\/VALLEYNEWS\/970030834<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Mesa county may have to seek new voting methods<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/kjct8.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=7510445\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/kjct8.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=7510445<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Moffat County &#8211; Voting machines banned<br \/>\nPaper, absentee ballot equipment in Moffat County decertified<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigdailypress.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/voting_machines_banned\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.craigdailypress.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/voting_machines_banned\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Judge throws out Florida voting law<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/breaking_news\/story\/349183.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/breaking_news\/story\/349183.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Judge Reverses Florida&#8217;s Anti-Voter Registration Law!<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5456\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5456<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough County &#8211; Hillsborough dawdles on vote switch<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2007\/12\/18\/Opinion\/Hillsborough_dawdles_.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2007\/12\/18\/Opinion\/Hillsborough_dawdles_.shtml<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Wilkinson County election contest restarts<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natchezdemocrat.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/wilkinson-county-election-contest-restarts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.natchezdemocrat.com\/news\/2007\/dec\/18\/wilkinson-county-election-contest-restarts\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Editorial &#8211; Ohio study shows vulnerability in electronic ballot systems<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressconnects.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071218\/OPINION\/712180320\/1005\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.pressconnects.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071218\/OPINION\/712180320\/1005\/OPINION<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Report: Magnet and PDA Sufficient to Change Votes on Voting Machine<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2007\/12\/report-magnet-a.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2007\/12\/report-magnet-a.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Partisanship will enter decision on how Ohioans vote<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cantonrep.com\/index.php?ID=391868&#038;Category=14&#038;subCategoryID=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cantonrep.com\/index.php?ID=391868&#038;Category=14&#038;subCategoryID=<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Editorial &#8211; It&#8217;s too soon to turn voting upside down<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cantonrep.com\/index.php?ID=391858&#038;Category=3&#038;subCategoryID=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cantonrep.com\/index.php?ID=391858&#038;Category=3&#038;subCategoryID=<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: 1,000 pages of bad news: Ohio e-voting report released<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20071217-1000-pages-of-bad-news-ohio-e-voting-report-released.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20071217-1000-pages-of-bad-news-ohio-e-voting-report-released.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Governor backs election overhaul in &#8217;08; critics say no way<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusdispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2007\/12\/18\/machine_folo.ART_ART_12-18-07_A1_HE8QDTI.html?sid=101\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.columbusdispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2007\/12\/18\/machine_folo.ART_ART_12-18-07_A1_HE8QDTI.html?sid=101<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Opinion &#8211; Integrity greatest factor in elections<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newarkadvocate.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071218\/OPINION01\/712180332\/1014\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.newarkadvocate.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071218\/OPINION01\/712180332\/1014\/OPINION<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio Study: Scariest E-Voting Security Report Yet<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedom-to-tinker.com\/?p=1236\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.freedom-to-tinker.com\/?p=1236<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio to stay with voting systems deemed unreliable in Colo.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/metro\/2007\/12\/ohio_to_stay_with_voting_syste_1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/metro\/2007\/12\/ohio_to_stay_with_voting_syste_1.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Justice Center at NYU Law School Faults Ohio on Voting<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/news\/article\/3657\/justice-center-at-nyu-law-school-faults-ohio-on-voting\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/chronicle.com\/news\/article\/3657\/justice-center-at-nyu-law-school-faults-ohio-on-voting<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: E-voting activists praise Ohio plan to fix e-voting system<br \/>\nBut they fear quick &#8216;cures&#8217; might worsen problems before &#8217;08 presidential vote<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#038;taxonomyName=it_in_government&#038;articleId=9053479&#038;taxonomyId=69&#038;intsrc=kc_top\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#038;taxonomyName=it_in_government&#038;articleId=9053479&#038;taxonomyId=69&#038;intsrc=kc_top<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County elections board takes no action on voting machine swap<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/metro\/2007\/12\/cuyahoga_county_elections_boar.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/metro\/2007\/12\/cuyahoga_county_elections_boar.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Elections board pressured to change<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclet.com\/2007\/12\/18\/elections-board-pressured-to-change\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chroniclet.com\/2007\/12\/18\/elections-board-pressured-to-change<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Election board balks on dumping touch-screen voting<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/1197970406267740.xml&#038;coll=2&#038;thispage=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/1197970406267740.xml&#038;coll=2&#038;thispage=1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Washington County &#8211; Election reforms could pare precinct list<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariettatimes.com\/news\/story\/new54_1218200780410.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mariettatimes.com\/news\/story\/new54_1218200780410.asp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: State election systems study calls for paper audit trail<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/southernstudies.org\/facingsouth\/2007\/12\/state-election-systems-study-calls-for.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/southernstudies.org\/facingsouth\/2007\/12\/state-election-systems-study-calls-for.asp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Spotsylvania County &#8211; Jett still wins in Spotsy recount<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2007\/122007\/12182007\/341930\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2007\/122007\/12182007\/341930<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: Taylor County Keeping Electronic Voting System<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdtv.com\/news\/local\/12608086.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wdtv.com\/news\/local\/12608086.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 I always thought that &#8220;sleepovers&#8221;\u009d were beyond the limit of good security. In a court election contest in Wilkinson Co Mississippi the county Circuit Clerk pled the fifth amendment to several questions. One of the questions was &#8220;Is it true you had a pre-election party that voting machines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5459"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=5459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}