{"id":7024,"date":"2009-03-29T16:24:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T23:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7024"},"modified":"2009-03-29T17:02:03","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T00:02:03","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-28-and-29-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7024","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 28 and 29, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our voting machines cannot be hacked.&#8221;\u009d &#8220;Our voting system is not hooked up to the Internet so it is secure.&#8221;\u009d We hear this time and time again from the vendors and from election officials. Yet if it uses computers and they use software they can be hacked. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/29\/technology\/29spy.html?_r=2&#038;ref=world&#038;page\">Our &#8216;Featured&#8217; article<\/a> is another story of computer systems being looted by bad actors. Who could believe that our voting systems are not vulnerable and ripe for manipulation by the same types?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Featured&#8217; &#8211; International: Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/29\/technology\/29spy.html?_r=2&#038;ref=world&#038;page\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/29\/technology\/29spy.html?_r=2&#038;ref=world&#038;page<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Opinion &#8211; Our elections run well. (Don&#8217;t they?)<br \/>\nActually, no. Problems abound, and partisanship is not the culprit.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/opinion\/commentary\/42021712.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:U0ckkD:aEyKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/opinion\/commentary\/42021712.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:U0ckkD:aEyKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Los Angeles County &#8211; Registrar thriller plays out in lawsuit<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/news\/ci_12021484\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/news\/ci_12021484<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Bill advances for student IDs in voting<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jconline.com\/article\/20090327\/NEWS02\/90327026\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.jconline.com\/article\/20090327\/NEWS02\/90327026<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Chautauqua County &#8211; County could be using lever machines in November<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observertoday.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/521260.html?nav=5047\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.observertoday.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/521260.html?nav=5047<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OK: Mistrial: Anti-ID points won&#8217;t stand up <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/newsok.com\/mistrial-anti-id-points-wont-stand-up\/article\/3357001\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/newsok.com\/mistrial-anti-id-points-wont-stand-up\/article\/3357001<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Voter ID: We must maintain integrity in our elections<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goupstate.com\/article\/20090329\/NEWS\/903279923\/1132\/OPINION?Title=Voter-ID-We-must-maintain-integrity-in-our-elections\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.goupstate.com\/article\/20090329\/NEWS\/903279923\/1132\/OPINION?Title=Voter-ID-We-must-maintain-integrity-in-our-elections<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Columnist &#8211; Photo ID bill backers seek to suppress voters<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2009\/mar\/28\/linda-shoemaker-photo-id-bill-backers-seek-to\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2009\/mar\/28\/linda-shoemaker-photo-id-bill-backers-seek-to\/<\/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>&#8220;Our voting machines cannot be hacked.&#8221;\u009d &#8220;Our voting system is not hooked up to the Internet so it is secure.&#8221;\u009d We hear this time and time again from the vendors and from election officials. Yet if it uses computers and they use software they can be hacked. 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