NC: iVotronic Expert Offers Insights on North Carolina "Vote-Flipping"
http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2010/10/29/1226 In an open communication, Douglas Jones, a world-renown voting technology expert who has done extensive study of the ES&S iVotronic, offers his insights on reports of straight-party voting problems on iVotronics in multiple North Carolina counties that allegedly benefit one party. Jones notes the human factors that can lead to apparent "vote-flipping,"...
NC: New allegation of voting machine malfunction in Meck*
http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13414420
MATTHEWS, NC (WBTV) - For the second time in three days, Republicans in Matthews say there's been trouble at the early voting location at the town's library.
The GOP says several people at that location have tried to vote straight Republican, only to find when they reviewed their vote that the machine said they were voting straight Democrat.
...
One complaint in Matthews came on Wednesday and the other on Friday. In both cases the Mecklenburg Board of Elections says they checked the voting machine that was being complained about and it appeared to be working fine.
The board of elections says in both cases the machines were recalibrated just to be safe.
NY: Bloomberg Hanging On Chads
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/10/bloomberg-hanging-on-chads.html
... here's what Bloomberg said yesterday: "I think one of the great disgraces and one of the things that's hurting democracy is this new voting system. To not have a computer system, to go back to chads and paper, is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard."
OH: How & why we have filed racketeering charges against Karl Rove's election operations. http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2010/3981
Ohio election attorney Cliff Arnebeck has filed a two-count complaint against The Partnership for Ohio's Future, an affiliate of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
UT: Utah voting machines left unattended in lobby -- even after authorities were notified*http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/10/utah-voting-machines.html Windley, who co-founded iMall with a partner in the late '90s and sold it to Excite for $450 million, isn't so sure the lack of memory cards make unattended voting machines incapable of being tampered. "I disagree with Hogensen," he told The Times via e-mail. "There are many ways the machines could be compromised without the memory cards. Updating the firmware, for example or installing a card skimmer [that writes rather than reads]."
Internet Voting Watch
DC: In D.C.'s Web voting test, the hackers were the good guys(xposted) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-opinions/2010/10/in_dcs_web_voting_test_the_hac.html Even companies such as Google, with vast resources and expertise, have been unable to protect themselves from remote penetration attacks from China. There is no reason to believe that states and localities can do better.
National
Handy tools to help Americans vote
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-tools-to-help-americans-vote.html
Overseas Vote Foundation OVF's Susan speaks out -- again -- on the MOVE Act on local TX radio show. Overseas listeners should DOWNLOAD to listen. http://ht.ly/31wIa
PRB Show - Ballot boxing: The problem with electronic voting machines (video)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/video/ballot-boxing-the-problem-with-electronic-voting-machines/4746/ Ten years and billions of tax dollars later, the way America votes is still something of a mess. It's vulnerable to human error, hardware and software crashes and, yes, bad-guy hackers. We asked Need to Know correspondent Rick Karr to investigate.
(Interviews Ed Felton, Andrew Appel, Larry Norden report, mention of Verified Voting database, and praise to Minnesota.)
2010 Election Watch: Security of Your Electronic Voting Machine
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/security-of-your-electronic-voting-machine?src=rss#fbIndex 1 This November voters will confront a dizzying array of systems that employ scanners, touchscreens, even audio recordings. Here's your guide to today's voting booth.
THE UNDEAD UNDEAD VOTER CLAIM
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/017683.html#more
Such "false positives" -- improper assumptions that two people with the same listed information are actually the same person -- are far more statistically common than most people think, even when the matching exercise isn't sloppy. But conclusions from a "match" aren't the only issue. Sometimes the "dead voter" isn't dead. Sometimes she didn't vote. Follow-through on wild claims, it appears, is an even more effective way to whittle down the zombie voter hordes than a shotgun.
Brennan Center - Investigator's Guide to "Voter Fraud"
http://brennan.3cdn.net/825822846f649d6d5c_0cm6bxcba.pdf
We urge reporters, analysts, advocates, and scholars interested in the election process to ask the following questions when confronting a claim that voter fraud has occurred.
http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2010/10/29/1226 In an open communication, Douglas Jones, a world-renown voting technology expert who has done extensive study of the ES&S iVotronic, offers his insights on reports of straight-party voting problems on iVotronics in multiple North Carolina counties that allegedly benefit one party. Jones notes the human factors that can lead to apparent "vote-flipping,"...
NC: New allegation of voting machine malfunction in Meck*
http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13414420
MATTHEWS, NC (WBTV) - For the second time in three days, Republicans in Matthews say there's been trouble at the early voting location at the town's library.
The GOP says several people at that location have tried to vote straight Republican, only to find when they reviewed their vote that the machine said they were voting straight Democrat.
...
One complaint in Matthews came on Wednesday and the other on Friday. In both cases the Mecklenburg Board of Elections says they checked the voting machine that was being complained about and it appeared to be working fine.
The board of elections says in both cases the machines were recalibrated just to be safe.
NY: Bloomberg Hanging On Chads
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/10/bloomberg-hanging-on-chads.html
... here's what Bloomberg said yesterday: "I think one of the great disgraces and one of the things that's hurting democracy is this new voting system. To not have a computer system, to go back to chads and paper, is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard."
OH: How & why we have filed racketeering charges against Karl Rove's election operations. http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2010/3981
Ohio election attorney Cliff Arnebeck has filed a two-count complaint against The Partnership for Ohio's Future, an affiliate of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
UT: Utah voting machines left unattended in lobby -- even after authorities were notified*http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/10/utah-voting-machines.html Windley, who co-founded iMall with a partner in the late '90s and sold it to Excite for $450 million, isn't so sure the lack of memory cards make unattended voting machines incapable of being tampered. "I disagree with Hogensen," he told The Times via e-mail. "There are many ways the machines could be compromised without the memory cards. Updating the firmware, for example or installing a card skimmer [that writes rather than reads]."
Internet Voting Watch
DC: In D.C.'s Web voting test, the hackers were the good guys(xposted) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-opinions/2010/10/in_dcs_web_voting_test_the_hac.html Even companies such as Google, with vast resources and expertise, have been unable to protect themselves from remote penetration attacks from China. There is no reason to believe that states and localities can do better.
National
Handy tools to help Americans vote
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-tools-to-help-americans-vote.html
Overseas Vote Foundation OVF's Susan speaks out -- again -- on the MOVE Act on local TX radio show. Overseas listeners should DOWNLOAD to listen. http://ht.ly/31wIa
PRB Show - Ballot boxing: The problem with electronic voting machines (video)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/video/ballot-boxing-the-problem-with-electronic-voting-machines/4746/ Ten years and billions of tax dollars later, the way America votes is still something of a mess. It's vulnerable to human error, hardware and software crashes and, yes, bad-guy hackers. We asked Need to Know correspondent Rick Karr to investigate.
(Interviews Ed Felton, Andrew Appel, Larry Norden report, mention of Verified Voting database, and praise to Minnesota.)
2010 Election Watch: Security of Your Electronic Voting Machine
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/security-of-your-electronic-voting-machine?src=rss#fbIndex 1 This November voters will confront a dizzying array of systems that employ scanners, touchscreens, even audio recordings. Here's your guide to today's voting booth.
THE UNDEAD UNDEAD VOTER CLAIM
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/017683.html#more
Such "false positives" -- improper assumptions that two people with the same listed information are actually the same person -- are far more statistically common than most people think, even when the matching exercise isn't sloppy. But conclusions from a "match" aren't the only issue. Sometimes the "dead voter" isn't dead. Sometimes she didn't vote. Follow-through on wild claims, it appears, is an even more effective way to whittle down the zombie voter hordes than a shotgun.
Brennan Center - Investigator's Guide to "Voter Fraud"
http://brennan.3cdn.net/825822846f649d6d5c_0cm6bxcba.pdf
We urge reporters, analysts, advocates, and scholars interested in the election process to ask the following questions when confronting a claim that voter fraud has occurred.
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