http://www.mountainx.com/news/2010/buncombe_county_board_of_elections_completes_week-long_vote_tally
NC: Instant runoff flop
http://www.news-record.com/blog/54431/entry/106453 Well, it's still not settled -- belying the "instant" component of this hare-brained scheme.
NC: Hearing Held in Lawsuit by Voters in Kinston, North Carolina, Who Want Non-Partisan City Elections http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/12/07/hearing-held-in-lawsuit-by-voters-in-kinston-north-carolina-who-want-non-partisan-city-elections/
On December 3, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates, a Bush Jr. appointee, held a hearing in Laroque v Holder, 10-0561. The case is in federal court in Washington, D.C.
NY: Johnson to appeal ruling of Martins victory
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/johnson-to-appeal-ruling-of-martins-victory-1.2522022
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/altschuler_concedes_house_race_suffolk
Although initial returns showed Bishop the winner, additional votes were later discovered that gave Altschuler the edge. But when absentee and affidavit ballots were counted, Bishop regained the lead.
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There were calls for a hand recount, but the Suffolk County Board of Elections conducted an audit of 3 percent of the voting machines, found that they had performed without error and certified the election.
NY: City, town officials balk at paying election costs
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101207/NEWS/12070325/-1/SITEMAP (Goshen)
NY: New York, NY - Bloomberg: New Voting Machines Are Worse Than Paper Ballots
http://www.vosizneias.com/70620/2010/12/07/new-york-ny-bloomberg-new-voting-machines-are-worse-than-paper-ballots/
NY: How Do You Lose Nearly 200,000 Votes? (podcast available)
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2010/dec/07/lose-nearly-200000-votes/
On today's Brian Lehrer Show, Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent for The New York Times, talks about the discovery of nearly 200,000 unreported votes from the mid-term elections.
OH: Election lawsuit looming? County commish race in court? (Lucas County)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=506Da8YyPzc
Republican candidate George Sarantou is marshaling his political forces behind an effort to find out whether hundreds of provisional ballots were properly included in the recent vote certification...
TX: Harris Co. voter registration changes cause a stir
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Department-of-Justice-Looks-Into-Harris-County-Voter-Registration-Changes-111410974.html new process for newly naturalized systems might not include voter registration
WI: Few faults found with Waukesha County clerk's election system
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/111555214.html Among the recommendations from Internal Audit Manager Lori Schubert: assigning different IDs and passwords to three employees who now use the same one; never connecting certain PCs to the county network or Internet; and storing periodic back-up of programming data in some place other than the courthouse.
Internet Voting Watch
Barbara Simons on internet voting (presentation slides available)
click here
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http://tinyurl.com/24sg6vk There are a plethora of powerful technologies that make Internet voting inherently unsafe.
'ALL-OUT CYBER WAR' OVER WIKILEAKS
Extraordinary battle underscores serious threats to our very democracy, in more ways than one.. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8237 Despite the proven ability of a small group of hackers to take down several of the most secure financial sites in the universe, with ease, in what appears to be incredibly short notice, there remain those who believe that voting over the Internet and e-voting at local polling places, can be carried out safely and securely --- even with, often, trillions of dollars riding on the outcome of such elections.
Leaked Cables: Chinese Hackers Used Microsoft Source Code To Attack Google & US Governmenthttp://www.networkworld.com/community/node/69455
WikiLeaks cables have shown that Chinese security firms, with ties to the Chinese military, hired hackers, including the group responsible for the original Blaster worm, to exploit Windows vulnerabilities, attack Google and conduct cyber warfare against U.S. government websites.
Symantec Predicts 2011 Security Trends
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373894,00.asp
Given the "huge sums of money available to criminal enterprises at low risk of prosecution," Symantec predicts further attacks on non-PC devices, possibly smartphones, electronic voting systems, or power grid controllers.
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