NY: Trouble Ahead For Minor Parties With New Voting System?
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/09/trouble-ahead-for-minor-partie.html
The focus is on the primaries right now, but a quirk in the way some ballots will be counted with the new computerized machines could cost the three minor political parties votes in the Nov. 2 general election, our Frank Lombardi reports..
NY: Minor parties in N.Y. face major tests this election
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100912/NEWS01/9120360/1002/NEWS
TN: Truth Will Out. Let It.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/truth-will-out-let-it/Content?oid=2288324
What is undeniable, as we have previously said, is that there was inexcusable carelessness on the part of the commission and its employees in permitting the certifiable reality of at least one major election-day glitch
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But that screw-up cast doubt on the entire process of voting in Shelby County and will fuel distrust and animosity for years to come, regardless of how the ongoing litigation turns out. There must be reforms -- and serious ones -- to ensure that in the future there is no repetition of the confusion left in the wake of this election.
http://america20xy.com/blog6/2010/09/12/houston-voting-irregularities-could-impact-general-election/
WI: State resolves overseas ballot issue
http://www.wrn.com/2010/09/state-resolves-overseas-ballot-issue/
Wisconsin voters living overseas will have until November 19th to return ballots for the state's November 2nd general election,
Internet Voting Watch
Online voting - or the horse-and-cart option?
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/online-voting--or-the-horseandcart-option-20100910-1543g.html...
Having just gone through an election where it has taken two weeks to get to only 85 odd per cent of the vote counted, the idea of an online ballot is looking pretty attractive for a public put through the electoral wringer.
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The problem for online voting is a difficult and possibly unresolvable one. It all boils down to the problem of how do you prove who you are online? Histories can be deleted, IP addresses could be used by different people, and multiple email addresses easily created. There are options, using passport numbers or some such, but it's a tricky one.
National
Opinion: the sordid world of electronic voting
http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-the-sordid-world-of-electronic-voting-21037.html
A few months ago, news came out that serious security problems had been found in the machines used for electronic voting in India.
This research was lead by Hari K. Prasad who demonstrated the vulnerability of these machines showing how voting results and voting records could both be altered.
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The harrowing part of this tale is not of the potential for wide scale fraud, but of what happened after this research was announced. Hari Prasad was arrested by the Indian police, and taken from his home to Mumbai, a 14 hour drive away...
"Why We Need Open Source Electronic Voting Systems"
Bryan Sivak at GOV2.0 Summit 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kZdMXkx1Y&feature=player_embedded
Gov 2.0 Summit 2010 website
http://www.gov2summit.com/gov2010
Fair Courts at Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/opinion/10fri2.html?_r=1
"Left unaddressed, the perception that justice is for sale will undermine the rule of law that the courts are supposed to uphold," Sandra Day O'Connor, the retired Supreme Court justice, wrote in a foreword to the report. The fight for basic reforms, such as switching from judicial elections to a merit-based appointive system, and adopting tough rules barring judges from ruling in cases involving major financial supporters, must be pursued with fresh urgency.
International
Afghanistan: US govt watchdog: Deep problems plague Afghan vote
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vJGljIu7bpEh3P2uECEwD9I6E92O0http://tinyurl.com/278skfu The 2009 presidential vote took months to resolve as allegations of ballot-box stuffing and results tampering poured in to observer groups. A U.N.-backed anti-fraud watchdog group eventually threw out a third of Karzai's votes, forcing the incumbent into a runoff.
Afghanistan: Poll violence, fraud could fuel anger against Karzai, U.S.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/12/100431/poll-violence-fraud-could-fuel.html
...f the polls are marred -- as many fear -- by a repetition of the bloodshed and fraud of August 2009, popular anger could intensify against the corruption-tainted government and against Western-style democracy.
Australia: THE OFFICIAL 2010 FEDERAL ELECTION RESULTS
http://vtr.aec.gov.au/Default.htm
The two party preferred count is 89.10% complete.
...The election results on this website were last updated at 12/09/2010 11:53:15 AM.
This website was last published at 13/09/2010 8:28:58 AM.
India: Centre, EC''s case against Hyd engineer bogus: Janata Party
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/centre-ecs-case-against-hyd-engineer-bogus-janata-party/315856.html
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