OH: Ohio Secretary of State's settlement with Premier/Diebold, ES&S, DIMS
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/PressReleases/2010/2010-08-11.aspx
COLUMBUS, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced Wednesday that a multi-million dollar settlement has been reached with Premier Election Solutions that could benefit more than half of Ohio's county boards of elections with direct one-time payments and free licensing, equipment and discounted services.
OH: Former Diebold e-voting unit settles Ohio lawsuit
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voting_unit_settles_Ohio_lawsuit http://tinyurl.com/36uaprl
Premier Election Solutions will pay cash, equipment and discounts to settle suit over dropped votes in '08 primary
PA: VotePA Calls For Withdrawal of Challenges to Candidates
http://www.votepa.us/newsarchive/2010/PetitionChallenge8-11-2010.html
August 11, 2010 -- VotePA announced today that it is urging both major political parties and their candidates to withdraw legal challenges filed this week against the nomination papers of third party and independent candidates, unless the challengers are claiming willful election fraud.
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2010/08/12/when-a-memphis-election-goes-off-without-a-hitch-that-will-be-the-shocker/ The fact that the wrong voter file was loaded into the system (and I am receiving reports that people who did NOT EVEN VOTE IN MAY were affected by this problem) shows incompetence from the EC
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Bill Gibbons had to call in the TBI because HE was one of the affected voters, folks, and as such could not investigate it.
TN: Cohen Did The Right Thing Bringing in the DOJ, This is Officially FUBAR
http://leftwingcracker.blogspot.com/2010/08/cohen-did-right-thing-bringing-in-doj.html There was a meeting Wednesday night at the IBEW Hall on Madison, and nearly 500 people showed up to sign affidavits and tell their stories about voting problems on Election Day
TN: Electoral Foul Play or Incompetence Alleged*
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/12/29526.htm
Candidates Minerva Johnican and Regina Newman sued the Shelby County Election Commission, with co-plaintiff Lexie Carter, a voter. They want the Election Commission to hand over all the data gathered and equipment used during the elections for an independent review.
According to the complaint, the Election Committee Chairman Bill Giannini acknowledged that an estimated 5,000 voters were turned away on Election Day.
TN: Cohen's Call for DOJ Probe of Voting Snafu Climaxes First Protest Meeting
http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2010/08/12/cohens-call-for-doj-probe-of-voting-snafu-climaxes-first-protest-meeting
[article goes into more detail on assortment of election problems]
WA: Voters taking their time getting ballots in mail
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100812/NEWS01/708129939&news01ad=1
But officials say most people wait until the last minute to submit ballots
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EVT/WOTE '10 : Panel on India's Electronic Voting Machine
http://ergodicity.net/2010/08/09/evtwote-10-panel-on-indias-electronic-voting-machine/
Panel on Indian Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)
Moderator: Joseph Lorenzo Hall, University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University. Panelists: P.V. Indiresan, Former Director, IIT-Madras; G.V.L Narasimha Rao, Citizens for Verifiability, Transparency, and Accountability in Elections, VeTA; Alok Shukla, Election Commission of India; J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan
More than Just Waivers: State Compliance with the MOVE Act
https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/MOVE_Act_waivers Based on the responses received and our contact with election officials at all levels including the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), we think current condemnation of the states' implementation fails to grasp the bigger picture of legislative movement that is currently taking place.
The MOVE Act in the News: Our Take
https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/MOVE_Act_in_the_news
Yes, we should indeed still be debating the impact of the MOVE Act, but not because the Department of Justice is failing to punish states for not acting fast enough. We should keep talking about it because too many people are ignorant of the nitty-gritty details of how elections are run and those details do influence the behavior of voters and non-voters.
Overseas Vote Foundation - Want to track overseas voting news in 2010?Don't forget to check in with our overseas voting newswire. http://ht.ly/2onNk
Your vote counts: ballots free via express mail
http://www.mildenhall.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123217216
American citizens stationed or living overseas can use U.S. Postal Service express mail for free to send their official absentee voting ballots back to the United States.
DNC uses open-source software to ease voter registration
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/113975-democrats-going-open-source
The Democratic National Committee launched a new website Thursday that showcases the party's open-source software efforts and offers easy access to voter registration tools for campaigns and state parties.
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