Thoughts on UOCAVA Voting
Ronald L. Rivest, Viterbi Professor of EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA
UOCAVA Workshop 2010-08-06
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/UOCAVA/2010/Presentations/RIVEST_2010-08-05-uocava.pdf
How should soldiers and overseas citizens best exercise their right to vote?
Overseas Voters from 9 U.S. States May Use Scytl's Online Solution
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100805005881&newsLang=en
[Scytl involved in Finnish election, see "Finnish Court Dismisses E-Voting Result"
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/11/1924213]
http://floridavoterscoalition.blogspot.com/2010/08/victory-in-florida-for-tighter-cyber.html In an email yesterday to Florida Voters, Department of State Communications Director, Jennifer Krell Davis wrote:
"The Department does not intend to expand the use of electronic transmission of voted ballots."
OR: E-voting? Not ready yet (The Oregonian Editorial Board)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/e-voting_not_ready_yet.html
There are still legitimate security concerns with any e-voting system. We continue to maintain that no election jurisdiction, including the Oregon secretary of state's office, should allow online voting until such systems allow for a paper audit trail that includes a digitally signed receipt of each vote.
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Secretary of State Kate Brown rightly fears that e-voting could be susceptible to computer hacking and fraud. Yet she and other elections officials should remain open to the possibility as other countries and states experiment with online voting.
National
Upcoming Primaries: Last Chance to Vote States
https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/blog/36
Overseas Vote Foundation. Connecticut August 10, Minnesota August 10, Colorado August 10, Wyoming August 17 Washington August 17
Ex-lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti charged with campaign-finance fraud
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080504416.html
The developments mark the latest chapter in the saga of PMA, whose success in securing funding for often-obscure defense contractors spawned the criminal probe and a recently completed House ethics inquiry. PMA's clients gained more than $200 million in federal earmarks from a roster of lawmakers,
Indicted PMA Group Boss Paul Magliocchetti Spread Wealth to Dozens of Politicians
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/08/indicted-pma-group-boss-paul-maglio.html
Paul Magliocchetti, the former head of now-defunct lobbying shop PMA Group, was indicted Thursday in federal court on charges he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions.
International
Clinton Pledges US Backing for Nigerian Electoral Process, VOA (2010)
http://aceproject.org/regions-en/countries-and-territories/NG/news/clinton-pledges-us-backing-for-nigerian-electoral?set_language=en
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the administration is prepared to assist Nigeria in holding the presidential election in 2011
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