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Voting News: Can Internet Voting withstand public test? Can S. Carolina 'count on machines?'

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Canada: Voting "hiccup" in Cobourgz8 *
http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2805160
COBOURG -- A problem with one of 13 voting computer servers operated by Intelivote affected Internet and telephone municipal voting for about five minutes in Cobourg shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, says company president Dean Smith.

The Nova Scotian company is handling municipal election voting at this time for 34 Ontario municipalities including Cobourg, Smith said in an interview. Monday was Cobourg's first day.

What happened to people attempting to use their PIN (personal identification number) to vote when the system "shut down" about 10:11 a.m. was to "spit them out:" with a message either stating on the computer screen or over the telephone that they were "experiencing technical problems" and to try again, he said. Attempting again would put them onto one of the other dozen servers and they could proceed to vote, Smith said.

DC: Flaws in D.C.'s online voting system should serve as a warning to all states*
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/18/AR2010101804529.html
Verified Voting, a nonprofit that works to ensure reliable elections, called the District's experiment "a visceral demonstration of just how serious the threats really are."
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D.C. officials shouldn't be embarrassed, because their willingness to have a public test is an important wake-up call about the potential dangers of Internet voting. States rushing to implement online voting should pause, lest they put the nation's elections at risk.

National

India e-voting researcher Hari Prasad is 1 of the winners of 2010 EFF Pioneer award
https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer

Public Citizen Unveils Database to Track Record Amounts of Secret Money Being Funneled Into November Electionshttp://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=4542

10 years after Bush v. Gore, new concerns about voting
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-10-19-1Avoting19_CV_N.htm

Electoral Coup d'Etats
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Electoral-Coup-d-Etats-by-Stephen-Lendman-101018-594.html

The Risk of Voter Suppression
Are election fraud watchdogs crossing the line?
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/po_20101018_7902.php

OUTREACH
Americans still have time to vote

http://www.yucatanliving.com/daily-life/americans-still-have-time-to-vote.htm

Online Ballots Can Help Overseas Votes Count
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61332 For anxious voters, an alternative to mailed ballots is a few mouse-clicks away. New York and Illinois ballots -- and those of 29 other states -- are available online at the voting assistance program's website, http://www.fvap.gov.

STARS & STRIPES Guest Column They protect democracy. Let's protect their votes
http://www.stripes.com/they-protect-democracy-let-s-protect-their-votes-1.122167

Military and Overseas Voters Are Still Routinely Disenfranchised(Guest Voice)
http://southcapitolstreet.com/2010/10/15/military-and-overseas-voters-are-still-routinely-disenfranchised-guest-voice/

ABC NEWS Absentee Ballots Mailed Late to Overseas Voters
Federal Government Cracking Down on States that Miss Ballot Deadlines
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/absentee-ballots-mailed-late-overseas-voters/story?id=11891603&page=2

Election Protection is the country's largest non-partisan coalition that includes the 866-OUR-VOTE and 888-Ve-Y-Vota national voter hotline,as well as a field program in critical locations. Volunteers must attend in-person a brief training session and are asked to sign up for a several hour shift. Volunteers are particularly needed for the first shift as most problems occur in the early morning. Materials will be provided. To volunteer, please sign-up directly at
http://signup.lawyerscommittee.org/t/5631/signUp.jsp?key=2983

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