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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
E-votes not private
Two Ohio activists have discovered that e-voting machines made by Election Systems and Software and used across the country produce time-stamped paper trails that permit the reconstruction of an election's results--including allowing voter names to be matched to their actual votes.

Sunday, July 8, 2007
Vote-by-Mail Doesn't Deliver
Thanks to Oregon's experience, some are eager to adopt all-mail elections and abandon polling place voting. This may be unwise. Reasons: First class mail, discriminates against low-income communities and dense urban areas Effect on voter turnout is at best neutral, but may favor affluent voters. Is more susceptible to corruption than voting at polling places Is amenable to manipulation by election officials