August 6, 2009 Mary Mancini... Although we may know, because of the systems in place that you describe, that the number of votes cast match the number of people who came in to vote, we don t know how each of those votes is being counted.
http://www.liberadio.com/2009/08/06/poll-workers-are-not-equipped-to-reconcile-or-verify-precinct-election-results/
TN. There's nothing wrong with voting machines (defense of paperless voting)
August 5, 2009
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090805/OPINION02/90804055/1008/OPINION01/There%E2%80%99s+nothing+wrong+with+voting+machines
TN. With support lacking, Knox County convenience voting in jeopardy
Aug 6. ..The approach would eschew the city's 52 precinct polls by allowing city voters to cast ballots at any one of 10 centrally located voting centers during a 20-day window culminating on Sept. 22 and Nov. 3 election days
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/aug/06/with-support-lacking-knox-convenience-voting-in/
WI. City will help voters clear up registration records
8/05/2009 Staff from the city clerk's office will assist city voters who've received notice from the state that their registration records don't jibe with motor vehicle or Social Security information.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/460894
A money crunch may deter some counties from enjoying the added convenience of satellite voting. This year, West Virginia lawmakers passed a law allowing counties to establish early voting at locations throughout the state. However, no money was appropriated, so counties have to pay for it.
http://www.timeswv.com/editorials/local_story_216010753.html
US. What Will GOTV Look Like Ten Years From Now?
...But if campaigns are going to devote time and energy to such a "Get-Out-the-Early-Vote operation, what will that look like?
http://whatareyoulookingatpolitics.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-will-gotv-look-like-ten-years-from.html
US. 44 Years After Landmark Act, Voting Rights Still Needed
Aug 6. Brennan Center for Justice.
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act, passed to reverse the Jim Crow laws, which effectively denied African Americans the right to vote for decades.
http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/44_years_after_landmark_act_voting_rights_still_needed/#When:14:00:00Z
US. Progress Reports on Election Reform and Voter Registration
Two reports review the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 and state-level election reform across the United States. The first report, released by Project Vote, examines the implementation of the NVRA, focusing on registration methods and the progress that has yet to be made.I n the second report, from the Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University, researchers review the election process across the United States.
http://www.electionreformproject.org/Features/77f88e39-01ee-4b39-99fa-507f12b9b9ba/r1/Detail.aspx
US. EAC Certifies Premier Assure 1.2 Voting System
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today certified the Assure 1.2 voting system by Premier Election Solutions, which includes optical-scan and direct recording electronic device (DRE) technology, to the 2002 Voting System Standards. It is the third voting system to achieve federal certification under the EAC Voting System Testing and Certification Program....Six voting systems remain in EAC's Testing and Certification Program.
http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-certifies-premier-assure-1-2-voting-system/base_view
India. Poll panel convenes all-party meeting on voting machine
New Delhi, Aug 6 The Election Commission has convened an all-party meeting Friday to discuss the issue of the effectiveness of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) following doubts about their credibility from various quarters.
http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a70179.html
Jaya quotes US expert, wants EVMs scrapped
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jaya-quotes-us-expert-wants-evms-scrapped_1280008
Jaya blames EVMs for poll boycott
06 Aug 2009 CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Wednesday observed that her party s boycott of the coming by-elections was''to ensure that democracy in its true sense is brought back to the State.
In a statement, the former chief minister, reiterated that the electronic voting machines could be tampered with. ''In a democracy, every voter should know whether the vote cast has gone to the candidate or party it was meant for. In the absence of such certainty, the entire democratic process would be rendered a mockery. It is to ensure that democracy in its true sense is brought back that AIADMK decided to boycott the by-polls. http://shrinkurl.com/IndiaEVMs
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