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Voting News: CNN analysis of US election accuracy. NY Primary vote problems update

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NE: 13 say they weren't allowed to vote*
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100929/NEWS01/709309853#13-say-they-weren-t-allowed-to-vote

NY: Elections Chief Attacks Reports of Primary Day Chaos
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/nyregion/30machines.html?_r=2
City election officials on Wednesday gave their first public accounting of the problems that occurred during the primary this month and, while acknowledging missteps, they vigorously and sometimes heatedly defended their handling of the transition to electronic machines from lever-operated voting booths.

NY: The Board of Elections Blames the Mayor
http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2010/09/29/the-board-of-elections-blames-the-mayor/
"There is no cheap way to run an election," Commissioner J.R. Polanco told the senators at the downtown Manhattan hearing. He said the board had asked for $16 million to conduct public education on the new system but received $10 million less.

NY: Lawmaker Calls for Critique of New Voting Machines
County Legislator Edwin Day says there needs to be confidence in voting procedures.
http://newcity.patch.com/articles/lawmaker-calls-for-critique-of-new-voting-machines

OH: Secretary Brunner's Pilot "Vote Center" Concept Creates Significant Savings In Special Electionhttp://www.progressohio.org/blog/2010/09/secretary-brunners-pilot-vote-center-concept-creates-significant-savings-in-special-election.html

OR: State looking into election complaint
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100929/COMMUNITIES/9290385/1133
City reader board in front of library had candidate listed

TN: Ex-voting technician cites dismissal for election woes
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/sep/29/firing-cited-in-election-woes/
A former voting-machine technician for the Shelby County Election Commission says his dismissal last year contributed to problems in the disputed Aug. 5 election.
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But election administrator Richard Holden said Reeder was responsible for voting machines, not the electronic poll books.

WV: W.Va. GOP to deploy "Ballot Security Team"
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/squawkbox/2010/09/30/w-va-gop-to-deploy-ballot-security-team/

Internet Voting Watch

U.S. Voters Abroad Test Efforts To Expedite Balloting
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130209616
Hundreds of thousands of ballots from military and other overseas voters were never returned or counted in the 2008 U.S. election. But a new law requires states to send absentee ballots overseas at least 45 days in advance, and some states are now accepting votes via e-mail and fax.
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The Overseas Vote Foundation is recommending that anyone who sends their votes electronically also send a backup paper copy, just to be safe...

Canada: Online Voting
http://www.thehamiltonian.net/2010/09/online-voting.html Do you think this idea's time has come? Is Burlington one step ahead of us, or venturing into troubled water?

Canada: Internet voting seen as wave of the future
Technology may soon change the face of elections
http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Internet+voting+seen+wave+future/3600226/story.html

Canada: Cottagers can carry clout
http://thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2773123
With many townships moving to vote-by-mail or telephone and Internet voting, those thousands of seasonal residents have a lot of weight to throw around in local races.

Cyber Warfare On The Net
http://business.ezinemark.com/cyber-warfare-on-the-net-31847fc3459.html
Until the recent admission by Iran of a successful cyber attack on its nuclear power plant facilities, cyber warfare had not made serious inroads into the collective consciousness.

National

Analysis: Our votes are counted accurately -- aren't they?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/30/voting.machines/
By Dave Schechter, CNN Senior National Editor

Tools for Transbearency: Q&A Sites for Open Government
http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/09/30/tools-for-transbearency-question-answer-open-government/

Absentee Voting Week
http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/09/absentee-voting-week/
Starting this year, states are required to send their ballots out 45 days before the election, to send them out electronically (email, fax, online posting) if you ask for that, and the Military Postal System will Express Mail all ballots for overseas military personnel and their dependents overseas.

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