NM: Computer glitch disrupts early voting* (voter registration database)
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1811041.shtml?cat=500
Elections officials in Dona Ana, San Juan and Santa Fe counties say early voting was delayed at some locations Tuesday evening because poll workers weren't able to access the statewide voter registration system.
The county officials blamed the secretary of state's office for the expiration of a security certificate, which is needed for a secure online connection with the voter registration system.
NY: At the Polls, With Fingers Crossed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28thurs4.html?_r=1 The list of failures by New York City's inept Board of Elections just keeps growing. The primary election was chaotic, with long waits and workers who had not been trained to use the new optical scanner voting machines.
PA: Ballot Controversy Stirs Up Problems* (absentee by mail applications)
http://www.wfmz.com/bucksnews/25542505/detail.html Local Republicans say the county's Board of Elections has been flooded with hundreds of false applications for absentee ballots.
...
The letters telling voters to apply for an absentee ballot were sent by a group called PA Victory 2010. And according to a petition filed by Republicans with the board of election, when the applications were returned, only two people were allowed to pick up the applications from a post office box; A volunteer working for Congressman Patrick Murphy and a Murphy campaign manager.
...
"If they had sent the mailing right to the court house we wouldn't have half this problem," said Poprik.
PA: Ballot war raging in Bucks
Absentee ballot drive, tossed ballots fuel charges in congressional race.
http://articles.mcall.com/2010-10-27/news/mc-bucks-congress-absentee-ballots-20101027_1_absentee-ballot-ballot-requests-ballot-war
SC: Voting Machines Not So Reliable
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/oct/27/voting-machines-not-so-reliable-ar-1019003/
South Carolina has been using the Ivotronic touch screen system for the past 6 years but Dr. Duncan Buell, a computer science professor at the University of South Carolina said the software has many flaws.
SC: Skeptics say voting machines, may not be reliable
http://www2.counton2.com/news/2010/oct/28/skeptics-say-voting-machines-may-not-be-reliable-ar-1022441/
"The bottom line is we just don't know. Every time one of the machines is opened up by computer systems specialists they have been unhappy with what they have seen," said Dr. Duncan Buell, a Computer Science Professor at the University of South Carolina.
TN: Editorial: Election integrity
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/oct/28/editorial-election-integrity/
Election errors necessarily call into question the current system of election management in Tennessee, where the party that holds the majority of seats in the state House and Senate also winds up with majority control of county election commissions.
TX: We've come a long way in protecting votes of Texas military personnel abroad
click here
votes_of_texas_military_personnel_abroad_105907353.html
http://tinyurl.com/36w78ev
UT: E-Voting Systems Left Unattended at UT Poll Site
County clerk misleads public about dangers of tampering...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8155 Nine voting machines were left unsecured in an office building overnight in northwest Lehi.
VA: Richmond registrar warns voters of possible ID scam* (tricks)
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/oct/27/kirkgat27-ar-591355/
Warning of possible fraud, Richmond's registrar Kirk Showalter said yesterday that someone has been going door-to-door in Richmond soliciting sensitive information in the guise of registering people to vote.
VA: Slow computer system may cause problems on election day
Local registrars say the state system is running very slow.
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-story-election-issues-102710,0,1659189.story
WI: 12K+ Removed From State's Voter Registration List
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/oct/28/12k-removed-states-voter-registration-list/
That's after their personal information was not identical on the various government databases and they did not respond to two requests by mail to straighten things out.
Internet Voting Watch
Canada: 'Streamlined' voting system backfires in some areas* (video available)
http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101027/voting-system-fails-stratford-101027/20101027/?hub=SWOHome One voter says "I got along fine with it but I had to try my computer twice, and I have friends in my building that they couldn't get it to work at all."
...
Shaw says "We understand it was a company-wide situation and there was a number of municipalities that had to do the same thing Stratford did, and that was extend the voting."
The server glitch left some unable to vote, like one resident who says "My wife had just voted online, I went to vote, couldn't get in, so I never got to vote."
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1811041.shtml?cat=500
Elections officials in Dona Ana, San Juan and Santa Fe counties say early voting was delayed at some locations Tuesday evening because poll workers weren't able to access the statewide voter registration system.
The county officials blamed the secretary of state's office for the expiration of a security certificate, which is needed for a secure online connection with the voter registration system.
NY: At the Polls, With Fingers Crossed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28thurs4.html?_r=1 The list of failures by New York City's inept Board of Elections just keeps growing. The primary election was chaotic, with long waits and workers who had not been trained to use the new optical scanner voting machines.
PA: Ballot Controversy Stirs Up Problems* (absentee by mail applications)
http://www.wfmz.com/bucksnews/25542505/detail.html Local Republicans say the county's Board of Elections has been flooded with hundreds of false applications for absentee ballots.
...
The letters telling voters to apply for an absentee ballot were sent by a group called PA Victory 2010. And according to a petition filed by Republicans with the board of election, when the applications were returned, only two people were allowed to pick up the applications from a post office box; A volunteer working for Congressman Patrick Murphy and a Murphy campaign manager.
...
"If they had sent the mailing right to the court house we wouldn't have half this problem," said Poprik.
Absentee ballot drive, tossed ballots fuel charges in congressional race.
http://articles.mcall.com/2010-10-27/news/mc-bucks-congress-absentee-ballots-20101027_1_absentee-ballot-ballot-requests-ballot-war
SC: Voting Machines Not So Reliable
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/oct/27/voting-machines-not-so-reliable-ar-1019003/
South Carolina has been using the Ivotronic touch screen system for the past 6 years but Dr. Duncan Buell, a computer science professor at the University of South Carolina said the software has many flaws.
SC: Skeptics say voting machines, may not be reliable
http://www2.counton2.com/news/2010/oct/28/skeptics-say-voting-machines-may-not-be-reliable-ar-1022441/
"The bottom line is we just don't know. Every time one of the machines is opened up by computer systems specialists they have been unhappy with what they have seen," said Dr. Duncan Buell, a Computer Science Professor at the University of South Carolina.
TN: Editorial: Election integrity
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/oct/28/editorial-election-integrity/
Election errors necessarily call into question the current system of election management in Tennessee, where the party that holds the majority of seats in the state House and Senate also winds up with majority control of county election commissions.
TX: We've come a long way in protecting votes of Texas military personnel abroad
click here
votes_of_texas_military_personnel_abroad_105907353.html
http://tinyurl.com/36w78ev
UT: E-Voting Systems Left Unattended at UT Poll Site
County clerk misleads public about dangers of tampering...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8155 Nine voting machines were left unsecured in an office building overnight in northwest Lehi.
VA: Richmond registrar warns voters of possible ID scam* (tricks)
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/oct/27/kirkgat27-ar-591355/
Warning of possible fraud, Richmond's registrar Kirk Showalter said yesterday that someone has been going door-to-door in Richmond soliciting sensitive information in the guise of registering people to vote.
VA: Slow computer system may cause problems on election day
Local registrars say the state system is running very slow.
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-story-election-issues-102710,0,1659189.story
WI: 12K+ Removed From State's Voter Registration List
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/oct/28/12k-removed-states-voter-registration-list/
That's after their personal information was not identical on the various government databases and they did not respond to two requests by mail to straighten things out.
Internet Voting Watch
Canada: 'Streamlined' voting system backfires in some areas* (video available)
http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101027/voting-system-fails-stratford-101027/20101027/?hub=SWOHome One voter says "I got along fine with it but I had to try my computer twice, and I have friends in my building that they couldn't get it to work at all."
...
Shaw says "We understand it was a company-wide situation and there was a number of municipalities that had to do the same thing Stratford did, and that was extend the voting."
The server glitch left some unable to vote, like one resident who says "My wife had just voted online, I went to vote, couldn't get in, so I never got to vote."
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