MN: Emmer talks recount for the first time since the election
http://www.mndaily.com/2010/11/09/emmer-talks-recount-first-time-election Emmer said he will let the process run its course in determining if his opponent Mark Dayton's 8,700 vote lead is legitimate.
NJ: Jury picked in AC councilman's vote fraud trial (absentee ballot fraud)
http://www.app.com/article/20101108/NEWS03/101108121/Jury-picked-in-AC-councilman-s-vote-fraud-trial
NM: Same-day registration would prevent future mishaps at polls
click here
prevent_future_mishaps_at_polls http://tinyurl.com/3789ezz
While NMPIRG acted within the letter of the law that requires them to submit forms within 48 hours of when they have been filled out, unfortunately they missed the other crucial deadline for the forms to have been processed in time for the Nov. 2 election...
(Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Bernalillo County Clerk
NV: Nevada Sec of State website received 34.6M hits on Election Night
http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=31520&n=122
NY: City Council Survey Reveals Depth Of Election Day Issues (podcast available)
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/09/city-council-survey-reveals-depth-of-election-day-issues/
A New York City Council survey showed that about one in three voters encountered problems in the general election.
NY: Court battle looms in outcome of NY House race
http://www.kvue.com/news/national/106983013.html
Bishop's camp says that because the outcome is so close, all 184,000-plus votes should be recounted. There are also over 10,000 uncounted absentee ballots.
NY: Bishop filing suit today seeking hand count of paper ballots
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/local-news-content/1091-bishop-filing-suit-today-seeking-hand-count-of-paper-ballots ...Poll inspectors confused by scanner reports?
...
Maybe or maybe not, according to a source at the Board of Elections, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity. "It could be a problem with the software, too," he said.
NY: L.I. Dems to Demand Vote Recount After Election Errors
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Dems-To-Demand-Vote-Recount-After-Election-Errors-106915918.html The effort follows a wild vote swing in Bishop's re-election bid against Republican challenger Randy Altschuler.
When the congressman went to bed election night, he had a more than thirty four hundred vote lead over Altschuler; but, after the numbers were checked late last week, Bishop's lead vanished. Altschuler now holds a 383 vote advantage.
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Thirty to forty percent of the election districts in this Congressional race had vote count errors, according to a county source.
OH: OH Touch-screen Vote-Flipping, From Dem to Libertarian, Caught by Student on iPhone Video http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8187
So will the GOP finally ban 100% unverifiable e-voting for 2012?...
No worries. The election officials in Stark County, OH say the Diebold touch-screen vote-flipping, as captured on iPhone video by voter and University of Akron freshman Ian Sanderson on Election Day last week, was just "an isolated incident"...
OR: Sen. Morse eyes ballot collection change
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_2714210c-eb07-11df-a70e-001cc4c03286.html
TX: Ballots to be recounted in tight Cameron County judge race
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/county-44311-judge-race.html
WA: Elections Workers Still Counting Spokane County Ballots
http://www.kxly.com/news/25677850/detail.html Spokane County Auditor Vicki Dalton said Monday several things need to happen to get results sooner.
...
Another issue is that voters need to fill in the ovals on their ballots correctly. This apparently was an issue this election year and is one reason twice as many ballots as usual are having to be duplicated by hand, which adds to the processing time.
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Approximately 30 election workers will work into next week duplicating more than 30,000 ballots.
Internet Voting Watch
WA: State not ready to take on online voting until testing shows it works
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/09/1433021/state-not-ready-to-take-on-online.html
Thurston County Auditor Kim Wyman said South Sound voters are hostile toward online voting. She discovered that when she held a series of community meetings when Thurston County was switching from punch card voting. The question was what election system to switch to.
At Argonne National Lab, closing the curtains on 'security theater'
http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/science-scope/at-argonne-national-lab-closing-the-curtains-on-security-theater/5167/ A VVPR isn't an absolute guarantee of election integrity, but it complicates things for would-be vote tamperers, and makes audits and recounts more believable.
Internet voting would be totally crazy at this point in our understanding of security.
http://www.mndaily.com/2010/11/09/emmer-talks-recount-first-time-election Emmer said he will let the process run its course in determining if his opponent Mark Dayton's 8,700 vote lead is legitimate.
NJ: Jury picked in AC councilman's vote fraud trial (absentee ballot fraud)
http://www.app.com/article/20101108/NEWS03/101108121/Jury-picked-in-AC-councilman-s-vote-fraud-trial
NM: Same-day registration would prevent future mishaps at polls
click here
prevent_future_mishaps_at_polls http://tinyurl.com/3789ezz
While NMPIRG acted within the letter of the law that requires them to submit forms within 48 hours of when they have been filled out, unfortunately they missed the other crucial deadline for the forms to have been processed in time for the Nov. 2 election...
(Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Bernalillo County Clerk
NV: Nevada Sec of State website received 34.6M hits on Election Night
http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=31520&n=122
NY: City Council Survey Reveals Depth Of Election Day Issues (podcast available)
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/09/city-council-survey-reveals-depth-of-election-day-issues/
A New York City Council survey showed that about one in three voters encountered problems in the general election.
NY: Court battle looms in outcome of NY House race
http://www.kvue.com/news/national/106983013.html
Bishop's camp says that because the outcome is so close, all 184,000-plus votes should be recounted. There are also over 10,000 uncounted absentee ballots.
NY: Bishop filing suit today seeking hand count of paper ballots
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/local-news-content/1091-bishop-filing-suit-today-seeking-hand-count-of-paper-ballots ...Poll inspectors confused by scanner reports?
...
Maybe or maybe not, according to a source at the Board of Elections, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity. "It could be a problem with the software, too," he said.
NY: L.I. Dems to Demand Vote Recount After Election Errors
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Dems-To-Demand-Vote-Recount-After-Election-Errors-106915918.html The effort follows a wild vote swing in Bishop's re-election bid against Republican challenger Randy Altschuler.
When the congressman went to bed election night, he had a more than thirty four hundred vote lead over Altschuler; but, after the numbers were checked late last week, Bishop's lead vanished. Altschuler now holds a 383 vote advantage.
...
Thirty to forty percent of the election districts in this Congressional race had vote count errors, according to a county source.
OH: OH Touch-screen Vote-Flipping, From Dem to Libertarian, Caught by Student on iPhone Video http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8187
So will the GOP finally ban 100% unverifiable e-voting for 2012?...
No worries. The election officials in Stark County, OH say the Diebold touch-screen vote-flipping, as captured on iPhone video by voter and University of Akron freshman Ian Sanderson on Election Day last week, was just "an isolated incident"...
OR: Sen. Morse eyes ballot collection change
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_2714210c-eb07-11df-a70e-001cc4c03286.html
TX: Ballots to be recounted in tight Cameron County judge race
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/county-44311-judge-race.html
WA: Elections Workers Still Counting Spokane County Ballots
http://www.kxly.com/news/25677850/detail.html Spokane County Auditor Vicki Dalton said Monday several things need to happen to get results sooner.
...
Another issue is that voters need to fill in the ovals on their ballots correctly. This apparently was an issue this election year and is one reason twice as many ballots as usual are having to be duplicated by hand, which adds to the processing time.
...
Approximately 30 election workers will work into next week duplicating more than 30,000 ballots.
Internet Voting Watch
WA: State not ready to take on online voting until testing shows it works
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/09/1433021/state-not-ready-to-take-on-online.html
Thurston County Auditor Kim Wyman said South Sound voters are hostile toward online voting. She discovered that when she held a series of community meetings when Thurston County was switching from punch card voting. The question was what election system to switch to.
At Argonne National Lab, closing the curtains on 'security theater'
http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/science-scope/at-argonne-national-lab-closing-the-curtains-on-security-theater/5167/ A VVPR isn't an absolute guarantee of election integrity, but it complicates things for would-be vote tamperers, and makes audits and recounts more believable.
Internet voting would be totally crazy at this point in our understanding of security.
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