http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/weekinreview/26cooper.html So what are the tricks of the trade? Why do so many districts end up as misshapen Rorschach inkblots with nicknames like "the Earmuff," "the Flying Giraffe," or, in the case of a State Senate district in upstate New York, "Abraham Lincoln Riding on a Vacuum Cleaner"?
How the EAC Could Help Bring Voter Registration Into the Digital Age
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-j-siebel/how-the-eac-could-help-br_b_733849.html
GILDED AGE CORRUPTION
http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/?p=3308 First, Reynolds concludes that the big problem was the fact that a host of new election reforms were being implemented by old guard election officials. What ensued was often not fraud, but just sloppiness as they tried to cope with a lot of changes at once. (Sound familiar?)
International
Afghan polling day more violent than last election, figures show
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=436292
As counting continues, claims of irregularities have grown. Observers have noted fake voter cards, proxy voting, ballot stuffing, underage voting, voter intimidation, washable ink that allowed for multiple voting, irregular voting patterns and higher than 100 percent turnout in some provinces
On Friday afternoon, the CNE announced that 100% of the 36,553 voting centers were installed, complete with electronic voting machines that underwent a comprehensive audit in recent weeks.
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Paraguayan Senator Fernando Silva, also an observer, praised Venezuela's electronic voting machines, which print a paper record of each vote that the voter can view. "This system is very enviable because it guarantees the transparency of the process," he said.
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