Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
On the heels of yesterday's announcement of a letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and a full report on the findings of an investigation by the California Secretary of State's office, we have articles from Kim Zetter in her blog for Wired Magazine and one from one of the principles of the "Humboldt County Election Transparency Project", Mitch Trachtenberg that is posted on BradBlog. Yesterday I mentioned the letter sent by the Secretary of State to the EAC. In that letter is a request by Bowen that the EAC "consider requiring that, for every voting system certified by the EAC, the voting system vendor report any and all flaws and problems with the system to the EAC and to the elections officials in the states where the system is used when such flaws are discovered." This morning I was reminded by a member of the EAC staff, who receives DVN, that in the "Testing and Certification Manual" the EAC already requires what the Secretary has suggested they require....
Featured: CA: Report: Diebold Voting System Has 'Delete' Button for Erasing Audit Logs LINK
Featured: CA: E-VOTE BOMBSHELL: Diebold Tabulator Drops Votes, Allows Undetectable Audit Log Deletion LINK
National: Voting integrity lies LINK
AZ: Pima County - RTA Mysteries Resolved In April? LINK
CA: Diebold voting system sported 'delete' button: report LINK
CA: Counties scramble to cover May vote
Leaders skeptical of state promise to repay LINK
CA: Riverside County - County wants cash for hand count LINK
CO: Coffman to face state ethics panel to answer complaint LINK
CO: All-paper vote has its doubters LINK
CT: Sparks Fly Over Threat To Cut Registrars' Hours In Half LINK
IL: Let's give instant run-off voting a chance at the polls in Chicago LINK
KY: Bullitt County - Bullitt sets aside excess funds for new voting machines LINK
MD: State likely to miss paper-ballot system deadline LINK
MN: Downballot: Wanting a do-over? LINK
MN: Coleman Spokesman Declares That Court Can't Certify Election Result LINK
MN: Opinion - Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Race; Coleman Needs to Make a Dignified Exit LINK
MN: Coleman: 'Court's going to have to reflect on' do-over election LINK
MN: Minnesota Update: The System Is Broken -- Because Of This Case! LINK
MN: Opinion - No legal basis for Senate do-over -- yet LINK
MN: Coleman wonders if judges can find a winner LINK
MN: Team Franken Tackles The Coleman Electoral-Uncertainty Principle LINK
MN: Senate recount trial: Franken to move for dismissal LINK
MN: No legal basis for Senate do-over LINK
MS: Voter ID bills die in Mississippi Legislature LINK
NY: Elections board to recount votes in Staten Island race LINK
TN: Williamson County - Election bill surprises some communities LINK
VT: Burlington Holds Second Highly Successful Instant Runoff Voting Election LINK
WI: A Rock, A Hard Place, and Interim Certification LINK
Germany: German High Court: E-Voting Unconstitutional LINK
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