Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Naturally nearly all of the news is from California in regards to their "Top-To-Bottom" review. However for those of you who are concerned about election audits there is also a great report from a group who have been working with VerifiedVoting. Also reported is that scientists, under the GAO, may get a chance to look at the source code from the machines used in Sarasota Co last Nov. Back to the "Top-To-Bottom" review; only one of the articles listed, the SF Chronicle article, mentions anything about the accessibility report that was also done by the California researchers, and they gave that report one sentence. The accessibility report says, "Although each of the tested voting systems included some accessibility accommodations, none met the accessibility requirements of current law and none performed satisfactorily in test voting by persons with a range of disabilities and alternate language needs." In other words if a jurisdiction uses any of the three machines tested for accessibility they are violating federal law (HAVA). ...
NAtional: Percentage-based versus SAFE Vote Tabulation Auditing: A Graphic Comparison LINK
NAtional: Agreement Reached to Move Holt Election Reform Bill LINK
NAtional: Video: NOW Exposes Republican Conspiracy To Steal 2004 Presidential Election LINK
CA: CA Releases Results of Red-Team Investigation of Voting Machines: All Three Systems Could Be Compromised LINK
CA: California report slams e-voting system security LINK
CA: Scientists' Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere LINK
CA: California report slams e-voting system security
Every tested machine had problems... yes, every single one LINK
CA: Findings Released in California's Top-to-Bottom Voting System Review LINK
CA: E-voting vulnerable to fraud LINK
CA: 3 voting systems faulted LINK
CA: State rushes electronic voting study LINK
CA: State Vote Machines Lose Test To Hackers LINK
CA: Kern County - Voting machines' fate up in the air LINK
CA: San Diego County - Review shows S.D. voting machines can be breached LINK
FL: FL-13 - District 13 debate to look into secret coding LINK
IN: Rokita gets $363,000 over faulty voting machines LINK
NH: California study reinforces need in the Granite State to rid ourselves of secret vote counting technology LINK
PA: Lancaster County - Congress may say 'no' to e-Slate voting LINK
TN: Davidson County - Computer glitch affecting early voting in Belle Meade LINK
WA: Pierce County whacks polls
Low turnout forces closure of 40 percent of voting places, auditor says LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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