Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
I always thought that "sleepovers" were beyond the limit of good security. In a court election contest in Wilkinson Co Mississippi the county Circuit Clerk pled the fifth amendment to several questions. One of the questions was "Is it true you had a pre-election party that voting machines were taken to?" AZ: Opinion - Secretive electronic voting unacceptable LINK
AZ: Pima County - BREAKING: Judge Orders Release of Pima County, AZ Voting Database LINK
CA: San Joaquin County - Decertification 'fiasco' sends SJ to paper ballots LINK
CO: Sec of State decertifies voting machines in Denver, Jefferson, Arapahoe counties LINK
CO: State decertifies voting machines
County officials livid; move 'could cost taxpayers millions' LINK
CO: Coffman: Voting machines don't measure up LINK
CO: Voting machines fail state tests
Pueblo among other Southern Colorado counties to have machines decertified. LINK
CO: Political leaders, county clerks left with questions, concerns LINK
CO: E-voting veto makes mess
Decision to decertify electronic systems sends counties scrambling LINK
CO: Many Colorado voting machines are decertified, throwing presidential votes in disarray LINK
CO: Coffman decertifies election scanners LINK
CO: Voting gear out for count LINK
CO: Coffman: Voting machines could be fixed in time LINK
CO: Coffman: Colo. could use voting machines OK'd in other states LINK
CO: Boulder County - Voting machines flunk
Boulder County clerk says impact of state's decertification not yet clear LINK
CO: Garfield County - County voting machines lose certification LINK
CO: Mesa county may have to seek new voting methods LINK
CO: Moffat County - Voting machines banned
Paper, absentee ballot equipment in Moffat County decertified LINK
FL: Judge throws out Florida voting law LINK
FL: Judge Reverses Florida's Anti-Voter Registration Law! LINK
FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough dawdles on vote switch LINK
MS: Wilkinson County election contest restarts LINK
NY: Editorial - Ohio study shows vulnerability in electronic ballot systems LINK
OH: Report: Magnet and PDA Sufficient to Change Votes on Voting Machine LINK
OH: Partisanship will enter decision on how Ohioans vote LINK
OH: Editorial - It's too soon to turn voting upside down LINK
OH: 1,000 pages of bad news: Ohio e-voting report released LINK
OH: Governor backs election overhaul in '08; critics say no way LINK
OH: Opinion - Integrity greatest factor in elections LINK
OH: Ohio Study: Scariest E-Voting Security Report Yet LINK
OH: Ohio to stay with voting systems deemed unreliable in Colo. LINK
OH: Justice Center at NYU Law School Faults Ohio on Voting LINK
OH: E-voting activists praise Ohio plan to fix e-voting system
But they fear quick 'cures' might worsen problems before '08 presidential vote LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County elections board takes no action on voting machine swap LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections board pressured to change LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Election board balks on dumping touch-screen voting LINK
OH: Washington County - Election reforms could pare precinct list LINK
TN: State election systems study calls for paper audit trail LINK
VA: Spotsylvania County - Jett still wins in Spotsy recount LINK
WV: Taylor County Keeping Electronic Voting System LINK
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The results of the Ohio study are stunning with regards to the ES&S iVotronic DRE. The study found that a voter or poll worker can easily recalibrate the touch-screen; access control can be defeated by someone with a small magnet and a PDA or cell phone; and there is a back door entry that can be gained bypassing password requirements.
The Colorado SOS is now telling the media that they may be able to use some of the decertified voting systems by patching the software. Patches require testing and certification. Is he getting nervous?...
