Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
A group of political scientists from the Universities of Maryland, Rochester and Michigan have done a study and written a book to let us know that touch screen voting leaves the voter satisfied and confident. They have decided that most critics have been focusing on the wrong issues. The wrong issues? They begin by blaming recent election problems on the inability of the voter to correctly cast their ballot. According to the information in their press release they seem to ignore ballot programming errors, voting machines that will not start on election morning and shut down on polls closing. They ignore vote switching and voting machines that are supposed to be accessible but will not allow most voters with disabilities to vote without assistance. They ignore over 18,000 undervotes in Sarasota Co Florida and 108 blank ballots cast in a one-contest election in Florence Co South Carolina. It's not security so much as the problem is poor, amateurish design of voting machines made cheaply and sold expensively. They also found that usability concerns cannot be addressed by adding a paper trail. No argument here but no one has been claiming that they would be. The paper trail is not for usability but for verifiability. ...
NAtional: Touch Screen Voting a Hit; Critics Miss Mark on Security LINK
NAtional: Wed: Ohio Secretary of State to Talk Live With Citizens on Radio and the Internet & Important News from S.C. LINK
NAtional: Every Vote Counts LINK
AL: Morgan County - Probate judge secures voting machines, makes changes for elections LINK
AR: Sec. of State's office says voting problems possible LINK
CA: Superior Court Decision In San Diego v Bowen [Word Document] LINK
CA: Les Scharnberg: A hands-on solution to election hackery LINK
CA: Instant Runoff Voting Probably Dead for Oakland, San Leandro LINK
CA: Riverside County - Forget About Privacy with Absentee/Vote-by-Mail Ballots in Riverside County, CA LINK
CA: San Francisco County - SF settles lawsuit with voting machine vendor; city to collect $3.5 million LINK
CA: San Francisco County - City, e-voting vendor settle multimillion dollar suit LINK
CO: Boulder County - Clerk, council to talk voting machines LINK
CO: Frisco goes to mail-in voting
Residents must make sure they are registered in time to receive ballots LINK
CT: Connecticut: Coalition Says Changes Needed in Election Audits LINK
FL: Opinion - Our view: Another major snafu
More problems with Florida's messed-up election system must be corrected fast LINK
FL: Pinellas County - Early voting locations unfair to North Pinellas LINK
FL: Sarasota County - County likely to schedule two mail-in special elections LINK
GA: Habersham County - Opinion - Habersham must improve voting process LINK
MD: Election officials: Voting problems will not reoccur LINK
NH: Response to factual errors in Salon: "Was the New Hampshire vote stolen?" LINK
NH: Results largely the same after recount LINK
NH: NH Election Contest Update: 7.5% Vote Count Discrepancy Found in Nashua, Ward 4 for Clinton, Edwards LINK
NH: NH Recount Uncovers Discrepancies -- Result of Human Error Officials Say LINK
NJ: Bill Would Help States Ditch Electronic Voting LINK
NY: Krueger calls on elections commissioners to choose new voting machines LINK
NY: New York: Breakthrough at the Board? LINK
OH: Questions about voting machines linger as primary approaches LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - ACLU Challenges Ohio's Unequal Voting Technology LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Frantic preparations for March Election in Cuyahoga County LINK
OH: Hamilton County - 'Why does my ballot smell like Marley?' LINK
PA: Wayne County - Replacing Wayne County's Voting Machines Could Cost $500,000-$650,000 LINK
SC: SC Voting Machines Prompt Calls for Federal Action LINK
SC: Results are in: McCain wins
[Florence Co reveals they had the same close-out problem as Horry Co.] LINK
TX: Mistrust of voting machines on the rise
Texas sticking with electronic balloting despite reports of flaws LINK
TX: Texas Debates On Electronic Balloting System For Presidential Election Use LINK
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