February 27, 2008
By JGideon
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today Election Assistance Commission commissioners met before the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee to answer questions about how they have been spending tax-payers money. One Congressman, Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), asked the commissioners about their HAVA mandated duties as a "clearinghouse". The commissioners who responded, again, denied their responsibility to warn anyone of voting machine problems. They claimed that they just don't have the staff or funds to do the job. I need to point out to the commissioners, some of whom read DVN, that I am the compiler, writer, editor and publisher of DVN and it doesn't take a dime of tax payer's money to do what I do. All they need to do is to forward DVN out to election officials across the country and their mandate would be met. If that's too hard, I already send them reports of voting system failures every time they appear and ask them to forward them on to others who may need the information. All they need to do is to pass on the information as I request. Job done and the tax payers don't pay anything for a warnings that voting machines may have failed in one state and that failure may happen on the same machines used elsewhere in the nation. I guess it is easier to ignore problems and hope they just go away. It's easier, anyway, until you have to go before Congress and Congressman Hinchey begins demanding answers....
NAtional: A Quaint Story about How We Used to Have Democratic Elections LINK
NAtional: Lawmakers Question Election Board Members LINK
CA: Los Angeles County to count flawed 'double bubble' ballots LINK
CO: Bill outlines paper-ballot election LINK
CO: Bill shifts votes to paper ballots
Clerks criticize the plan, which allows electronic voting as a second choice. LINK
CO: Still Waiting LINK
CO: Bill would force voters to ask for touch screen LINK
CO: Bill would require use of paper ballots LINK
CO: Bill would open way for paper ballots LINK
CO: State lawmakers move forward paper ballot proposal for 2008 elections
Bill allocates $3.5M for buying more scanners LINK
CO: All-paper voting bill has bipartisan face
Top legislative leaders in both parties back it; county clerks skeptical LINK
CO: Lawmakers move ahead with paper ballots; scanners still in limbo LINK
CO: Denver - Dems botch caucus picks
The huge turnout in the state created confusion, and Greens and Republicans were among those chosen as delegates. LINK
CO: La Plata County - Lawmakers present paper-ballot bill
La Plata County clerk worries state could be 'laughingstock' LINK
CO: Morgan County clerk still nervous LINK
FL: Miami-Dade County - S. Miami election error leads to challenge LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Reduce absentee voting LINK
MN: Opinion - Bill Boyne: Four steps to restore fair elections LINK
MS: Mississippi Voters Threatened by Illegal Purge, if New Bill Passes Legislature LINK
NY: NY board approves voting machine panned by disability advocates LINK
OH: Secretary of State to Hold Town Hall Meeting at Ohio University Eastern LINK
OH: Post-EVEREST Study Reveals MORE Vulnerabilities LINK
OH: 'Paper" Vote System To Debut in Ohio with Flaws, Researchers Say LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections System Switches Could Cost Taxpayers $40M LINK
OH: Hardin County - Chairman removed from elections board LINK
PA: Fayette County - Fayette officials make deadline to buy scanners LINK
PA: New voting machines set to be purchased for Fayette County LINK
TN: Hamilton County – Columnist - Voting vs. Technology?
Electronic systems need careful scrutiny-and informed citizens LINK
TX: Ford Bend County adds eSlate machines
A week after top election official quits, leaders order 200 extra devices to handle expected high turnout LINK
TX: Fort Bend County - County adds 200 machines for election LINK
TX: Travis County - Austin voter casts ballot twice because of 'glitch' in system LINK
TX: Upshur County - Contract mishandled, Upshur lawsuit claims LINK
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