Daily Voting News For September 21, 2006

In Maryland Diebold TS voting machines, the same machine recently hacked by Princeton University, were left in polling places on election night and, in some cases, for days after the election with all memory cards and paper tapes still inside the machines. / A selected handcount of precincts and races in Pima Co. Arizona found one discrepancy that was explained away and took about 3 hours yesterday afternoon. They do not have to be cumbersome, huge tasks. / 29 disabled voters used accessible voting machines in New York City last week. That's $52,000 per voter. / Write-in votes from 8 Boston precincts were not counted after last week's primary. The court has told the city to unseal and count all votes not counted. / Why did Sequoia Voting Systems put out a press release that misrepresents conclusions of the Brennan Center Report? / Why are Diebold voting machines sold in Connecticut as LHS AccuVote OS? Why is no mention of Diebold ever made in the media. Is someone trying to keep secrets?...

• National: Will The Next Election Be Hacked? Fresh disasters at the polls -- and new evidence from an industry insider -- prove that electronic voting machines can't be trusted LINK
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• National: New RFK Jr. article will explore if 2006 election can be hacked LINK
• National: Rep. Hoyer Urges Full Consideration Of HR 550 LINK
• National: CNN's Lou Dobbs: E-Voting Machines Are Putting A Huge Burden On Taxpayers LINK
• National: The 'Harder To Vote' Act LINK
• National: National Voting Rights Group Condemns Anti-voter Legislation Passed by House of Representatives LINK
• National: Tampering is too easy, experts say. Could one person with basic coding skills change results? LINK
• National: If you can't fight them, join them: Hacking the vote for the Dems.... LINK
• National: Diebold says e-voting hardware secure, critics off base. The comments follow concerns raised by Johns Hopkins professor Avi Rubin LINK
• National: Sequoia Voting Systems' AVC Edge Receives Best Rating in New Brennan Center Report on Usability (Misinformation) LINK
• National: Voting system overhaul raises anxieties LINK
• National: My Statement On The Floor On HR 4844 LINK
• National: Voter ID in the House: Arguments and Attitude LINK
• Arizona: Pima County - Hand recount dismisses concerns about primary LINK
• Arizona: Pima County - Opinion - Transparent election process is a must LINK
• Colorado: Court hears challenge to new voting machines LINK
• Colorado: Judge Refuses To Put Dennis On Stand In Voter Suit LINK
• Colorado: Editorial - Vote machines come under late scrutiny LINK
• Colorado: State goes to bat for vote machines LINK
• Colorado: Expert: Voting machines not accessible LINK
• Connecticut: Voting In The Future ­ Wilton chosen to test new voting machines LINK
• Georgia: Voting machines' upgrade would be pricey, Cox says LINK
• Georgia: Cox: Millions needed to add paper ballot at polls LINK
• Indiana: Lake County will focus on voting machine training for Nov. 7 LINK
• Massachusetts: Boston - 8 precincts uncounted in Boston Senate race LINK
• Massachusetts: Sommerville - Disability commish: Not everyone can vote LINK
• Maryland: Ehrlich Urges Voters to Cast Absentee Ballots LINK
• Maryland: Maryland Meltdown: Republican Governor Calls for Paper Ballots in November! LINK
• Maryland: Columnist - If Paper Ballots Restore Trust In Elections, Let's Switch LINK
• Maryland: Ehrlich would end electronic voting LINK
• Maryland: Governor Proposes Scrapping Electronic Poll Books LINK
• Maryland: Ehrlich eyes junking electronic voter rolls LINK
• Maryland: Ehrlich Wants Paper Ballots For Nov. Vote. State Election Chief Says Staff Toiling to Fix Electronic Glitches LINK
• Maryland: Opinion - The voting fix LINK
• Maryland: Election Chief's Responsibility for Election Failures LINK
• Maryland: Baltimore - City elections chief quits in frustration LINK
• Maryland: Prince George's County - Ballots still being counted. Election officials reveal problems with Sept. 12 primary were broader than first thought LINK
• Maryland: Prince George's County - Election Officials Seek Out Data Cards. Pr. George's Looks For Missing Votes 1 Machine at a Time LINK
• North Dakota: Candidate questions voting machine handling LINK
• New York: Disabled vote tab: 52G each LINK
• Ohio: Mercer County - State to county: Count absentee ballots by hand LINK
• Texas: Carlos Guerra: Easily hacked electronic voting systems another fiasco in waiting LINK
• Texas: Jefferson County - Ballot switch lacking vote of confidence LINK
• Virginia: Board votes to decertify use of old voting machines in state. It's the official end for mechanical-lever and punch-card machines LINK
• Washington: A strong vote for ballot access LINK
• Washington: King County says taking it slow will mean more accurate count LINK

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