Daily Voting News For October 31, 2006

"Voice of the Voters" 1360AM OR on the Internet at WNJC or click from our website saveourvote.com; Wed. evenings at 8PM EST. Avi Rubin will be tomorrow evening's guest. / ""They erroneously assumed these machines are like computers," Bear said of the computer scientists and hackers who claim they've cracked voting-machine codes. "They are only plugged into the wall for power; they are not computers [and] they're not plugged into the Internet. A lot of these 'security experts' that have passed judgment don't have an appreciation for the environment we're operating in. They're saying these are how these things would operate in a computer/Internet world, but we're not in a computer/Internet voting scenario." According to Bear, before elections the machines are kept behind a locked door with a secure piece of tape covering the slot where the memory card is inserted." / And while David Bear is perfecting his stand-up act UConn has done a full study with a Diebold Optical-scan machine and the results are just as scathing as the Princeton study of the TS DRE."target="_blank">LINK...

• National: UConn VoTeR center report: Diebold AV-OS is vulnerable to serious attacks LINK
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• National: Blog Insights: Internet voting is inevitable LINK
• National: E-Mail Voting Comes With Risks
  Pentagon Warned on Security Issues for Overseas Ballots LINK
• National: Cybersecurity expert [Eugene Spafford] says nationwide use of computerized voting poses risk LINK
• National: Smartmatic Corp. denies any ties to Chávez LINK
• National: Voting Machine Company Submits to Inquiry LINK
• National: How Safe Is Your Vote? 'Make Sure No One Steals Elections,' Kennedy Says LINK
• National: Attention, Voters: Have Your ID Ready LINK
• National: Diebold's screens need closer look LINK
• National: Trust, But No Way to Verify? LINK
• National: Avi Rubin - Voting: Low-Tech Is the Answer LINK
• National: Possible problems loom for election day LINK
• National: Opinion – Sen. Chris Dodd - Before you vote, know your rights LINK
• National: Does e-voting need paper trails? LINK
• National: E-voting worries again surface before elections LINK
• National: Hispanic, Asian, Native Citizens Face Voting Barriers LINK
• National: CNN's Lou Dobbs:'It's About Time' LINK
• National: Diebold Vs. HBO LINK
• National: Diebold Press Release: HBO Documentary Riddled With Errors and Slipshod Reporting LINK
• National: Activists Gear Up for Expected Problems at the Polls on Election Day LINK
• National: Fact Sheet: Protecting Voting Rights and Prosecuting Voter Fraud LINK
• National: No penalty for voting systems lapse LINK
• Alabama: Officials change locks to secure voting machines LINK
• California: Ventura County - Voters facing new problems in mix-up LINK
• Colorado: Boulder County - County GOP sues elections officials LINK
• Colorado: Denver - Denver Audit Criticizes Denver Election Commission LINK
• Colorado: Denver – Opinion - Staying away from the polls doesn’t mean not voting LINK
• Connecticut: Report: Optical scan machines can be compromised LINK
• Connecticut: Greenwich - Couple still neither here nor there LINK
• Florida: Exactly who is running the new voting machines? LINK
• Florida: Florida Diebold machines help you pick the right candidate LINK
• Florida: Electronic voting was easy enough … so why do I feel uneasy? LINK
• Florida: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties – Opinion - Test run for voting
  Our Opinion: Cooperation Required To Reduce Election Mistakes LINK
• Georgia: 866-OUR-VOTE Program Gets Ready LINK
• Hawaii: Repeat of election problems possible
  The state says it has resolved glitches from the primary LINK
• Illinois: Tazewell County - New e-mail gives hints about hacking voting systems LINK
• Kentucky: Clark County - Ballot delivery questioned in Clark LINK
• Maryland: Doubts persist on voting machines LINK
• Maryland: Settlement Reached to Protect Maryland Voter Applicants from Record Matching Errors LINK
• Maryland: Voting system will be put to test LINK
• Maryland: Record Number Seek Absentee Ballots
  Delivery Delays Feared; Primary's Machine Problems Still on Voters' Minds LINK
• Maryland: Voters Report Absentee Ballot Shortages, Errors LINK
• Maryland: As Cox casts her absentee ballot, problems persist LINK
• Maryland: Lawyers rev up for post-election court battles LINK
• Maryland: New Technology, Human Error Puts Elections Under Microscope LINK
• Maryland: Montgomery County - Montgomery elections board has already taken steps to remedy problems that plagued Sept. 12 primary, an auditor’s report says LINK
• Maryland: Somerset County - County may wait on absentees LINK
• Minnesota: Minnesota officials aren't fretting about new voting technology LINK
• Minnesota: Vote yes for instant runoff LINK
• Missouri: Concerns on ballot systems intensify LINK
• Nebraska: Neb. Precinct Will Vote Through the Mail LINK
• New Jersey: Organizations to help with voter problems on Election Day LINK
• New Mexico: Changes unlikely in election count LINK
• New York: A Call For Votes That Count LINK
• New York: More state delay possible on new voting machines LINK
• New York: Otsego County - Forum set on voting devices LINK
• Ohio: Military ID may pose hurdle at voting booth
  Ohio law now requires an ID with address for voters, but military IDs do not contain addresses. LINK
• Ohio: The unknown voter
  Dueling judges, patchwork of ID requirements around Ohio leave everyone in the dark as time for clarification runs out LINK
• Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Ohio Election Portends Trouble LINK
• Ohio: Tuscarawas County - Election board worried about absentee ballots LINK
• Oklahoma: Voter distrust a factor LINK
• Tennessee: Early voting totals up 45 percent versus 2002 LINK
• Tennessee: New machine makes voting easier LINK
• Texas: Bexar County - S.A. incident spotlights electronic voting debate LINK
• Texas: Denton County - Snafu briefly halts electronic voting in Denton County LINK
• Texas: Jefferson County - MESS WITH TEXAS CON'T: Votes Hopping from Democrat to Republican Now Reported in Jefferson County, TX! LINK
• Texas: Tarrant County - Electronic voting concerns persist LINK
• Texas: Tarrant County - Democrats sue over lack of paper trail for ballots LINK
• Utah: Touch-screen voting a walk in the park LINK
• Virginia: Paper Trail Sought for Voting Machines LINK
• Washington: Snail mail at polls: Not the best policy LINK
• West Virginia: Editorial - Don’t Believe Critics Of Voting Machines LINK

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