Daily Voting News For December 14, 2006

"Almost any system, including paperless touch-screen voting systems, can be jury-rigged to attach a printer and generate a hard copy of each voter's choices. That is a far more complicated, and potentially troublesome, process than one which generates a real, live, legally valid paper ballot; it does nothing, for example, to mitigate the security risks that so many researchers have exposed in a number of e-voting systems. In addition, I suspect that no matter what type of voting system is involved, paper ballots are likely to carry far more legal weight in a court challenge -- thus allowing a judge to rule on the matter as quickly and confidently as possible and to keep the process moving along."...

• National: More Than 30 Election Integrity Orgs. Issue Open Letter Demanding 'A Paper Ballot For Every Vote Cast' LINK
• National: E-Voting: Will A 'Paper Trail' Get Us Where We Want To Go? LINK
• National: E-Voting Bill: Dead Trees And Democracy LINK
• National: Editorial - Help America secure LINK
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• National: E-voting requires long-term strategy: IDC LINK
• National: Thirty-Four Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress To Require Paper Ballots LINK
• National: Column: American elections no longer the gold standard LINK
• National: David Dill Unplugged: Computer glitch leaves electronic voting machine advocate without a script LINK
• California: Napa County - Tuteur explains long lines at polls on Election Day LINK
• California: Riverside County – Columnist - Hack Attack LINK
• Colorado: Denver County - Denver holds back $52,160 from Sequoia LINK
• Florida: Crist taps two top officials LINK
• Florida: Pasco's Browning named secretary of state LINK
• Florida: Columnist - Politics foul up election oversight LINK
• Florida: Florida Voting System Standards: Commentary LINK
• Florida: Michael Collins: The Long Road to Democracy LINK
• Florida: FL-13 - Group petitions for District 13 revote LINK
• Florida: FL-13 - State withdraws motion to dismiss lawsuit in contested race LINK
• Michigan: Michigan's voting system a wise choice Officials consider requiring paper trail LINK
• Minnesota: Minnesota Performs First Post-Election Review LINK
• New Jersey: Ocean County - County gets more time on vote query LINK

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John Gideon
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