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Email balloting risks midterm election to hacking
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 4:15 pm | Voting News
16 states will allow overseas voters to return ballots via email for the midterm elections. "But cybersecurity experts and voter advocates contend that these well-intentioned efforts ignore the technical vulnerabilities of sending a voted ... More >>
Pennsylvania SOS hired by Internet Voting Co.
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 8:39 pm | Voting News
Verified Voting on May 18 primaries: "Despite signs of progress, today’s primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania show how much work remains to verify the vote."..Paper ballots save day in Faulkner Co AR..San Francisco ballot mix: 1000 ... More >>
AR touchscreens flip votes.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 4:01 pm | Voting News
Excuses don't help: Votes flipped on Carroll Co Arkansas touchscreens...Sen Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) gets provisional ballot...Wrong ballot sent to thousands of Sonoma Co CA voters....Voter supression & fraud alleged in KY elections...1000s of Pennsylvania ... More >>
Damn the science view riles internet voting critic
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 11:12 am | Voting News
"Damn the science,Damn the integrity; If it feels good do it! " attitude riles CTvoterscount.org - response to comments in NYT article on Internet voting...The EAC violated law in proceeding with Internet voting system guidelines says Voter Action. "If allowed ... More >>
Experts decry US overseas Internet vote plan
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 7:00 pm | Voting News
Concerns about EAC's Overseas/Military Internet vote plan: Experts warn that e-mail messages can be intercepted, voting Web sites can be hacked or taken down by malicious attacks, and the secrecy of ballots is hard to ensure...DOJ asks court to compel ... More >>
Web attack stumps Butler OH BoE
Friday, 7 May 2010, 7:12 pm | Voting News
After the attack on Butler County Ohio's Elections website, the director of info services will check the county's web servers & sites to determine if they are secure. Meanwhile the Sheriff is investigating...Paperless touchscreen machines once were ... More >>
Cuyahoga voting machines code flaw
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 8:02 pm | Voting News
Good thing they have paper ballots. Cuyahoga Co Ohio's voting machines have a source code flaw causing some to "freeze" up. Cuyahoga uses DS200 optical scanners made by ES&S. A source code change is needed... FL Veterans for Common Sense to Crist ... More >>
Voting News: Risk limit audits for CA?
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 1:34 pm | Voting News
California bill to pilot risk limiting audits has bi partisan support...Should bounty on party registrations be illegal?...Proposal to make voting mandatory riles up tiny Ridgway,CO...Maryland now has $ to run fall elections...Judge's ruling stops voter ... More >>
Voting News: DC Voting Rights bill killed
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 11:43 am | Voting News
Arapahoe County, CO man gets 12 mail-in ballots...Gun control proposal kills DC voting rights bill...Update on Clay Co KY vote buying scheme...New Albany, MS man sentenced in vote buying scheme, 7 others pled guilty, 7 await trial....NY State Board of Elections ... More >>
Philly Enq: Electronic voting can be foiled
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 11:45 am | Voting News
Corporations in Democracy: "...Proposition 16 on California's June ballot was "written and bankrolled by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for the benefit of PG&E." ~ George Skelton of LA Times. Anchorage split precinct balloting mixup affects 160 votes...No one ... More >>
Voting News: 1 in 10 Cuyahoga voting machines fail
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 5:38 pm | Voting News
Georgia passed bill to use overseas military as guinea pigs in an internet voting experiment...MO. House approves voter ID's, early voting...10 percent of Cuyahoga County Ohio's ES&S DS200 voting machines fail pre-election tests...200+ letters already ... More >>
Voting News: Diebold ATMs hacked
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:08 am | Voting News
Is a Colorado election bill trying to do too much?...Buying of Pa. judicial elections troubling...Fort Bend County TX Reports Problems With Electronic Poll List...The ACLU of Virginia accused Gov. Bob McDonnell of reinstating a "literacy test" in Virginia ... More >>
Voting News: TN to fix retroactive voter purge
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 11:00 am | Voting News
Voting News: VA Gov plans literacy test for ex-felons. TN to fix retroactive voter purge. More >>
Fairfax VA now English only voting forms
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 2:30 pm | Voting News
Aspen Transparency Litigation: What's being hidden and why?...Kinston, North Carolina voters challenge Section 5 of Voting Rights Act....von Spakovsky Votes to End Fairfax County Distribution of Voting Materials in Languages other than English...An advocacy ... More >>
Voting News: WV Coal,corruption and campaign finan
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 7:26 pm | Voting News
Ezra Klein of the Washington Post writes about coal, corruption, campaign finance reform and yesterday's mining tragedy in West Virginia. Klein says Blankenship, leader of the Massey coal mine "has more or less purchased the state's government. ... More >>
Minnesota civic groups refute recount claims
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 4:44 pm | Voting News
Voting News: Minnesota civic groups refute recount claims, 2 NY counties seek more $ for voting systems. Iraq poor sell votes More >>
Aspen tries to stop deposition of TrueBallot
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 4:15 pm | Voting News
Voting News: Aspen tries to stop deposition of TrueBallot, US DOJ showdown over GA voter verification, No ballot mulligans More >>
Responsible tech use for Overseas Vote
Friday, 19 February 2010, 3:59 pm | Voting News
Voting News: Responsible tech use for Overseas Vote,VT rejects email voting, Dominion sues over NY ES&S contract More >>
Groups warn ES&S merger is security threat
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 3:46 pm | Voting News
Groups warn ES&S merger is security threat, Future of CA Voting comments posted, VA officials sued over voter files More >>
IL undervote fix creates new bug
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 6:31 pm | Voting News
McHenry Co. IL. Clerk Kathy Schultz discovered that a state mandated software "undervote warning fix" can sometimes cause the county's voting machines to forget all the preceding votes they'd recorded... More >>
