‘Daily Voting News’ For December 05, 2006

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

“Donetta Davidson, a member of the Election Assistance Commission, said only a few dozen of about 6,700 election jurisdictions in the United States reported voting problems on Election Day. She said local governments undertake exhaustive testing on their computer equipment before and after elections. “Our voters should feel very confident,” she said.” [See Below – PA: Doubts persist on electronic vote machines] It’s apparent that Ms. Davidson has ignored the results of this past election. It’s time she opened her eyes and saw what is happening around her. …

  • NAtional: Federal Panel Rebuffs Guidelines That Insist on a Paper Trail LINK
  • NAtional: Trouble with the Machines LINK
  • NAtional: Panel changes course, approves e-voting checks LINK
  • NAtional: Electronic voting panel passes revised paper trail proposal LINK
  • NAtional: Federal Advisory Committee Proposes Stronger E-Voting Guidelines LINK
  • CA: Daniel Weintraub: Debra Bowen won’t push for return to paper ballots LINK
  • CA: Contra Costa County ““ NAACP Calls For Probe Into Possible Voter Discrimination LINK
  • CA: Riverside County ““ Opinion – Secrecy, security and sandbagging… LINK
  • CA: San Joaquin County – 140K in S.J. cast ballots LINK
  • CO: Denver County – Election panel, auditor had warehouse worries
    The safety of $7.5 million in election equipment was the subject of memos and was noted in an audit. LINK
  • FL: Leon County – Opinion mixed on voting machines
    They’re easy to use, but they lack a paper trail LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County ““ Columnist – Voting fixes: New machines and a `none of the above’ button LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – Source Code In Machines To Be Tested LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – Voting machines a tale of the tape LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – Analysis points to bad ballot design LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – Audit to review computer code LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – Drury Comments Reveal Preexisting Bias, Cast Even More Doubt on Integrity of Audit Process LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – Jennings ignores setbacks, calls for revote in Florida LINK
  • MD: Opinion – Voting machines need paper trail LINK
  • MD: Anne Arundel County – Recount sought in District 31 race LINK
  • NJ: NJ Election Official Admits She Can’t Prove All Votes Counted Properly LINK
  • OH: OH-15 – Recount begins in 15th Congressional District race LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County – Thousands voted illegally
    Cuyahoga failed to ensure signatures LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County – Cuyahoga voters cast ballots without signing in LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County – Nearly 12,000 Cuyahoga voters cast ballots without signing in LINK
  • PA: Poll machines must be changed to verify that ballots are accurate LINK
  • PA: Doubts persist on electronic vote machines LINK
  • PA: Chester County – Big hopes to upset a tiny lead in Chesco LINK
  • RI: Judge allows review of contested ballots in E.P. at-large race LINK
  • UT: Special election an extra $1.1M LINK
  • **”Daily Voting News” is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in “Daily Voting News” may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**

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    1. 1)
      Floridiot said on 12/5/2006 @ 6:40pm PT: [Permalink]

      On your first link, John I almost put my fist through the moniter when I read about what this piece of crap had to say, it was in my morning paper too
      “Committee member Brit Williams, a computer scientist who has conducted certification evaluations of Georgia’s paperless electronic voting system, opposed the measure. “You are talking about basically a reinstallation of the entire voting system hardware,” he said.”

      What a corporate hack

    2. 2)
      the_zapkitty said on 12/5/2006 @ 7:36pm PT: [Permalink]

      http://www.heraldtribune.com/ap...NEWS/612050455

      “Lawyers for District 13 Democratic candidate Christine Jennings and voting groups have filed lawsuits seeking an independent review of the source code, which is kept secret on behalf of the manufacturer to guard against hacking and piracy.”

      Oh, really? That’s their story now? What happened tp the excuse of “Those are our proprietary trade secrets whose revelation would undermine our market value?”

      And of course they would have never, ever have heard of this thing called Open Source software that, on a daily basis, handles security challenges that would cause an e-voting machine to melt down into slag…

    3. 3)
      Phil said on 12/5/2006 @ 11:47pm PT: [Permalink]

      You mean Donetta Davidson? Appointed by Bush!?
      Looks like we have another dartboard. *Yeah I figured out the Thor dartboard*

      http://www.eac.gov/images/davidson_img.jpg

      I think 6360 x 6541 x 24-bits, 72 dpi will do.

      They serve the whole country and their only contact is:
      Address
      United States Election Assistance Commission
      1225 New York Avenue N.W., Suite – 1100
      Washington, DC 20005
      Telephone
      (202) 566-3100
      Toll Free
      (866) 747-1471
      Fax
      (202) 566-3127
      E-mail Address
      HAVAinfo@eac.gov

      That’s pure crap. What they say is pure crap. They are fucking criminals, with a Bush get out of jail free card is what they are.

      I had it with this fucking Bush government.

      IT’S ALL TIED TOGETHER. THESE MURDERING OATH BREAKERS!

    4. 4)
      Phil said on 12/5/2006 @ 11:53pm PT: [Permalink]

      Another thing, what is it with the god damn PDF files for all the election crap. Anybody heard of TEXT? wtf! I swear to god they do that to cut out 90% of computer users that are clueless and possibly even to spread trojans in their PDF’s.. Hell do you really know what’s in that fucking crap?!

      A scanner ain’t gonna tell you shit.

      a.) No I don’t need help with PDF.
      b.) I use PDF it on multiple Operating systems.
      c.) The GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS SHIT FOR A REASON. YOU CAN’T GREP THROOUGH A PDF like you can PLAIN TEXT.

      I swear to god, these fucking people need to get the fuck out of my country. I have had it with their lawless fucking shit.

    5. 5)
      Larry Bergan said on 12/5/2006 @ 12:54am PT: [Permalink]

      the_zapkitty #2

      They’ve been keeping the software secret for OUR security!

      Black is white,
      Up is down,
      and Security is insecurity!

      The most abused word and concept of the 21st century!

    6. 7)
      Larry Bergan said on 12/7/2006 @ 4:38am PT: [Permalink]

      neoconvict #6

      Is there a way to find out how many have signed up after you’ve signed up? Do you know how many have signed?

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