Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

I always thought that “sleepovers” were beyond the limit of good security. In a court election contest in Wilkinson Co Mississippi the county Circuit Clerk pled the fifth amendment to several questions. One of the questions was “Is it true you had a pre-election party that voting machines were taken to?”

The results of the Ohio study are stunning with regards to the ES&S iVotronic DRE. The study found that a voter or poll worker can easily recalibrate the touch-screen; access control can be defeated by someone with a small magnet and a PDA or cell phone; and there is a back door entry that can be gained bypassing password requirements.

The Colorado SOS is now telling the media that they may be able to use some of the decertified voting systems by patching the software. Patches require testing and certification. Is he getting nervous?

Links to those stories, and the other notable voting news today, all posted neatly below as usual...

• AZ: Opinion - Secretive electronic voting unacceptable
  http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/216630
• AZ: Pima County - BREAKING: Judge Orders Release of Pima County, AZ Voting Database
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5457
• CA: San Joaquin County - Decertification 'fiasco' sends SJ to paper ballots
  http://www.modbee.com/local/story/155511.html
• CO: Sec of State decertifies voting machines in Denver, Jefferson, Arapahoe counties
  http://www.thecherrycree...com/content/view/2160/2/
• CO: State decertifies voting machines
  County officials livid; move ‘could cost taxpayers millions’
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...17/121807_1a_voting.html
• CO: Coffman: Voting machines don't measure up
  http://origin.denverpost.com/ci_7744376
• CO: Voting machines fail state tests
  Pueblo among other Southern Colorado counties to have machines decertified.
  http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1197961370/1
• CO: Political leaders, county clerks left with questions, concerns
  http://www.rockymountain...county-clerks-left-with/
• CO: E-voting veto makes mess
  Decision to decertify electronic systems sends counties scrambling
  http://www.rockymountain...ting-machines-tossed-08/
• CO: Many Colorado voting machines are decertified, throwing presidential votes in disarray
  http://www.iht.com/artic...rado-Voting-Machines.php
• CO: Coffman decertifies election scanners
  http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=5257
• CO: Voting gear out for count
  http://origin.denverpost.com/rapids/ci_7746932
• CO: Coffman: Voting machines could be fixed in time
  http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7751909
• CO: Coffman: Colo. could use voting machines OK'd in other states
  http://dailycamera.com/n...chines-okd-other-states/
• CO: Boulder County - Voting machines flunk
  Boulder County clerk says impact of state's decertification not yet clear
  http://dailycamera.com/n...8/voting-machines-flunk/
• CO: Garfield County - County voting machines lose certification
  http://www.postindepende...218/VALLEYNEWS/970030834
• CO: Mesa county may have to seek new voting methods
  http://kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7510445
• CO: Moffat County - Voting machines banned
  Paper, absentee ballot equipment in Moffat County decertified
  http://www.craigdailypre.../voting_machines_banned/
• FL: Judge throws out Florida voting law
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g_news/story/349183.html
• FL: Judge Reverses Florida's Anti-Voter Registration Law!
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5456
• FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough dawdles on vote switch
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...lsborough_dawdles_.shtml
• MS: Wilkinson County election contest restarts
  http://www.natchezdemocr...ection-contest-restarts/
• NY: Editorial - Ohio study shows vulnerability in electronic ballot systems
  http://www.pressconnects...N/712180320/1005/OPINION
• OH: Report: Magnet and PDA Sufficient to Change Votes on Voting Machine
  http://blog.wired.com/27.../12/report-magnet-a.html
• OH: Partisanship will enter decision on how Ohioans vote
  http://www.cantonrep.com...y=14&subCategoryID=
• OH: Editorial - It’s too soon to turn voting upside down
  http://www.cantonrep.com...ry=3&subCategoryID=
• OH: 1,000 pages of bad news: Ohio e-voting report released
  http://arstechnica.com/n...ing-report-released.html
• OH: Governor backs election overhaul in '08; critics say no way
  http://www.columbusdispa..._A1_HE8QDTI.html?sid=101
• OH: Opinion - Integrity greatest factor in elections
  http://www.newarkadvocat...1/712180332/1014/OPINION
• OH: Ohio Study: Scariest E-Voting Security Report Yet
  http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1236
• OH: Ohio to stay with voting systems deemed unreliable in Colo.
  http://blog.cleveland.co...with_voting_syste_1.html
• OH: Justice Center at NYU Law School Faults Ohio on Voting
  http://chronicle.com/new...ol-faults-ohio-on-voting
• OH: E-voting activists praise Ohio plan to fix e-voting system
  But they fear quick 'cures' might worsen problems before '08 presidential vote
  http://www.computerworld...Id=69&intsrc=kc_top
• OH: Cuyahoga County elections board takes no action on voting machine swap
  http://blog.cleveland.co...unty_elections_boar.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections board pressured to change
  http://www.chroniclet.co...oard-pressured-to-change
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Election board balks on dumping touch-screen voting
  http://www.cleveland.com...8;coll=2&thispage=1
• OH: Washington County - Election reforms could pare precinct list
  http://www.mariettatimes.../new54_1218200780410.asp
• TN: State election systems study calls for paper audit trail
  http://southernstudies.o...tems-study-calls-for.asp
• VA: Spotsylvania County - Jett still wins in Spotsy recount
  http://fredericksburg.co...7/122007/12182007/341930
• WV: Taylor County Keeping Electronic Voting System
  http://www.wdtv.com/news/local/12608086.html

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