11 days until Election Day.
Two voters in Palo Pinto Co Texas have now reported that their straight party vote was flipped to another party. These are ES&S iVotronic machines. The same machines used to flip votes in West Virginia and South Carolina. Every voter needs to skip straight-party voting if they have that option and every voter needs to review their ballot on the touch-screen before touching that final “Vote” button.
Every day there seems to be one or two articles, mostly in the tech magazines and blogs, about the New Jersey/Princeton/Sequoia report. While Sequoia is probably not happy seeing these articles out there, I’m sure they are breathing a sigh of relief that the report only spent a very small time talking about the real reason the report was done in the first place; their voting machines failed to accurately count the votes in 9 counties on 38 different voting machines. This should NOT be a security issue. This IS an accuracy/reliability issue….
- Featured — TX: Palo Pinto County – Concerns raised over electronic voting
http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/local/local_story_298161535.html - National: What To Do If You See Voting Machines Flipping Votes
http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/2008/10/what_to_do_if_you_see_voting_m.html - National: Rabbinical Association Urges States and Fed To Protect Voter Rights
http://www.ohalah.org/voter_rights_res.htm - National: Brennan Center: 2008’s Voter Suppression Incidents So Far
http://www.alternet.org/election08/104413/brennan_center:_2008%27s_voter_suppression_incidents_so_far/ - National: How Safe Is This Election?
http://www.alternet.org/election08/104369/how_safe_is_this_election/ - National: Furor over ACORN allegations gaining momentum
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/739642.html - National: Sequoia’s Voter Consternation Drive
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081024/sequoia-announces-voter-consternation-drive/ - National: States prepare for record voter turnout
At election offices across the country, phones are ringing off the hook.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008304854_turnout24.html - National: Protecting the right to vote in America
The effort to enforce the democratic one-person, one-vote principle
http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/article/protecting_the_right_to_vote_yes_even_in_america_383823/ - National: Long lines, glitches reported during early voting
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/voting.problems/ - National: How substantial might the electronic election fraud be?
http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2008/10/24/152320/48/Diary/How-substantial-might-the-electronic-election-fraud-be- - National: Both sides gird for legal challenges in US election
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2347337020081024 - National: Miss., Ala. counties have more voters than adults
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFoFqMDo2VlRbobowNpmkhQ8gE-wD94136482 - AR: Voters and poll workers urged to check ballots for correct races during early voting
http://www.thnews.com/article.php?id=6752 - AR: Faulkner County – Check twice before you vote
http://thecabin.net/stories/102408/loc_1024080001.shtml - CO: Colorado election snafu roundup: Clerks resort to robocalls to fix bad registrations
http://coloradoindependent.com/12664/colorado-election-snafu-roundup-clerks-resort-to-robocalls-to-fix-bad-registrations - CO: La Plata County – Sinister Intent or Just Total Incompetence? The Republicans Have Stolen at Least One Vote in Colorado…My Wife’s
http://ianfwalter.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/22/2029929-sinister-intent-or-just-total-incompetence-the-republicans-have-stolen-at-least-one-vote-in-coloradomy-wifes - FL: Florida Man Sells Voting Machines and Chads from 2000 Election
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/florida-man-sel.html - FL: Florida voting back in spotlight this Election Day
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itCRfb374d8WBHb8rAFdtnxwRe0QD940ONU80 - FL: Déjà vu on day 5: Long early voting lines in in South Florida
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/739611.html - FL: South Florida: Daily Increases In Early Voting
http://cbs4.com/campaign08/early.voting.miamidade.2.847935.html - FL: Broward County – Officials take measures to reduce wait times at some voting sites
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-1024-broward-earlyvoting,0,2804697.story - FL: Early voting in the rain in Palm Beach County
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/palm/blog/2008/10/early_voting_in_the_rain_in_pa.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Fears of voting chaos grow in county at centre of notorious 2000 recount
Lost ballot papers, faulty electronic counting machines and election lawsuits – not the famous Florida recount of 2000 but a local election still unresolved after two months.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/3255152/Fears-of-voting-chaos-grow-in-county-at-centre-of-notorious-2000-recount.html - GA: Lines remain long as early voting continues
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/10/24/earlyvote.html - GA: Official: Glitch led to flood of ID checks
Voter verifications: Georgia’s secretary of state says her office made 747,106 requests, not nearly 2 million.
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/10/24/voterchecks.html - IN: LDF Secures Voting Rights That Protect Foreclosure Victims
http://tinyurl.com/6lzgmq - IN: Judge keeps early voting in place
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/10/23/updates/breaking_news/doc48ff60a09dbea615856809.txt - MN: Election official: Group tied to ex-MN Secretary of State Kiffmeyer aims to ‘keep people from voting’
http://minnesotaindependent.com/14485/election-official-group-tied-to-ex-mn-secretary-of-state-kiffmeyer-aims-to-keep-people-from-voting - NJ: Editorial – Electronic Voting: The Possibility of a Hack
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/electronic-voting-the-possibility-of-a-hack/ - NJ: Opinion – Rebuttal doesn’t hack it
http://www.app.com/article/20081024/OPINION01/810240419/1029/OPINION - NJ: Study: Sequoia e-voting machines disturbingly easy to hack
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081024-study-sequoia-e-voting-machines-disturbingly-easy-to-hack.html - NJ: Payne calls on secretary of state to extend voting hours
http://www.politickernj.com/node/24834 - NJ: NJ black clergy concerned over election readiness
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj–votingconcerns1024oct24,0,4555532.story - OH: Bush, Boehner Want DOJ to Look Into Ohio Voting
http://www.rollcall.com/news/29533-1.html - OH: Ohio’s tangled election rules remain ripe for lawsuits
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/523676 - OH: LTTE — LWV – The real threat to voters
http://www.marionstar.com/article/20081024/OPINION03/810240305 - OH: Ohio group drops lawsuit over voter ID
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=975694&c=y - PA: Why can’t us?: No early voting makes Pa. vote crucial
http://www.examiner.com/x-1082-Philadelphia-News-Examiner~y2008m10d23-Why-cant-us-No-early-voting-makes-Pa-vote-crucial - PA: Pa. lawsuit seeks paper backup Nov. 4
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/chester/20081024_Pa__lawsuit_seeks_paper_backup_Nov__4.html - PA: Voters’ rights groups sue state
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-10242008-1610409.html - SC: Election Commission says South Carolina Has Enough Voting Machines
http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/election_commission_says_south_carolina_has_enough_voting_machines/10227/ - UT: Vote of confidence: Utah officials dismiss study on election readiness
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705257630,00.html
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If you are stupid enough to vote straight party you really don’t deserve to vote. Vote for the candidate not the party. I would not vote for several from my party as they have been proven to be liars, fakes, and uncaring for what the voters want.