Today we have three “Featured” articles. Regular readers will note that we have been warning about the recent call for Internet voting and the fact that the Internet is not secure for elections use. The first two articles clearly bring this concern to the forefront. If the Internet was secure, the New York Times wonders, why would scientists be designing a newer, better Internet?

The second “Featured” article says, “Reported cyber attacks on U.S. government computer networks climbed 40% last year, federal records show, and more infiltrators are trying to plant malicious software they could use to control or steal sensitive data.”

If the Internet is so insecure why in the world would any responsible election official even suggest using the it to transmit completed ballots? One has to wonder what is really behind this new Internet voting push. That brings us to the third of our “Featured” articles...

• Featured - National: Do We Need a New Internet?
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...l?pagewanted=1&_r=1
• Featured - National: Reported raids on federal computer data soar
  http://www.usatoday.com/...htm?loc=interstitialskip
• Featured - National: Way to Rig Elections on Scale Unimagined - Right Here Right Now
  http://journals.democrat...WillYourVoteBCounted/263
• CO: A conversation with Bernie Buescher: Paper ballots versus electronic voting machines
  http://www.examiner.com/...ectronic-voting-machines
• MN: Coleman lawyers call on court to reconsider ballots
  Norm Coleman's attorneys said some of the ballots accepted in the recount may resemble others that were barred in a court ruling on Friday.
  http://www.startribune.c...c:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU
• MN: Opinion - A Victory for the Rule of Law
  http://moritzlaw.osu.edu...nts/articles.php?ID=4997
• MN: Coleman paving way for Supreme Court appeal
  http://blogs.citypages.c...09/02/coleman_paving.php
• MN: Group offers ideas for improving Minnesota's election system
  http://www.startribune.c...c:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU
• MN: Recount trial focuses on reasons for rejecting ballots
  An elections official's testimony appeared to bolster one of Norm Coleman's arguments but to undercut another.
  http://www.startribune.c...PYDiaK7DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
• MN: Editorial - Ritchie kicks off election law debate
  Legislature should make reform a priority in 2009.
  http://www.startribune.c...V_jEyhD:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
• Uganda: Uganda - A Shining City on a Hill?
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6920

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