On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of a letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and a full report on the findings of an investigation by the California Secretary of State’s office, we have articles from Kim Zetter in her blog for Wired Magazine and one from one of the principles of the “Humboldt County Election Transparency Project,” Mitch Trachtenberg that is posted on The BRAD BLOG.

Yesterday I mentioned the letter sent by the Secretary of State to the EAC. In that letter is a request by Bowen that the EAC “consider requiring that, for every voting system certified by the EAC, the voting system vendor report any and all flaws and problems with the system to the EAC and to the elections officials in the states where the system is used when such flaws are discovered.” This morning I was reminded by a member of the EAC staff, who receives DVN, that in the “Testing and Certification Manual” the EAC already requires what the Secretary has suggested they require....

• Featured: CA: Report: Diebold Voting System Has 'Delete' Button for Erasing Audit Logs
  http://blog.wired.com/27.../03/ca-report-finds.html
• Featured: CA: E-VOTE BOMBSHELL: Diebold Tabulator Drops Votes, Allows Undetectable Audit Log Deletion
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6962
• National: Voting integrity lies
  http://www.examiner.com/...ak-with-a-forked-toungue
• AZ: Pima County - RTA Mysteries Resolved In April?
  http://blog.tucsonweekly.com/?p=1852
• CA: Diebold voting system sported 'delete' button: report
  http://rawstory.com/news..._delete_button_0304.html
• CA: Counties scramble to cover May vote
  Leaders skeptical of state promise to repay
  http://www.modbee.com/local/story/618854.html
• CA: Riverside County - County wants cash for hand count
  http://www.mydesert.com/...0090304/NEWS01/903040318
• CO: Coffman to face state ethics panel to answer complaint
  http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_11829608
• CO: All-paper vote has its doubters
  http://www.denverpost.co...statehouse08/ci_11829609
• CT: Sparks Fly Over Threat To Cut Registrars’ Hours In Half
  http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=1639
• IL: Let's give instant run-off voting a chance at the polls in Chicago
  http://www.chicagotribun...3-mar03,0,1441908.column
• KY: Bullitt County - Bullitt sets aside excess funds for new voting machines
  http://www.courier-journ...0090304/ZONE10/903040555
• MD: State likely to miss paper-ballot system deadline
  http://www.baltimoresun....ng4mar04,0,2117036.story
• MN: Downballot: Wanting a do-over?
  http://firstread.msnbc.m.../2009/03/04/1819405.aspx
• MN: Coleman Spokesman Declares That Court Can't Certify Election Result
  http://tpmdc.talkingpoin...tify-election-result.php
• MN: Opinion - Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Race; Coleman Needs to Make a Dignified Exit
  http://www.usnews.com/bl...ke-a-dignified-exit.html
• MN: Coleman: ‘Court’s going to have to reflect on’ do-over election
  http://minnesotaindepend...ealing-signature-do-over
• MN: Minnesota Update: The System Is Broken --- Because Of This Case!
  http://tpmdc.talkingpoin...because-of-this-case.php
• MN: Opinion - No legal basis for Senate do-over --- yet
  http://www.startribune.c...Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
• MN: Coleman wonders if judges can find a winner
  http://www.startribune.c...Pc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsr
• MN: Team Franken Tackles The Coleman Electoral-Uncertainty Principle
  http://tpmdc.talkingpoin...ncertainty-principle.php
• MN: Senate recount trial: Franken to move for dismissal
  http://www.startribune.c...cyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
• MN: No legal basis for Senate do-over
  http://www.startribune.c...Ug:oaEQDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
• MS: Voter ID bills die in Mississippi Legislature
  http://www.wlox.com/Glob...941843&nav=menu40_2
• NY: Elections board to recount votes in Staten Island race
  http://www.silive.com/ne...60484040.xml&coll=1
• TN: Williamson County - Election bill surprises some communities
  http://www.tennessean.co...OUNTY0904/903040356/1142
• VT: Burlington Holds Second Highly Successful Instant Runoff Voting Election
  http://www.huffingtonpos...s-second-h_b_171645.html
• WI: A Rock, A Hard Place, and Interim Certification
  http://washburnsworld.bl...d-place-and-interim.html
• Germany: German High Court: E-Voting Unconstitutional
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6961

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