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An Important New Proposal for Voting Machines
If you’ve wondered why voting machine problems seem to occur again and again around the country and what can be done about it, the Brennan Center at New York University School of Law has an answer. A report released last week by the non-partisan organization, Voting System Failures: A Database Solution, found that in... »
Eighteen Members of Congress Call On Attorney General Holder to Ensure Integrity of Voting Systems
Urges Action In Advance of November Elections U.S. Rep. Rush Holt led a group of 18 members of Congress in urging U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to enlist the Department’s enforcement capabilities in advance of the November elections to ensure the viability of voting systems and that votes are... »
Voting results in New Jersey should not be mysterious
The following essay by Rutgers University law professor Penny M. Venetis was originally published on the website of the New Jersey Star-Ledger. By Penny M. Venetis Last week in South Carolina, an unknown, unemployed veteran (recently indicted on felony obscenity charges) who did not even campaign, beat a well-financed political veteran in the Democratic... »
SC Progressive Network scrambles to preserve voting machine records
For Immediate Release June 15, 2010 Contact: 803-8083-3384, network@scpronet.com If the 46 county election offices are not stopped, within days they will erase the most critical data from the memories of all the voting machines, warns SC Progressive Network Director Brett Bursey. With controversy over the reliability of the touch-screen computers heating up, the... »
On the South Carolina Primary
A call for recountable, auditable voting systems Last week’s surprising outcome in a party primary in South Carolina for United States Senate was accompanied by anecdotal reports of voting problems on election day, and many questions about the accuracy of the vote count. Whether specific reports of irregularities in this election are confirmed, the... »
The 2010 Primaries: More Recounts than Recountable Elections
The 2010 primary election season is in full swing. As in every election cycle, there are a number of extremely close races, with recounts looming for some. So far this year, state-mandated automatic recounts are likely for the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, and for the Republican primary for Ohio’s 18th U.S.... »
Idaho Primary Snapshot
May’s last primary will be held today in Idaho. Here is a summary of Idaho’s voting system: Voting System: Optical Scan Paper Ballots, Hand Counted Paper Ballots, and Punch Card 5 counties in Idaho use Votomatic punch card equipment, the last jurisdictions in the nation to do so. These counties comprise over 70,000 voters,... »
ES&S/Premier Merger News: Dominion Acquires Former Diebold Product Line
Dominion Voting Systems, a Canadian voting machine firm that recently entered the American voting system market with the sale of equipment to most of the counties in New York State, announced on Wednesday that it has purchased the product line of Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) from Election Systems and Software (ES&S). ... »
May 18 Primaries: Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania
Despite signs of progress, today’s primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania show how much work remains to verify the vote. Pennsylvania has a manual audit law but few counties have voting systems that allow an independent audit of electronic vote counts. Kentuckians will vote mostly on voter-marked paper ballots, but the state law... »
Comments on EAC UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements
This week the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) released public comments submitted on their draft UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements. The EAC document spell outs testing and certification requirements for Internet voting pilot programs for military and overseas voters, partly in response to the requirements of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act passed... »
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