Thankfully, the mainstream media are covering the story of how our elections are being conducted. Over the next few days, I'll be listing and linking to press and blog reports on the conduct of the 2006 elections: the casting, counting, and auditing of our votes. I'm relying on community help, so don't be shy.
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A day's sample - seems good to start with Monday - is below the jump.
The full, un-redacted SAIC report has finally been released today. / Today marks the 58th anniversary of the "Polk County Massacre" in Tennessee. / The news for the past week, today and surely tomorrow has been rife with 'feel-good' articles about how prepared counties are and how well the voters like their voting machines. If the primaries and early voting are a gauge, then we are looking at many of these counties, especially those in states with no early voting, to have problems. / Bibb, Camden and Cobb Co.s Georgia will all use machines with a vvpat for the first time this year. Let's hope the state is serious about this test and that the printers are properly serviced and not allowed to fail just so the state and Diebold can claim it is a mistake. / Anderson Co South Carolina has sleepovers this weekend. /
NAtional: BradBlog Exclusive Documents: 'The Pentagon Paper Of E-Voting' - The Long-sought 2003 State of Maryland's 'SAIC Report' On Diebold Security Vulnerabilities - Now Released in Full!
http://www.bradblog.com/...
NAtional: Elections 58 years ago marked by violence
http://www.knoxnews.com/...
NAtional: All Four Major E-Voting Machines Flip Votes in Early Voting
http://www.votetrustusa.org/...
NAtional: Fingers Crossed That Voting Machines Work
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
NAtional: What to Do if You Have Trouble Voting
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
NAtional: Lawyers fan out for US mid-term elections
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/...
NAtional: Groups at odds with Pentagon over e-mail ballots
http://www.estripes.com/...
NAtional: The Importance of Recounts
http://www.votetrustusa.org/...
NAtional: Tight Lid Kept On Exit-Poll 'Vault'
http://www.nypost.com/...
NAtional: Columnist - Sanctity of ballot is once more at stake
http://www.kansascity.com/...
NAtional: Counting on security
The transition to electronic voting without tough standards for security, reliability and accessibility is a serious mistake.
http://www.sacbee.com/...
NAtional: U.S. Attorney's Office: We're ready to investigate election fraud
http://washington.bizjournals.com/...
NAtional: Vote-counting, exit-poll groups learned from '04
http://www.dfw.com/...
NAtional: Getting Ugly Early On Election Law
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
NAtional: Political pressure mounts on decision desks
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/...
NAtional: Nancy Giles: Why Doesn't U.S. Voting Work?
Inspiring Democracy Abroad May Seem Easier Than Ensuring Democratic Principles, Like Voting, Back Home
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
AK: Voters prefer paper ballots over screens
Machines shunned in 20 percent of precincts
http://www.juneauempire.com/...
AL: Baldwin County - Changes made to avoid 2002 voting problems
Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday
http://www.al.com/...
CA: How Safe Is Your Vote?
http://cbs5.com/...
CA: Riverside County - Electronic voting safe, secure and monitored
http://www.nctimes.com/...
DE: Elections chief: Electronic machines just fine
http://www.delawareonline.com/...
FL: Electronic machines' vote tallies will be on the button, elections chiefs vow
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/...
FL: Sarasota County - Voting glitch prompts warning
http://www.heraldtribune.com/...
GA: 3 Georgia precincts to use paper trail
Officials hope experiment reassures voters
http://www.ajc.com/...
GA: Opinions remain mixed on voting machines
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/...
IL: Rockford, Winnebago Counties - E-voting safe bet for local voters
http://www.rrstar.com/...
KS: Shawnee County - The right touch? Voters not sure
Majority casting advance ballots opting not to use high-tech devices
http://cjonline.com/...
MD: Mail-voting extension sought
http://www.baltimoresun.com/...
MD: Group Threatens Legal Action To Extend Absentee Balloting
http://www.nbc4.com/...
MO: Boone County - Clerk still wary of electronic voting
http://columbiamissourian.com/...
MS: Moment of truth for new voting machines
http://www.sunherald.com/...
NJ: Experts: Be alert for voting machine problems
http://www.nj.com/...
NJ: Poll workers predict rough day
http://www.courierpostonline.com/...
NM: On the bubble
http://www.freenewmexican.com/...
NM: New Mexico Dirty Tricks: GOP Targets Voters With Hispanic Surnames
http://www.bradblog.com/...
OH: Absentee ballots double this year
http://www.newsdemocrat.com/...
OH: Officials ready for anything
New machines, ID requirements keep many on their toes
http://news.enquirer.com/...
OH: State advises counties not to scan absentee ballots early
http://www.kansascity.com/...
OH: Tuscarawas County - Making sense of ID requirements
http://www.timesreporter.com/...
PA: An eSlate of candidates
http://www.altoonamirror.com/...
PA: Lawrence and Mercer Counties - Mercer, Lawrence workers to hand-count absentees
http://www.vindy.com/...
SC: Anderson County - Voting machines go home with election workers
http://www.independentmail.com/...
TN: Shelby County - Tennessee's GOP Party Says More Voter Smart Cards Are Missing
http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/...
TX: Lawyers stand by in Dist. 22
http://www.chron.com/...
TX: Gregg, Harrison, Rusk Counties - More counties vote 'no' to paper ballots
http://www.news-journal.com/...
VA: Columnist - Take a healthy skepticism to the polls
http://www.roanoke.com/...
WI: Touch-screen voting to aid larger turnout Tuesday
http://www.postcrescent.com/...