From Kathy Dopp:
Here is just ONE (1) day of news stories re. electronic voting problems in November 7 election (stories are continuing to unfold). One county using Diebold voting machines in another state has still not announced their election results due to memory card failures. Utah county’s “glitch” disenfranchised voters and touchscreens caused long lines in Utah. Federal law only requires ONE (1) touchscreen voting machine in each polling place for the disabled to use – Utah could use optical scan paper ballots which are conveniently manually auditable, voter verified, less expensive, cause no long lines; and are not susceptible to power outages, denial of service attacks, and vote flipping attacks. Is there any reason to trust insufficiently manually audited invisible e-ballots which are secretly counted by proprietary humanly-unreadable machine language software on voting machines whose components are made in China, Canada, and various U.S. states?
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It took over 24 hours for Cook Co. Illinois to count their votes. That’s with their brand-new Smartmatic clone Sequoia voting machines. County Clerk David Orr conceded that the hardware and software being used should be re-examined. / One of the striking problems that has come up around the country is the reason for long lines in many places. They just didn’t buy enough machines for the turnout they had. Another boon for the vendors when all they really needed to do was buy one Precinct-Based Optical Scan (PBOS) for each precinct and there would have been no need to go out and buy more DRE machines. And the cause of the long lines in Denver; poorly written, poorly tested voter registration software from Sequoia.
Other articles:
NAtional: What, exactly, is an election meltdown?
http://www.votersunite.org/info/2006meltdown.asp
NAtional: Voting booth glitches show where fixes needed ahead
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2006/2006-11-08-voting-issues_x.htm
NAtional: Vote-flipping plagues e-voting
http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-613e2b4b-9b81-404a-b9fb-6776ba8bf594
NAtional: A monumental victory for the election protection movement
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1412.shtml
NAtional: The drama of empty numbers
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/2237
NAtional: E-Voting Glitches Examined; Reform Push Planned
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193700051&subSection=Breaking+News
NAtional: A Post Mortem on the Voting Process
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&pubid=1436
AK: Judge Orders Division of Elections To Preserve Copies of Election Records
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2013&Itemid=113
AR: One county has yet to report in general election
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/11/08/news/110906arvotingproblems.txt
AR: Benton County To Recount Votes
Inspection Could Affect Every Race
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/11/08/news/110906bzcountproblems.txt
AR: Benton County – Waiting for results
http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/41901/
AR: Sharp County – Sharp voting machines have problems
http://www.guardonline.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=37130&format=html
CA: E-Voting; A True Story
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/comments/1645
CA: Paper problems jam up electronic voting
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_novote09.34d463e.html
CA: Los Angeles County – SCV: InkaVote Plus Machine Not Working
http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=34070&format=html
CO: Denver – Mayor says “Enough is enough”
http://origin.denverpost.com/sportscolumnists/ci_4623732
CO: Denver – City official wants to scrap Denver Election Commission
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20061109/NEWS/111090061
CO: Denver – Editorial – Time to junk election commission
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/editorials/article/0,2777,DRMN_23964_5129617,00.html
CO: Denver – Experts not surprised by Denver woes
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5130478,00.html
CO: Denver – Tech experts, election judges blast efforts
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_4627422
CO: Denver – City election panel blames delays on software glitches
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5130510,00.html
CO: Douglas County – Clerk Takes Blame For Voting Problems
http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_312213913.html
FL: Hillsborough County – Human error possible in voting glitch
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/09/Hillsborough/Human_error_possible_.shtml
FL: Pinellas County – Firm’s role in voting at issue
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/09/Tampabay/Firm_s_role_in_voting.shtml
FL: Sarasota County – 18,000 votes in U.S. House race may be lost
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/15965769.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
FL: Sarasota County – Attorneys swarm in for vote recount
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS/611090389/1006/SPORTS
FL: Sarasota County – Sarasota voters report touch-screen woes
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS/611090312
FL: Sarasota County – Race so close 2 recounts may be required by law
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS/611090819/1006/SPORTS
FL: Sarasota County voters choose paper ballots
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/15965661.htm
FL: Sarasota County – State to audit flawed Sarasota County vote
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/elections/15970924.htm
FL: Sarasota County – PFAW Foundation Asks for Investigation into Massive Undercount in Florida Congressional Race
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23062
FL: ‘Undervotes’ in race to fill Harris’ seat spur call for inquiry
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-flcontest0906nov09,0,104919.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state
IA: Humboldt County – Auditor will seek recount after discrepancy
http://www.messengernews.net/News/articles.asp?articleID=4903
IL: Chicago/Cook County – Cook County’s Pricey Voting Equipment Falters
Votes Still Being Counted Almost 24 Hours After Polls Closed
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_312185510.html
IL: Chicago/Cook County – Cook voting glitches blamed on small computers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-061108voting,1,6300700.story?coll=chi-news-hed
IL: Cook County – Finger-pointing begins over slow vote tabulation
http://www.dailyherald.com/politics/story.asp?id=248295
IL: Cook County – Second time not the charm for new voting equipment
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/130363,cst-nws-vote09.article
IL: Cook County – County to probe slow count
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0611090201nov09,1,6967474.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
KY: Voting machine glitches statewide delay results
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/politics/15966655.htm
KY: Machines’ problems led to hand counts
Results delayed in 19 Ky. counties
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS0106/611090383/1008/NEWS01
ME: Results slowed by machine trouble
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/3310362.html
MO: St Louis County – Touch-screen voting will be reviewed
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/78F88F247876A302862572210011DBD0?OpenDocument
OH: Cuyahoga County – Election success cost an extra $17 per voter
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1163064993195850.xml&coll=2
OH: Warren County – Warren delay raises eyebrows
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2006/11/warren-delay-raises-eyebrows.asp#comments
PA: Lancaster County – County to investigate voting problems
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/27623
PA: Luzerne County – Two Hazleton area voters file complaints about new machines
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/15967078.htm
PA: Westmoreland County – Paper ballots to back up machines
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_478935.html
SC: Parties line up people to watch recounts in two statewide races
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/15973295.htm
TN: Metro wants more voting machines
http://www.hendersonvillestarnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS0206/611090388
TX: Ballot, polling woes aggravate voters
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA110906.01B.VOTE_PROBLEMS.2f7f505.html
TX: Three counties wrestled with voting miscues
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/11/09/11092006wacelectionsnags.html
TX: Human error to blame for wrong vote tally in South Texas
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=174434
TX: North Texas – Problems are reported with vote machines
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/15959565.htm
TX: Tom Green County – Tom Green County experiences voting problems
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/15965720.htm
WV: Fayette County – Fayette glitches lead to all-night vote count
http://www.register-herald.com/BNIgolf/local_story_312231202.html?keyword=topstory
VA: Machine Politics ’06: Paperless Ballots That Generate a Lot of Ink
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110802474.html
VA: Fairfax County – Voting Glitch in Fairfax
Some machine malfunctions could fuel arguments for recount.
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=73582&paper=61&cat=104
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 