The Voting News Daily: Hacking NEDAP voting machine in 60 Seconds, San Fran voters privacy invaded, In WA a ballot box overflows
We’ve got another hack story today. Video shows NEDAP hack done in 60 seconds. In Aspen more calls to make May’s ballots available for independent audit. Voting activist Harvie Branscomb is part of the audit team. Economic downturn mean less early voting locations in an Indiana County and consolidation of voting locations in a New York Village. In Ballard, Washington a ballot box is overflowing. The Justice Department rejected non-partisan municipal elections for Kinston NC as it “would hurt black voters’ ability to “elect candidates of choice.” In Nevada, Ex-ACORN Vegas director to testify against group. San Francisco voters upset to find their private information posted at polling places. Voting machines: hackable, crackable, hijackable
CA. City considers making voter information confidential
08/18/09 Privacy and accountability are apparently clashing in San Francisco elections. Complaints have been rolling in to the Department of Elections about personal information such as phone numbers and e-mail addresses being posted publicly outside polling spots…What’s the solution? The Department of Elections wants to change its policy so voters can provide their information for “administrative use only.”
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/City-considers-making-voter-information-confidential-53618982.html
CO. Make the ballots public
If I may quote the actor Slim Pickens from the Mel Brooks movie “Blazing Saddles,” “What in the wide wide world of sports is going on around here?”
…Marks and Branscomb should be granted their request, knowing the facts stated above and that the city issued a press release on May 28 stating that there were errors in tabulations of the mayoral race exposed by TrueBallot (the company that ran the election).
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090819/LETTER/908189974/1020
CO. Minnesota group takes aim at Aspen’s election
August 19 A Minnesota group which says instant runoff voting is unconstitutional said it plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging Aspen’s May election and the voting system it used. “This is the essence of the main argument against IRV — your vote can be changed in its value and effect by the votes cast by others,”
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/136163
CT. Hartford: Wasting $ As Usual
..For a city the size of Hartford there should be no problem having three registrars and the costs should be minimal.
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2254
IN. Library voting may end in ’10
Budget cut seen as best election fit
August 19, 2009
Early voting in libraries in Vanderburgh County will be eliminated in 2010 if a budget cut proposed Tuesday takes effect, the county’s chief elections officer said.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/aug/19/library-voting-may-end-in-10-budget-cut-seen-as/
NC. Justice Department rejects non-partisan voting
Federal officials concerned changes would hurt black voters’ ability to “elect candidates of choice.” August 18…In a letter sent to City Attorney Jim Cauley late Monday, acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King stated “the elimination of party affiliation on the ballot will likely reduce the ability of blacks to elect candidates of choice.”
http://www.enctoday.com/articles/department-57925-kfpress-justice-waiting.html
NJ. Should politicians be required to take lie detector tests?
The new electronic voting machine
August 18th.
http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2009/08/18/should-politicians-be-required-to-take-lie-detector-tests/
NV. Ex-ACORN Vegas director to testify against group August 19
Chief Deputy Nevada Attorney General Conrad Hafen said Wednesday that Christopher Edwards’ plea deal strengthens a felony case against the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now and Amy Busefink, a former regional voter registration director for ACORN.