The Voting News Daily: WA’s voter reg system crash, E-voting not safe says hacker, Hursti wins award
Famous cyber expert Rop Gonggrijp says: “electronic voting does not work.” …..E-Voting Investigator Harri Hursti wins Pioneer Award from EFF…Albuquerque Muni Election -confusion and accessible equipment broken and not set up…Early voting increases campaign costs… Florida spends $700K on single candidate contest…Hamilton County OH suspects absentee ballot fraud… New Jersey’s unfair ballot design discriminates…Allen County TX studying vote centers, cutting polling places… Washington’s online voter registration system crashes…Welfare reform/voter registration myths debunked…
All of that and more in today’s Voting News below…
CA. Voting Systems Announcements from the California Secretary of State
Sequoia WinEDS v. 3.1.012 Revised Conditional Reapproval_
(http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VotingSystemsAnnouncements/~3/aXXg4n_z-z4/sequoia_100109.pdf)
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 04:59 PM PDT
The Sequoia WinEDS v. 3.1.012 Conditional Reapproval has been revised. To
view the changes that were made, a redlined version is available at
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/sequoia_redline-100109.pdf) .
CO. Voting Equipment Certification Rules (audio)
The state is updating how it certifies voting machine equipment in preparation for future elections. The secretary of state’s office held an initial meeting on Friday to go over the details, another public hearing is scheduled for later this month. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
http://krccnews.org/rccnews/voting-equipment-certificaiton-rules/2009/10/05/7111
CT. A Candidate’s View – Early Voting, Vote-By-Mail
October 6, 2009 …a candidate’s view from FL, where early voting has changed the campaign calendar, increased cost, and perhaps reduced voter knowledge along with costing some voters their votes
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2433
FL. Florida Spends $700,000 on a Special Election with One Candidate on the Ballot
October 6th, 2009 …The cause of so many one-candidate elections is that Florida filing fees are so large
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/10/06/florida-spends-700000-on-a-special-election-with-one-candidate-on-the-ballot/
MA. State eyes allowing teenagers voting rights
Oct 07, 2009 “At the Election Laws hearing, municipal clerks from Sherborn and North Andover urged lawmakers to form a task force to advise them on changes to election laws, arguing that the people charged with implementing the laws should have a more prominent role in shaping legislation.”
http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/news/x576542902/State-eyes-allowing-teenagers-voting-rights
NC.Chatham ponders moving town elections to November
October 7, 2009 Chatham Town Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 13, on changing the town’s charter to hold elections in November.
..Chatham elects its mayor and town council members every two years in May.
…Moving elections to November is expected to save the town $2,000 to $5,000.
According to Pittsylvania County Registrar Jenny Lee Sanders, the state is cutting expenses and passing election costs on to localities.
Beginning in 2010, localities will be responsible for the cost of paper poll books and other election expenses, she said.
http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2009/10/07/chatham/news/news56.txt
NC. What was your Voting Experience 09?
Oct 6. http://www.newraleigh.com/articles/archive/your-voting-experience/
NJ. Daggett gets little help from ballot position *
After his spirited performance in last Thursday’s debate, independent candidate for governor Chris Daggett has seen the number people Googling him increase by 40 times over last year.
…His obstacle: New Jersey laws reserving the top two spots on any ballot for the two major-party candidates. Last month, Daggett – along with Libertarian Party candidate Kenneth Kaplan – took the step of filing suit against the practice.
The suit argued the system was unconstitutional because it gives an unfair advantage to those backed by major parties.