The Voting News Daily: FVAP: unsecure means ok for troop vote, Scientists blast approval of faulty voting systems, Citizens assail GA Supreme Court ruling
October 15. Who will stand up for our troops vote? Soldiers to Choose Risking Democracy on Electronic Voting – FVAP says ok for troops send ballots by “unsecure electronic means” as long as its voluntary…CA Computer Scientists Charge U.S. EAC Misused Security Findings from Landmark E-Voting Study…Citizens Assail GA Supreme Court Voting Decision…Applause: NC State Board of Elections asks DOD to become voter registration agency…Guilty pleas in Atlantic City NJ absentee ballot fraud…Clermont County OH says vote by mail or you might get swine flu…Real cause of low turnout: lack of issues, disconnect with voters…
Irony warning: Tennessee SOS Tres Hargett says state can comply with voting machine law by 2010 if court orders him to…Ireland finally planning disposal of its banned e-voting machines…Plenty of internet voting whack-a-mole today…
All of that and more in today’s Voting News below..
AK: Recount scheduled in North Pole mayor race
October 15, 2009 NORTH POLE, Alaska (AP) – North Pole City Clerk Kathy Weber says the city will conduct a recount in the mayor’s race.
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Jacobson tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that an election worker told him the city’s voting machine malfunctioned on Election Day.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11317627
CA: CA Computer Scientists Charge U.S. EAC Misused Security Findings from Landmark E-Voting Study
In letter to federal Election Assistance Commission, investigators from CA’s unprecedented e-vote review blast the approval of flawed protocols in certification tests for new Diebold e-voting system…
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7470
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GA: Citizens Assail GA Supreme Court Voting Decision
October 15, 2009 Press Release
…Plaintiff Mark Sawyer stated: “This decision authorizes the Secretary of State to continue pretending to conduct elections. Not one of the 100+ million actual votes that have been cast on Election Day since 2002 can be audited for correctness of vote recording. No state election official can prove that any election result ever produced by these machines is correct.”
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Citizens-Assail-GA-Supreme-by-Garland-Favorito-091015-216.html
IA: Recount Board Verifies Results of Davenport Third Ward Primary
…The following process was used to recount the votes in each precinct.
Each board member reviewed each ballot and agreed on the candidate for which the ballot was cast. As the board reviewed each ballot the ballots were separated by candidates. After all ballots had been reviewed for a particular precinct each board member hand counted the results. Each board member then publically stated the vote total for each candidate.
http://scottcountyauditor.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/recount-board-verifies-results-of-davenport-third-ward-primary/
MD: Maryland Delegate plans revision to state law allowing felons to vote
October 14 …Once introduced, Impallaria’s bill will require ex-convicts to register with the State Board of Elections as a “restored voting rights felon,” and the felon will only be permitted to vote by absentee ballot.
http://www.examiner.com/x-9913-Maryland-Statehouse-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Maryland-Delegate-plans-revision-to-state-law-allowing-felons-to-vote
MI: Michigan considers e-mailing absentee ballots overseas
House bill would allow U.S. military, others out of the country more time to cast votes
Lansing — Chances of getting their votes counted are so slim for U.S.