The Voting News Daily: GA lawmaker wants paper ballots, Internet voting-Solution or snake oil?
GA state Rep. Tim Bearden has introduced paper ballot law HB 1215… Clay Co KY poll worker says it was easy to steal more than 100 votes in one election…See the court docs for Dominion’s suit to stop NY City purchase of ES&S voting machines over at Bo Lipari’s blog…Over 75,000 systems compromised in cyberattack……”Internet voting, solution of snake oil?”. Ben Rothke elaborates in “Dont Stop The Handcount – A Few Problems With Internet Voting”…Less than 10% of Ontario municipalities utilize phone or Internet voting…
All this and more in today’s voting news below….
AZ: Arizona Bill Moves Ahead, Would Simplify Presidential Candidate Listing on November Ballot
http://bit.ly/bsKdMf
Only six states still print the candidates for presidential elector on November ballots. The most populous of these six states is Arizona, which has ten electoral votes.
CT: Connecticut Secretary of State Sues Herself to Obtain Decision that She is Eligible to Run for Attorney General
http://bit.ly/cnfWlF
Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz says she will file a lawsuit in state court, seeking a decision that she is eligible to run for Attorney General this year.
GA: Lawmaker Wants Paper Ballots
http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2010/02/lawmaker-wants-paper-ballots.html
…Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) has introduced HB 1215 that would do away with the current electronic voting machines in favor of some form of paper ballot.
“The integrity of voting is priority number one and you can ensure that by making sure there’s a paper trail,”
GA: County managers: budget plan will hurt election, library, tax offices
http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2010/02/16/front/budget.txt
IN: Ind. Senate Keeps Vote Center Legsilation Alive
http://bit.ly/9lmdqp
KY: Clay precinct worker testifies that officials taught her to steal votes *
http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1147902.html
…Wanda White testified that Clerk Freddy Thompson — the county’s chief election officer — helped show her how to manipulate voting machines along with Charles Wayne Jones, the Democratic election commissioner.
The scheme involved duping people to walk away from the voting computer before finishing their selections, then changing their choices, said White, the Democratic judge in a precinct in Manchester.
White said she stole more than 100 votes that election.
NV: Lawyer calls ACORN ‘hated, feared,’ seeks separate trials
Judge denies motion to separate case, saying trials would be identical
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/17/acorn/
NY: Dominion Sues to Stop New York City Contract with ES&S (update, docs posted)
http://www.bolipari.com/boblog/2010/02/dominion-sues-to-stop-new-york-city-contract-with-ess/
Update I, 2/19/10 – Court documents posted, links here
NY: Questions Raised about NYC’s Voting Machine Selection Process
http://reformny.blogspot.com/2010/02/questions-raised-about-nycs-voting.html
In its memorandum of law, Dominion argues that the Board of Elections ignored procurement laws and procedures and established its own procurement process that did not make clear the criteria for selection. According to the memorandum, ES&S received extra points for optional features that cannot legally be used in New York.
SC: SC lawmakers put early voting under the microscope (Audio)
http://bit.ly/9K4sU2
…The State Senate is currently working on legislation that would combine early voting with the photo ID measure.
TN: Voter Registration Would Require Affirmation
Prospective Voters Would Have To Check Citizens Box
http://www.wsmv.com/politics/22582223/detail.html
TX: Voter registration tangled in Web
http://bit.ly/bFBms3