The Voting News Daily: Estonian Court Rejects E-Voting Challenge, Technical Problems in Monroe County Indiana
Estonia: Supreme Court Rejects Last Voter Complaint – ERR
The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Review Chamber ruled on March 21 that the petition by student Paavo Pihelgas to invalidate the electronic voting results in the March 6 parliamentary elections lacks substance. Pihelgas sought nullification of the election result on the grounds that the software used in the electronic voting was flawed and could make it possible for a virus to block a vote without the voter knowing that any interference had occurred. To prove his case, Pihelgas conducted a series of experiments with the participation of several voters who had been informed by him of the nature of the test and had given express consent to participate. According to the law, the Supreme Court can nullify election results in case a violation of voter rights has been established that had or may have had a significant effect on the election outcome. Therefore the Chamber set out to determine whether a violation of Pihelgas’s rights had occurred. Full Article
IN: Technical woes force Monroe County to alter primary plan – chicagotribune.com
A southern Indiana county’s plans to move from electronic voting to paper ballots is being hampered by possible technical problems with the ballot-counting machines officials had hoped to have in place for the May primary. Those technical concerns, including whether the machines might misread ballots that are longer than standard sizes have forced Monroe County to alter its plans for the primary as a state weighs whether to certify the machines from Omaha, Neb.-based Election System and Software. The county had finalized the nearly $1 million purchase of the new equipment in December, but county clerk Linda Robbins said the county has not taken delivery of the equipment because of the technical issues. “We decided we would not accept delivery of any of the equipment until we can be assured we can have a really good election for the Monroe County voters,” she told The Herald-Times. Full Article