This recent study from the Brennan Center on post-election audits was brought to my attention by Marsha Reilly, research analyst for the House committee on...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135343/article.html?tk=nl_cxanws <http://www.pcworld.com/> PC World: Technology Advice You Can Trust Diebold E-Voting Flaws...
Despite King County Council's preference to use our existing tabulation equipment, King County Elections is charging ahead with their reckless plan to...
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/131177.html State defends voting security Polling machines leave verified paper trail, says Washington elections...
Voter Action Calls for Congressional Hearings August 15, 2007 Dear Voter Action Friends, Last night's broadcast by Dan Rather Reports of "The Trouble with...
From Jerry Policoff: I just watched the Dan Rather documentary, and I have to say that I think this is at least in part another example of the dishonesty of...
Hi All- We (King County WA) don't conduct mail balloting like Oregon does it. The differences are huge. Below is a comparison. I intend to observe the Sept 18...
Jason, Good list. Just two minor additions: * Voter intent - Oregon manually duplicates or enhances ballots with voter intent issues, based on a statewide...
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HR 811 headed for a vote....... I still have mixed feelings about it - there are some good provisions, and some that are troublesome. Marian...
Hi All- In the following post, a response to Goldy's post, I cite research showing that forced mail voting - increases turnout in special and primary elections...
"How Forced Mail Voting Effects Voter Turnout" Affect? Effect? Look in the dictionary. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effect Effect: To make or bring about; to...
Hi folks, If you're a MoveOn subscriber, you have no doubt received a message from them at the beginning of this 3-day weekend titled "Important decision on...
"Hey, little girl, here is a piece of candy for you -- you like candy, don't you? Oh, that brown smear on it is not really harmful to you, even though your...
Executive Sims, Councilmember Phillips- We are keen to review "the specific criteria [the executive] intends to use to determine whether the testing required...
Richard Riehl- Your opinion piece repeats Oregon State's unsubstantiated claims of increased voter turnout when forcing all voters to use a mail ballot. ...
Hi Norman Turrill- Thanks for following up. (And to Jo Morgan too.) ... special and primary elections) is an advantage to me. I argue that King County already...
I asked to see the test plans of the Diebold/DRS equipment, as required by motion 2007-0402, which were due August 31st. Here's the text of the response I just...
Hi BrynDel Swift- Thanks for the head's up. The council should deny the entire second business case (tracking and accountability) and seriously modify the plan...
King County Council Trims Reckless Plan http://www.washblog.com/story/2007/9/18/19326/6168 Yesterday, King County Council decided (2007-0328) against both ...
Below are some details from BBV about misused HAVA funds. It's really quite good. Speaking of which, Washington State's HAVA Grant Board is meeting this...
Stevenson, WA is on the right bank of the Columbia River, about 30 miles east of Vancouver, WA. A long drive from Whatcom, to make a 10:AM meeting, sorry. ...
FYI - Article from Electionline.org on automatic signature verification. Jonathan Bechtle, J.D. Director, Citizenship and Governance Center Evergreen Freedom...
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Steve Freeman spoke in Seattle on Election Fraud last Spring. Here is information on, and a URL for viewing, his latest presentation. ... From: Mark Crispin...
I have recently crafted a cost-calculator tool, for estimating the costs of hand-counting ballots (votes). http://noleakybuckets.org/pubs.html . Please take a...
Why I worry about computerized voting. People who write (and certify) programs for computers can make mistakes. Such mistakes can make the results come out...
Look what this guy wrote in the year 1999, about our present day wars with Iraq, about the World Trade Center bombings, and about what our every day life...