Election Integrity News

U.S. Elections -- It Takes a Village

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
This article was posted to Wired.com's Threat Level Blog (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/democracys-volu.html) and is reposted here with permission of the author. For years the...
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Machine Problems Worsened 2008 Voting Woes

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
Voting machine issues and the confusion they caused compounded the delays faced by untold thousands of voters this fall. This...
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A Preliminary Analysis of Our Vote Live Voting Equipment Reports

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
This report was posted at Joe Hall's Not Quite a Blog (http://www.josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2008/11/12/p1105#more1105) and is reposted here with permission. Warning: This is...
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The Scoop on the Minnesota Senate Race Recount

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
This article appeared at ProPublica (http://www.propublica.org/article/why-else-to-watch-the-minnesota-senate-squeaker-1114/).Unlike many states, Minnesota has a solid idea of how well its machines scan ballots because...
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Lawyers Head to Court On Behalf of Pennsylvania Voters

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
Philadelphia County Election Officials Fail To Meet Secretary of State?s Orders to Count Emergency Paper Ballots on Election Night -...
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E-voting Groups Are Watching a Handful of States

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
This article appeared in PC World (http://www.pcworld.com/article/153186/.html?tk=rss_news).Pamela Smith (http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Pamela+Smith.html), a longtime critic of electronic voting machines, is worried more about...
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Election 2008: What Might Go Wrong

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
This article was posted at Ed Felten's Freedom to Tinker blog (http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/election-2008-what-might-go-wrong) and is reposted here with permission of the...
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EAC Announces Intention to Suspend SysTest Labs

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
Follows Action Taken by National Institute of Standards and Technology...
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Pennsylvania: Plaintiffs Claim Voting Machine Breakdowns And Long Lines Will Disenfranchise Voters

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
'A Perfect Storm' Impacting The Right To VoteA coalition of Pennsylvania voters and civil rights groups, led by the NAACP...
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VotePA Statement on Allegheny County Software Testing

VoteTrust USA - 17 hours 46 min ago
For more information visit VotePA (http://www.VotePA.us ).Click here for PDF of this statement (http://votepa.us/newsarchive/2008/VotePAAllegCo10-21-08.pdf )On Monday October 20,, Allegheny County announced...
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North Carolina: Attorney General Cooper Wins $100,000 from Voter Group for Robo Calls

VoteTrust USA - Fri, 2008/11/14 - 10:00pm
Some voters confused by Women's Voices Women Vote robo callsA group that made political telemarketing calls that did not comply...
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Attention Voters: Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure You Get to Vote

VoteTrust USA - Fri, 2008/11/14 - 10:00pm
Voters should verify their voter registrations are current and then vote early to avoid Election Day delays at polling places. This...
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New York Times: The Acorn Story

VoteTrust USA - Thu, 2008/11/13 - 10:00pm
This editorial appeared in the New York Times on October 16, 2008 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17fri1.html?bl&ex=1224388800&en=7349c3908c52867d&ei=5087).In Wednesday night?s debate, John McCain warned that...
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Insecurities and Inaccuracies of the Sequoia AVC Advantage 9.00H DRE Voting Machine

VoteTrust USA - Thu, 2008/11/13 - 10:00pm
The AVC Advantage voting machine is made by Sequoia Voting Systems and has been used in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and...
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'Daily Voting News' For November 06, 2008

Brad Blog - Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:00pm
Voters in New York must be very concerned. They have just taken part in the last election for their beloved lever voting machines. Those machines will be replaced by a voting system from one of the vendors who has provided the machines that failed in counties across the country. It ...
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FILIBUSTER-PROOF DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY BEGINS TO LINE UP IN U.S. SENATE

Brad Blog - Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:00pm
In case you haven't been able to keep up with the barrage of reporting here over the last 48 hours -- concerning serious election irregularities in various races around the country -- allow me to connect at least the dots that may well add up to a filibuster-proof Democratic majority ...
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SOMETHING SMELLS VERY FISHY IN ALASKA

Brad Blog - Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:00pm
Guest blogged by Shannyn Moore ANCHORAGE - Something stinks. Not just an ordinary low tide smell. Not like something you’d blame on the dog. It smells like an infection. For me to plug my nose, I’d have to overlook some curious facts. In Alaska, more people voted for George W. Bush in ...
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All Diebold Touch-Screen Systems Impounded by Judge in PA County

Brad Blog - Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:00pm
All 185 of the completely unverifiable Diebold touch-screen voting machines used in Northumberland County, PA's election were ordered impounded by a judge Tuesday night after complaints from both the Republican and Democratic parties. Officials from both parties had filed requested action following reports from voters that straight-party ticket votes were ...
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'Daily Voting News' For November 06, 2008

Brad Blog - Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:00pm
Tabulating is still going on around the country and there are a lot of reports of problems with memory cards, software that is slow, over use of provisional ballots, voting system failures that have resulted in voting machines being locked-up, e-poll book errors and other issues. When appropriate I have ...
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Al Franken's Razor-Thin MN Senate Race Counted on Flawed Optical-Scan Systems

Brad Blog - Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:00pm
I'm exhausted, so forgive me if I make this quicker than it deserves. And if I haven't yet been able to jump into a myriad of other elections of serious concern around the country still today. But just a few quick facts on the Al Franken (D) / Norm Coleman (R) ...
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