From John Gideon: Voters in Salina, Saline County, Kansas went to the polls this past Tuesday and some of them had their votes flipped by the county's ES&S iVotronic machines. Our 'Featured' article talks about the vote flipping and gives some new information. Kansas was warned about 'vote flipping' in an October letter from the Brennan Center and Verified Voting. Naturally they ignored that warning. ES&S has now admitted that their touch screens lose calibration during the day, from normal use, and that they have to be recalibrated on occasion. The county seems to be sure that no flipping was done without the voter noticing it; a baseless assumption. They think that the voters review their ballot before hitting the "Vote" button. That is a false assumption according to studies. The county also thinks they can go to the internal audit log to find out what happened. That is not possible because the voters touch on the screen happens before the audit log records anything.
Featured - KS: Saline County - 'Vote flipping' was not unexpected http://www.salina.com/rdnews/story/vote-machine-4-9-2009 AL: Martin voter bill out of committee http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/news/2009/apr/09/martin-voter-bill-out-committee/ MO: In our view: Turning off the voters http://www.joplinglobe.com/editorial/local_story_099221553.html?keyword=topstory NV: Proposed Campaign, election law changes shelved http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12110973?nclick_check=1 NY: An Analysis: Scheduled Elections in Nassau County http://www.antonnews.com/floralparkdispatch/2009/04/10/news/elections.html NY: NY-20 - Murphy edging Tedisco in race for Congress http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/04/06/daily52.html NY: NY-20 - Democrat in NY-20 ups lead to 46 votes http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrat-up-8-votes-in-ny20-2009-04-10.html TX: Fort Bend County - Justice Department and Fort Bend County, Texas, Resolve Claims Alleging Voting Rights Violations http://www.examiner.com/p-327299~Justice_Department_and_Fort_Bend_County__Texas__Resolve_Claims_Alleging_Voting_Rights_Violations.html **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. The articles are all included for the information of the subscribers of "Daily Voting News" though we realize that the subscribers may not agree with the opinions given in all articles or in the commentary** ******************************************************************* If you receive Daily Voting News directly from John Gideon and VotersUnite and wish to unsubscribe, please send an email to jgid...@votersunite.org requesting that you be removed from circulation. If you get the email forwarded from someone else you must contact them to be unsubscribed. ******************************************************************* -- John Gideon Co-Executive Director VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to newsfromunderground-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
