Voting-machine concerns prompt changes in state plan (ND Bismark Trib)

[Bushfire]

August 4, 2003

By DALE WETZEL, Associated Press Writer

Spooked by reports that new, sophisticated voting machines may be vulnerable to tampering, North Dakota election officials have changed plans to install them within three years.

A state blueprint for complying with a new federal voting access law no longer includes references to county use of "touch screen" machines for casting ballots.

The machines, called DREs -- short for "direct recording electronic" -- allow voters to make their ballot choices without marking a piece of paper. Votes are recorded electronically when a voter touches a screen, or pushes a button.

DRE systems are already used in a handful of states, including California, Georgia and Kansas. Maryland recently signed a contract to put machines in each of its voting precincts by March 2004.

more...

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2003/08/04/news/state/sta01.txt

drip, Drip, DRIP...

[aquart]

1. Bev and brilliant cohorts, congratulations!

And kudos to the honest election officials in North Dakota.

[markus]

2. Three cheers for NoDak!

Damn, apparenlty not everyone in Bismark is a dribbling idiot.

However, we are on the control of a GOP super-majority in the legislature that would make Tom DeLay wince, and a weak-kneed GOP governor who gets steamrolled by his own party every time.

Don't assume this is the last story about voting machines in North Dakota.

[Bushfire]

3. Kick for the afterwork crowd

:kick:

[shirlden]

4. Ohio Duers.......help !!!!!!!!

Get this story to our Sec of State Blackwell. I have been e-mailing him on a regular basis about the bbv problem. As you know we are about to go all electronic within weeks and the obvious choice, since they are an Ohio company, is Diebold. Get this story out in Ohio....please help.


:hi:

[stlsaxman]

5. Help in Missouri too! Signing on to HAVA is almost assured...

<http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/hava/Default.asp>

This is happening now... time to speak up!