A Zealous Soldier in Election Reform Battles

[BeFree]

http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBKSY8W8LE.html

Nearly a quarter of Americans who voted in 2004 used an electronic ballot, almost doubling the percentage from the 2002 election, according to political consulting firm Election Data Services.

But a September report from the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, pointed to security and reliability problems long the subject of complaints from computer scientists and security experts.

A separate review of voting machine logs used in Palm Beach County in the 2002 election revealed thousands of errors - just two years after it was forced to manually recount votes.

Sancho wants to make sure such problems don't happen in Leon County."
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The AP is mainstream, right? The story is laid out pretty well here. For the first time by the AP, as I recall.

Folks, the reform is finally mainstream. Are you ready for the ride?

[Land Shark]

1. Ready. Reuters did an article on my suit last year. Never hit the wire

apparently.

Lexis Nexis search on "secret vote counting" gets 3 hits, only one of them meaningful for our purposes. Alas, it's my letter to MOther Jones in response to the Hertsgaard article. I'm not the first I don't think by any stretch to use this phrase but according to the MSM, I am.

[BeFree]

2. Yeah, we know you're ready

Heck, you've got a ticket already!

Well, it's gaining steam
And the things on a roll.
Its coming down the tracks
Fueled by citizen attacks.

Shark, I like your "secret vote counting" phrase. I would add, and often do, add the words "private companies" to your phrase: Secret Vote Counting by Private Companies.

[Land Shark]

3. Don't forget "Defenders of Democracy" or Sentinels, or Guardians...

asking yourself if your elections officials and vendors act like defenders of democracy is a clarifying question, shall we say. See the new Miami Herald link in ER at

http://tinyurl.com/rbant