[DVN] - 'Daily Voting News' For May 28, 2009

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More New York counties join the resistance to switching from lever machines to optically scanned ballots.
Smartmatic brought the wrong cable to its all-important demo in the Philippines and caused a short circuit in the optical scanner. Voter ID and Internet voting continue to be in the news. And an error was discovered in TrueBallot’s counting of the votes in Aspen’s IRV election – but it didn’t affect the outcome.

NAtional: SOTOMAYOR v SESSIONS: Obama Supreme Court nomination sets up battle over voting rights
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/6626

NAtional: Congress Must Help Military Vote
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/05/28/congress-must-help-military-vote.html

NAtional: The Court's NAMUDNO Decision: Judging the Costs and Efficiency of Preclearance
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20090527_crayton.html

NAtional: Lower the Voting Age
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-lublin/lower-the-voting-age_b_208699.html

NAtional: JAMES P. PINKERTON: Will Democrats Become a Permanent Majority Thanks to Internet Voting?
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/26/pinkerton_democrats_internet/

CO: Mayoral Vote Tally Corrected; Outcome Stays the Same
http://www.aspenpitkin.com/apps/news/news_item_detail.cfm?NewsItemID=1082

HI: Poor turnout in Hawaii election clouds use of digital voting technology
http://www.startribune.com/nation/46263892.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

KS: Beware of claims of voter fraud
http://www.kansas.com/781/story/829045.html

MN: Despite Coleman-Franken fallout, Pawlenty scotched all election reform
http://minnesotaindependent.com/35557/pawlenty-veto-election-reform-omnibus

MN: Minn. group sues over voter registration records
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/581070.html

MS: Hosemann hopeful for voter ID effort
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20321763&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6

NY: City Resists State on Voting-Machine Program
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/city-defies-state-on-voting-machine-program/

NY: County protests voting machine rule
http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_148040035.html

NY: Long live the voting lever
http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/09-05-28/head3-lever.html

NY: More counties urge state to keep lever voting
http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20090527-4.html

TX: Controversial Voter ID Bill stalled with split vote; Strauss may decide issue
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/46241757.html

Estonia: Estonia opens way to digital voting
http://theeulobby.wordpress.com/

Philippines: Smoke comes out of a poll machine: But poll exec satisfied with demo
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090528-207636/Smoke-comes-out-of--a-poll-machine

Philippines: Accuracy of poll machines to be tested again
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090528-207544/Accuracy-of-poll-machines-to-be-tested-again

ENtertainment: American Idol results: Adam Lambert was robbed!
http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/27/american-idol-results-adam-lambert-was-robbed/

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[WillYourVoteBCounted]

1. only 6.3 percent of eligible voters turned out in Honolulu internet election

Never mind that its hackable as all get out!



People didn't use it.

Oh, but the newspaper interviewed the company selling the internet voting services,
and of course they said that all that was needed was more voter education.

Its bull

Poor turnout in Hawaii election clouds use of digital voting technology
By HERBERT A. SAMPLE , Associated Press
May 28, 2009

HONOLULU - They built a new digital voting system, but the voters didn't come.

There was some disagreement Wednesday over why only 6.3 percent of eligible voters used a new, first-in-the-nation digital voting procedure to cast ballots for Honolulu neighborhood board seats via the Internet or by touch-tone phone.

But officials at both the Neighborhood Commission, which oversees the neighborhood board elections, and the San Diego, Calif.-based company that created the voting system, insist that digital voting is probably the wave of the future.

"The technology side, it works," said Joan Manke, executive secretary of the commission. "But it's a whole new arena. It's something that's removed from your traditional paper ballots, which has been done for years and years.

...more at the link
http://www.startribune.com/nation/46263892.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O

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2. Bush EAC Chair cashes in, plays Honolulu in 'Net voting scheme...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5737124&mesg_id=5737124

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