From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Dec  1 09:16:21 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:16:21 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] HAPPY NEW YEAR?
Message-ID: <006c01c5f681$ce22d310$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Associated Press overview as electronic vote deadline approaches.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/01/ap/politics/mainD8E75920A.shtml

jack driscoll

From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Mon Dec  5 08:53:27 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:53:27 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] DISMISSAL DISSED
Message-ID: <007801c5f9a3$44e2b1e0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

US judge allows suit to go forward charging Ohio election marred.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051203/NEWS02/512030397

Minnesota Secretary of State rejects DRE, makes case for paper ballots.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/13314351.htm

jack driscoll

From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Dec  6 08:44:35 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:44:35 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] BENCH PRESSING
Message-ID: <004c01c5fa6b$32065e50$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Elections for positions on state courts turn into heated battlegrounds.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512050097dec05,1,7758473.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Ohio legislation aims to curb Secretary of State's campaign activity.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/12/05/blackwell.html

jack driscoll 


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Wed Dec  7 08:49:12 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:49:12 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] WORKAROUNDS
Message-ID: <007601c5fb35$01b5d760$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Little precedent as states deal with multiple methods to ensure reliability.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120601518.html

jack driscoll 


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Dec  8 09:31:35 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:31:35 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] 'TENSHUN
Message-ID: <000301c5fc04$17b62950$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Voting by military in 2004 reached record of 80% who voted or tried.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120601556.html

Brennan study suggests N.Y. taxpayers may pay for legislative dawdling.
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=427651&category=OPINION&newsdate=12/8/2005

Half of votes in California's Nevada Countee were by absentee ballot.
http://www.theunion.com/article/20051208/NEWS/51207011

Connecticut academics call for restart of machine bidding process.
http://diazeray.notlong.com

jack driscoll 


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Dec  9 08:55:07 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:55:07 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] TEST CASE?
Message-ID: <005101c5fcc8$2a1d4ff0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

EEF goes to court to block voting systems in North Carolina.
http://bilheamt.notlong.com

Connecticut's new campaign finance law seen as step to election reform.
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-rell1208.1.artdec08,0,105746.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

jack driscoll


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Mon Dec 12 09:05:32 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:05:32 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER
Message-ID: <004601c5ff25$1d93b760$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Republicans ready own set of reforms in Ohio; identification is the focus.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051211/NEWS24/512110352

jack driscoll

From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Dec 13 09:10:22 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:10:22 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] AWOL BALLOTS?
Message-ID: <009901c5ffee$f4d7a640$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Advocate claims one of four votes by military went uncounted.
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MILITARYVOTING-12-12-05&cat=AN

Some raise privacy concerns over touch-screen voting.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/13390764.htm

jack driscoll


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Wed Dec 14 09:20:23 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:20:23 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] PAPER TRAIL
Message-ID: <006101c600b9$8569efe0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Under-fire CEO for Diebold resigns effective immediately.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-14-diebold-odell_x.htm

Russia seems to be trying to undermine Western election monitoring.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/international/europe/14letter.html?oref=login

A call for a better way for the military to vote.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301729.html

Editorial decries foot-dragging over municipal election in New Orleans.
http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=116925

jack driscoll 


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Dec 15 08:57:55 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:57:55 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] ALIVE DEADLINE
Message-ID: <006701c6017f$8cb36800$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Suit against two North Carolina agencies seen as having wider implications.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,69831,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

jack driscoll

From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Dec 16 09:07:21 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:07:21 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] SEEING'S BELIEVING?
Message-ID: <005701c6024a$089425c0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Florida tests suggest that optical machines can be hacked without trace.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/12/16/State/Can_vote_machine_be_h.shtml

Lack of ballot boxes, shortage of ballots reported in parts of Iraq.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3527985.html

jack driscoll




From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Dec 20 08:54:58 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:54:58 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] WAIT'LL NEXT YEAR
Message-ID: <005d01c6056c$f7147e00$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Complaints top 1000 in Iraq; results won't be known till early January.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-12-20-iraq_x.htm

Lack of manufacturers means many states to miss Jan. 1 deadline.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/December/19/local/stories/05local.htm

jack driscoll 



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Wed Dec 21 08:55:03 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:55:03 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] TOUCHY SITUATION
Message-ID: <004a01c60636$246865a0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Voting-machine tester worries about other vendors in addition to Diebold.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,69893,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Dec 22 08:27:17 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:27:17 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] SHAKING FOUNDATION
Message-ID: <003401c606fb$6e07f110$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Judge upholds North Carolina's process of choosing machine vendors.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/13459186.htm

Northwest creates stir as vote-by-mail trend continues.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002695426_votingside21m.html

California losing struggle to conform to federal standards in next few 
months.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vote21dec21,1,5417551.story?coll=la-headlines-california

jack driscoll 



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Dec 23 08:18:43 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:18:43 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] UNHAPPY NEW YEAR
Message-ID: <003d01c607c3$66079d30$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Survey by Secretaries of State finds that 19 states will miss deadline.
http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/NEWS06/51222033

jack driscoll


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Dec 27 08:44:54 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:44:54 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] FLIPPING OUT
Message-ID: <005901c60aeb$b803ffe0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

"Alarming error" prompted California to send warning to iVotronics.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/24/BAG8TGCSLD1.DTL

jack driscoll 



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Dec 29 08:26:12 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:26:12 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] FAIR?  FOUL?
Message-ID: <007701c60c7b$701fc9c0$6a01a8c0@Jack>

UN observer says Iraq election was valid; Sunnis couldn't disagree more.
http://murglaya.notlong.com

jack driscoll]



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Dec 30 08:19:37 2005
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:19:37 -0500
Subject: [Votingpress] ON SECOND THOUGHT...
Message-ID: <005001c60d43$af339100$6a01a8c0@Jack>

Observers agree to return to Iraq for closer look at tampering charges.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180067,00.html

Black legislators to fight Georgia law requiring a photo ID.
http://www.localnewsleader.com/elytimes/stories/news-00118100.html

jack driscoll