More articles about election issues

[moominmuppet]

The SciFi Channel, of all places, has a nifty little web app up that shows you info about the hackability of machines in your state

A basic run-down of policy positions from Obama and McCain on election-related topics

As for the rest of the links; it's truly a linkdump; stuff I'm reading through, and haven't entirely finished yet.

Ohio-Specific:
Virgina, Pennsylvania, Ohio Not Prepared for Record Voter Turnout
Ohio SOS Draws Line on GOP Polling Place Challenges
Ohio: Battleground, USA
White House Asks for Scrutiny
Justice Department Pressed by Bush to Contest 200,000 Ohio Voters

General Election Protection:
How Safe Is This Election?
10 Ways to Steal An Election
Seven Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day
Early Voting Sees Reports of Voter Intimidation, Machine Malfunctions
Project Vote Says NY Times Report on ACORN Erred

Comments

Re: hackability of machines

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

We do scribblies here in Alameda County, California, like an SAT test, coloring in a bar across a number.

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but I disagree with the Sci-fi channel. Optical scanners while they report via a network, at least in Alabama, have sealed and secured paper ballot backups which can only be opened by a handful of people, none of which are at the polling stations. Thus if the votes seem erroneous then we can have a recount quickly and easily. The only way to rig our elections is to stuff the box the old fashioned way... vote extra times which can be checked against the voter rolls of those who signed in (required by law here). Also our system is easy to use...it's like taking any scantron test in grade school... mark the line and be done with it.

Frankly I think our system should be adopted nationally...just not our voter ID and residence requirements. (Never mind that the functionally illiterate can't vote with this system. Granted that's a problem across the nation with just about every system.)

Levers I do not think are very secure at all, as evidenced by many Chicago elections of yesteryear.