Verified Voting Newsletters

July 18th, 2003

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  • May 21, 2004 Covered in this issue: State-By-State Progress on Verified Voting; More Federal Paper Trail Legislation: Which Bills to Support?; VerifiedVoting.org Visits Washington, D.C.; U.S. Election Assistance Commission Holds First E-Voting Hearing; Blind Voters Criticize E-Voting Machines; Paper Ballot Advocates File Brief in California Lawsuit; Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference: Mock Election; New Staff and Board Members; Verified Voting Needs You! Volunteer to Help; The Onion's Take on E-Voting Machines; Online Donations to 501(c)(3) Verified Voting Foundation

  • May 16, 2004 Covered in this issue: Voter Registration Drive; Tell Your Friends; Donate to Verified Voting

  • April 01, 2004 Covered in this issue: Federal Update: Senate and House of Representatives; National Organizations: Common Cause, People for the American Way; State Update: Maryland, Ohio, Alaska, and California; Volunteers Needed for Election Officials Project; Verified Voting Hires Executive Director; Seeking Nationwide Campaign Coordinator; Seeking Webmaster; Athan Gibbs Sr. Obituary; Subscribe and Unsubscribe Information

  • February 26, 2004 Covered in this issue: Turn On The Media - Take Action Now; VerifiedVoting.org Endorses Graham Bill; TrueMajority's "The Computer Ate My Vote" Campaign; AP Reports that 29% Will be Voting on DREs in November; Connecticut Bill for VVPT Introduced; Go to the Public Hearing Friday, Feb. 27! Californians, Please Vote on Paper Instead of DREs; Support California's VVPT Legislation! Ohio Still Looking at DREs; Legislators Resist, Need Your Help; Washington State, Not SoS, Introduces VVPT Bill; New York Legislature Passes VVPB Bills, Now Going to Conference; Support Florida's New VVPT Bill!; More on Wexler's Florida Lawsuit; Wordy Ballot Requires iVotronic + Paper in Florida; Big Coverage in Indianapolis; Valencia County, New Mexico Buys Sequoia Despite Protest; Philadelphia - March 10th Hearing On Electronic Voting Issues; Virginia Encounters Yet Another Voting Machine "Glitch"; New Features on VerifiedVoting.org Site

  • February 14, 2004 Covered in this issue: VerifiedVoting.org Incorporates as Non-Profit, Begins Fundraising Our web site has a new look H.R.2239/S.1980 Report (and Boxer's New Bill) Good News!! Serve Program Cancelled VerifiedVoting.org Uncovers Proof of Votes Lost BY DREs Raba Technologies Hacks into Diebold Machines with the Greatest of Ease Wexler's Lawsuit for a Paper Trail in Florida Gets a Hearing Mississippi Senate Declares Last November's Election Invalid Additional Security Measures Ordered for the California Primary Twin VVPT Bills Introduced into Minnesota House and Senate ES&S Causes Illegal Elections in Indiana National Day of Student Action, Feb. 25 VerifiedVoting.org Sponsored its First Press Conference

  • January 19, 2004 Covered in this issue: H.R.2239/S.1980 Report, New York Times Op/Ed Calls for VVPT, Florida Special Election Proves Need for Paper Trail, Meanwhile, a Florida Judge Requires Accessible Machines by August, Fairfax, Virginia GOP Calls for VVPT, North Carolina Activist Group Pushes for Verified Voting, Ohio Counties Balk at Choosing DREs, North Dakota buys ES&S, Vermont May Ban Electronic Ballots, Maine VVPB Bill Opposed by Sec of State, California Still Caught in Certification Brambles, Michigan Allows Internet Voting in Democratic Primary

  • January 4, 2004 Covered in this issue: Operation Enduring Vote, Organizations' support needed for H.R.2239 and S.1980, Californians! Fill the Room at the January 15th meeting about Diebold, Initial Meeting of Election Reform Group - Santa Cruz January 10, Enter VerifiedVoting.org's logo contest, Check out our new Calendar, VoteHere Break-In.

  • December 22, 2003  Covered in this issue: Operation Enduring Vote, Senate Bills Introduced!, Report on the NIST Conference, Major Editorials on Both Coasts Call for VVPT, CSPAN: Washington Journal Features Avi Rubin Videos of Public Meetings?, Nevada Goes VVPT, Ohio Legislators Introduce Bill Requiring VVPT, Washington State Goes VVPT, West Virginia Goes VVPT, Montana HAVA Implementor Promises to Require VVPT, Arkansas Files for a HAVA Extension Boulder County, Colorado Delays Purchase of DREs, Uncertified Software Installed on All Audited Diebold Machines in California, More Diebold Problems, Fortune Magazine Gives its "Worst Technology" Award to DREs.

  • December 8, 2003  Covered in this issue: WHERE ARE WE ON H.R. 2239?, NIST SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN VOTING SYSTEMS, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES JOIN THE FIGHT FOR VERIFIED VOTING, PAUL KRUGMAN WRITES ABOUT PAPERLESS VOTING, MAINE LEGISLATURE TO VOTE ON VVPB BILL, SOUTH DAKOTA UPGRADES FROM PUNCH CARDS TO PAPER BALLOTS, OHIO DELAYS DRE INSTALLATION, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM STRATEGY.

  • November 23, 2003  Covered in this issue: CALIFORNIA GOES VERIFIABLE, H.R. 2239 NOW HAS REPUBLICAN CO-SPONSORS, OPEN LETTER TO THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, TAKE QUICK AND EASY ACTION FOR H.R.2239.

  • November 11, 2003  Covered in this issue: CALIFORNIA HALTS CERTIFICATION OF DIEBOLD MACHINES, LOST VOTES IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HR 2239 PUSH, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OPINION ON VVPT, CLAIM DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE, ANOTHER VENDOR ACCIDENTALLY RELEASES CODE, ANOMALIES IN THE CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION EXPLAINED, SCHUYLER COUNTY (NY) PASSES RESOLUTION FOR VVPT, STATE LEGISLATORS GET INVOLVED IN THE MARYLAND VOTING SITUATION, A REQUEST FOR HELP FROM THE UK, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ENDORSEMENT PREFERENCES.

  • October 12, 2003 Covered in this issue: MAILING LIST SNAFUS, CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PASSES RESOLUTION DEMANDING A VOTER VERIFIABLE AUDIT TRAIL, MAJOR NATIONAL UNION PASSES RESOLUTION FOR PROPER VOTING EQUIPMENT, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RETHINKS PURCHASE OF TOUCH SCREENS, BENTON COUNTY, IOWA IS PLEASED WITH ACCUVOTE OPTICAL SCAN MACHINES, MARYLAND, OHIO, FLORIDA PLANNING TO SUE DIEBOLD, NEW INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION LIST DEDICATED TO E-VOTING.

  • September 21, 2003 Covered in this issue: IEEE VOTING SYSTEM STANDARD,  CRYPTOGRAPHIC ELECTION RESULT VERIFICATION, VOTER VERIFIABLE TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS,  MARYLAND DIEBOLD SECURITY REVIEW,  CALIFORNIA RECALL,  MIAMI/BROWARD PRINTER PURCHASES, CONNECTICUT, DIEBOLD, ARKANSAS.

  • August 25, 2003 Covered in this issue: Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, Diebold Strategy Buckle Your Seatbelts!, ITAA Proposal for a Voting Machine Vendors Trade Organization, VoteHere and John's Hopkins Study.

  • August 12, 2003 Covered in this issue: Another Washington Post Article, Voting Machine Forum to be Held in Philadelphia, Illinois, West Virginia, Boston, Maryland, Ohio, Computer Crime, Counteracting Spin.

  • August 4, 2003 Covered in this issue: Call for volunteers, Voter Verifiable Elections Workshop held in Denver alongside the IACREOT and IEEE Conferences, David Dill to participate in panel at USENIX Security Symposium in Washington, DC, Wednesday, August 6 at 4 PM. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights releases a new statement, the latest news on JOHNS HOPKINS/RICE report, VoteHere announces that their software will be made available for public inspection, and news from Boston, Illinois and North Dakota.

  • July 23, 2003  Covered in this issue: Gross Security Flaws Found in Diebold Touch-Screen, New Web Site, LCCR Policy Analysis, Diebold Scoop, USACM Sponsored Voter Verified Election Systems Workshop, Internet Voting, HR 2239 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003, New York Paper Trail Bill, Florida, Diesel Engines

  • July 3, 2003  Covered in this issue: California Task Force Recommends a Voter Verifiable Audit Trail be Required on All Voting Equipment!

  • June 13, 2003  Covered in this issue: HR 2239 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003, Warren Slocum web site, Organizations, The League of Women Voters

  • June 1, 2003  Covered in this issue: Rep. Holt paper trail bill, Computerized Voting Petition, Fraud vs. Potential Fraud, Partisanship, Accessibility with optical scan ballots, Election Administration Commission, California task force

  • May 22, 2003  Covered in this issue: Federal Legislation Introduced, The final report of the California Ad Hoc Task Force on Touch Screen Voting, General news

  • May 16, 2003  Covered in this issue: New York Times Article, Local volunteers needed, HAVA Commissions, Help develop the hack-a-vote, Los Angeles Voter Empowerment Circle, Ohio, California Ad Hoc Touch Screen Voting Task Force

  • May 7, 2003  Covered in this issue: Grass Roots Action, The "Election Center Letter", California Ad Hoc Touch Screen Voting Task Force, Los Angeles Voter Empowerment Circle, Prototype ES&S Touch Screen Machine with a Voter-Verifiable Printer, Political Opposition, Santa Clara County, Support from a California County Registrar