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VotingNews™ Briefs
November 13, 2003
VotingNews Brief #4:
Washington State SERVE Coordinator Describes How Her High-Tech State Will Take Advantage of Remote Internet Voting in 2004
Washington State
November 13, 2003
By Marc Strassman
Voting Technology Reporter
Etopia News on Celcast.Biz
Pamela Floyd, Washington State SERVE Coordinator talked today with an Etopia News voting technology reporter about her state's participation in the Pentagon's Secure Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) project.
In a state where 60% of the voters now vote absentee, letting some of its registered voters vote electronically from distant places doesn't seem far-fetched at all.
Listen to Pamela Floyd talk about SERVE in Washington State.
VotingNews Brief #5:
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley Announces Launch of "Independent Audit" of California Voting Systems
Sacramento, California
November 13, 2003
Click below to see the press release issued on November 10, 2003, by the office of California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley in response to allegations that Diebold Election Systems used an uncertified version of their election software during the recall election on October 7, 2003.
Note that the document makes no reference to any of the other allegations or complaints lodged around the Net against the Ohio-based company regarding other inadequacies in their product (such as lack of voter-verifiability or recountability) or their tendency to respond to criticism of those inadequacies with cease–and-desist orders rather than an openness to discuss the issues at hand with a view to resolving them.
VotingNews Brief #6:
Take a Look at e-thePeople VoteRemote poll
Los Angeles, California
November 13, 2003
Click below to see a snapshot of the poll now underway at e-thePeople.org regarding voters' preference regarding their ability to VoteRemotely.
E-thePeople VoteRemote poll image.
Go to the E-thePeople VoteRemote poll so you can participate in this mock "e-lection" yourself.
Vote on "virtual petitioning" or "Smart Initiatives" on e-thePeople
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