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01/13/2006: "Elections: NY's problems complying with HAVA"
HAVA, or the Help America Vote Act requires changes in the way the state conducts elections. NY's implementation has been tied up in bureaucracy.
From the Daily Star, January 13, 2006, Feds may sue N.Y. over voting:
In addition to not having voting-machine standards adopted, New York has failed to compile a statewide computerized list of registered voters, Kim said...Thus far, New York has received $220 million in federal funds to help comply with HAVA requirements. http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/01/13/vote1.html
Tie-ups might not be a bad thing. There is some concern that the rush is leading to adoption of insecure machines.
Related
Electronic Frontier Foundation on E-Voting
http://www.eff.org/Activism/E-voting/
National Ballot Integrity Project:
http://www.ballotintegrity.org/
Black Box Voting:
http://blackboxvoting.org
Order the book VoteScam:
http://www.votescam.com/orderbookform.php
Replies: 4 Comments
on Monday, March 13th, infojunkie said
Here's a March 7 update on the HAVA-compliance issue. This article mentions the 'open-face ballot' issue, where the state legislature has requires that voters be able to see all candidates for an office at once.
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/03/07/unions10.html
on Wednesday, February 1st, infojunkie said
'Dead Last' in Voting Reform
New York is so far behind the rest of the country that the Justice
Department has threatened to sue, and that could cost New York some of $2.3
billion in federal funds for fixing the voting system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/opinion/24tue3.html?_r=1
(free subscription required for NY Times articles)
One good option is suggested in the article:
That is the optical scanning machine, which is cheaper than other electronic
machines. Most companies make them, even though some try to keep that
hidden, probably so they can sell more expensive machines.
You get computerized tallies with a human-verified/verifiable paper trail. The cost for the paper ballots is part of the cost of a clean election.
on Tuesday, January 24th, infojunkie said
and more...
January 17, 2006
Times Union
Editorial: State of chaos: New York risks losing federal
money by dragging its feet on voting machines
The federal Justice Department says the state has the worst
record in the country when it comes to complying with the Help America Vote Act. A lawsuit is likely now, as the federal government runs out of patience with New York's disregard for a law designed to spare the country more election debacles like the one in Florida six years ago that left the outcome of the 2000 presidential race in doubt.
full story at
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=440402&category=OPINION&BCCode=&newsdate=1/17/2006
and
January 21, 2006
The Daily Star
Vendors hawk voting machines to election boards
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/01/21/vote2.html
also see
LPNY: Campaign and Election Reform
http://ny.lp.org/issues/election_reform.htm
on Friday, January 13th, infojunkie said
also see:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/29/voting_machine_standards/
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
