Wednesday, August 09, 2006

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17275&ch=infotech
New Vote Tech Could Eliminate Vote Fraud

Scratch-and-Vote System Could Help Eliminate Election Fraud

A new lottery-style scratch card has been developed that might make elections less susceptible to rigging.

By Duncan Graham-Rowe

In future elections cryptography could allow voters to check that their “X” is associated with the candidate they voted for (Credit: istockphoto.com/Panaroid)

Compared with modern touch-screen voting systems, it may seem low tech. But according to its creators, the scratch-and-vote (S&V) system is a good way to let voters check that their ballot papers have been counted as they intended.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/how-to-hack-a-diebold-vot_b_26301.html

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Estimated 2.4 MILLION in Mexico City Protest Demand Recount http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/7/30/154743/581Sun Jul 30, 2006 at 12:47:43 PM PDTIn an absolutely astounding development for the defense of democracy everywhere, Mexico's liberal coalition has led a presidential-vote-recount protest today centered around Mexico City's downtown central plaza (the "Zocalo") and has apparently bested the previous record for the largest demonstration ever in Mexico by a million people.A bit more under the fold, obviously a still developing story. :: :: An estimated 2.4 million people turned out in downtown Mexico City from across the nation.  The last biggest demonstration was when the liberal presidential candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (or "AMLO" for short) brought an estimated 1.5 million out to fight a federal government's weak charges to prevent the former Mexico City mayor from running for President.Beat the last demo by a MILLION people.  A MILLION MORE PEOPLE THAN THE LAST PROTEST 2 WEEKS AGO.  (Mexico's population is about 106,000,000, so for a simple comparison's sake, if this were a sample of the entire nation, then the liberals just brought about 2.3% of the entire nation's population to Mexico City's downtown for a Sunday peaceful protest. Probably the majority of attendees are from Mexico City and nearby, however states farther away are reported to have mobilized tens of thousands as well.)The two posts linked below explore the protest's goals and justifications in more detail, but basically in Mexico there is a Constitutionally-empowered electoral tribunal (court), the TEPJF by its Spanish acronym, which has the authority to investigate elections and order a fairly wide range of solutions if it so decides, from certifying the election (which is not due until 06 September), to annulling the election and ordering another, or perhaps anything in between.2.4 MILLION PEOPLE.

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 http://www.countthevote.org/pollwatching.htm

Data compiled by CountTheVote.org, technical writing and design by Ellen Theisen of VotersUnite.org

Guide to Establishing a Poll Watching Group This is a step-by-step guide to establishing a group to observe elections held on Direct Record Electronic (DRE) voting machines. It was designed for poll watching in Georgia, which uses Diebold TS machines. Use it and distribute it freely, but be aware that details may be slightly different for other DRE voting machines. Research the State Laws and Specific Voting Machines

Observers need to know which actions are within the law and which ones aren't, so the legal information should be included in the training packet.