http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-for-tuesday/ Information, Law, and the Law of Information Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:08:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-for-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 WebWriting.com » Voter Fraud 2006 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:02:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-f#comment-4974 [...] Are Electronic Voting Systems Ready for Tuesday? [...] [...] Are Electronic Voting Systems Ready for Tuesday? [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-for-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 Info/Law » More on Paperless Voting Machines Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:04:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-f#comment-1694 [...] It seems that we are finally recognizing the problems inherent in e-voting. But because of the huge quantity of money that has already been spent on deficient systems, solutions to problems may be prospective only. As a result, many of the jurisdictions that were the quickest to adopt high-tech voting machines will be stuck with problems the longest! [...] [...] It seems that we are finally recognizing the problems inherent in e-voting. But because of the huge quantity of money that has already been spent on deficient systems, solutions to problems may be prospective only. As a result, many of the jurisdictions that were the quickest to adopt high-tech voting machines will be stuck with problems the longest! [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-for-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Info/Law » Electionline Report on Voting Systems Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:27:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/11/03/are-electronic-voting-systems-ready-f#comment-1565 [...] Electionline.org has issued a preliminary report assessing the performance of voting technology and administration in the recent election, which election law expert Rick Hasen calls “required reading.”  The upshot: we didn’t have the meltdown that I’d worried about.  But the report describes how we need to prepare for new problems and not only for those that arose in prior elections.  Any IT professional could tell you that, but it is not the operating principle in election administration.  In an interview on Minnesota Public Radio this morning, Doug Chapin, Electionline’s director, went further, noting that the widespread problems they documented may have been minor only because the localities with irregularities happened were not, by and large, the same ones that had close races. [...] [...] Electionline.org has issued a preliminary report assessing the performance of voting technology and administration in the recent election, which election law expert Rick Hasen calls “required reading.”  The upshot: we didn’t have the meltdown that I’d worried about.  But the report describes how we need to prepare for new problems and not only for those that arose in prior elections.  Any IT professional could tell you that, but it is not the operating principle in election administration.  In an interview on Minnesota Public Radio this morning, Doug Chapin, Electionline’s director, went further, noting that the widespread problems they documented may have been minor only because the localities with irregularities happened were not, by and large, the same ones that had close races. [...]

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