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Also Try Elections Supervision in Fraud in Voting News -08-01-07 Elections Officials Face New Rules (MSNBC News) "The state officials who run the nation’s elections — most with little oversight — are facing new efforts to limit what have been widely criticized as political and financial conflicts of interest." 08-07 01-05-06 Wisconsin Passes Law to Allow Viewing of Source Code (Wistechnology) "Under the law as enacted, the source code would be placed into escrow with the elections board. It would be analyzed in the case of a recount, but not open to the public." 01-06 Papers Bi-Partisan Report: 2004 Election Had Poor Security and Reliability (BradLog.com) Provides the GAO report on the status of our national elections: "Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems Are Under Way, but Key Activities Need to Be Completed." 10-05 Election Officials Against Federal Oversight Commission (SFGate.com) "The right to vote is the fundamental citizenship right that protects all other rights." "The goal is to have the changes ready for the November 2006 midterm elections, but a number of secretaries finishing four days of meetings in Washington think there are too many obstacles in their way. And they worry the federal government is undermining their authority with an assistance commission that is starting to act like a regulatory agency." 3-05 Former President Carter Leads Bipartisan Oversight Commission (WashingtonPost.com) "Former president Jimmy Carter will lead a bipartisan commission to examine problems with the U.S. election system, American University's Center for Democracy and Election Management said yesterday." "Carter, a Democrat whose Carter Center has monitored more than 50 elections around the world, will co-chair the private commission with Republican James A. Baker III, who served as secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush." " 'I am concerned about the state of our electoral system and believe we need to improve it,' Carter said in a statement. He said the group will assess 'issues of inclusion' in federal voting and propose recommendations to improve the process." 3-05 No Oversight of Election Equipment and Software Companies (WhosCounting.net) "You may be surprised to learn that there is currently NO Federal Agency that has regulatory authority or controls over the multi-billion dollar elections industry. There are NO government standards or restrictions on who can sell and service voting machines and voting systems. Virtually anybody with money and know-how can get into the business of counting our vote! This might help explain why we keep running into criminals, political candidates, defense contractors, and other odd bedfellows in the mix when we examine the rosters of our election companies." "Diebold and ES&S together count 80% of our electronic vote. ES&S is the number one with two-thirds of the vote counting software and the biggest supplier of touch screen machines. Sequoia - with one-third of the voting machines on the market - is usually regarded as number two. Or Diebold. Depends who you ask. There is cloaked secrecy surrounding ownership and details about the companies, but investigative research scraping the tip of the iceberg has discovered enough to set anyone’s hair on fire...." 12-05 U.S. Election Assistance Commission Resignation (ElectionOnline.org) Provides a letter of resignation summarizing the key work of the EAC. 04-06

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