E-Vote Machines Drop More Ballots. Election officials discover another set of electronic voting machines that lost votes, this time in North Carolina. Still, makers of election machines resist calls for mechanisms to produce audit trails. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News]
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Bush tells US: it was a war of necessity
Bush tells US: it was a war of necessity. George Bush yesterday defended his decision to invade Iraq as a “war of necessity” and insisted Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction although none has been found. [The Scotsman]
Clay Exits Deanspace: When Smartmobs Mesmerize Themselves
Clay Exits Deanspace: When Smartmobs Mesmerize Themselves. Clay Shirky's brilliant and brutally honest post-mortem on the Dean phenomenon has a lot to say about the apparently delusional side-effects of the technologies that helped propel the Howard Dean campaign to prominence. Among other direct hits, Shirky put his finger on a shadow side of social capital:… Continue reading Clay Exits Deanspace: When Smartmobs Mesmerize Themselves
Dean Says He'll Quit if He Doesn't Win Wisconsin
Dean Says He'll Quit if He Doesn't Win Wisconsin. Reeling from a string of defeats, Howard Dean staked his presidential bid on the Democratic primary in Wisconsin in 12 days. By Jodi Wilgoren and Adam Nagourney. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
CNN has a great table
CNN has a great table showing the returns from yesterday's primaries. Kerry won five, Clark and Edwards each won one. But that doesn't tell the whole story. Where Kerry won, he won with large margins. Clark's margin in Oklahoma was tiny, and while Edwards won by 15 points to Kerry in South Carolina, the rest… Continue reading CNN has a great table
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Halley nails it on the missing element in the Dean campaign. They failed to arm the electorate with the best information. For a fraction of the cost of a state campaign, they could have deployed an information system for voters that would have made history. We'd be raving about how the Internet has made it… Continue reading Untitled
Report Documents Extensive Security Flaws in State Motor Vehicle Offices Nationwide
Report Documents Extensive Security Flaws in State Motor Vehicle Offices Nationwide. The Center for Democracy and Technology investigated problems of ID theft and fraud at state motor vehicle administration offices nationwide. They conclude, in the report referenced below, that driver license information is subject to widespread theft due to fraud and bribery, and recommend remedies… Continue reading Report Documents Extensive Security Flaws in State Motor Vehicle Offices Nationwide
Tracking Presidential Candidate Fundraising
Tracking Presidential Candidate Fundraising. From opensecrets.org, this website on the 2004 Presidential Election tracks the fundraising efforts of the President and the Democratic candidates, inclusive of charts that reflect receipts, cash on hand, and spending. [beSpacific]
Panopticon and the Police State
Panopticon and the Police State. Security expert Bruce Schneier's latest essay bluntly describes the Bush administration as setting up a police state under the aegis of fighting terrorism. He states that such a strategy sacrifices much of the freedom that Americans believe in for little in the way of actual security. Terrorism is no different.… Continue reading Panopticon and the Police State
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Howard Dean was masterful on Meet The Press. What's remarkable is the tension the interviewer creates inside me, a member of the audience, who he's supposed to be serving. I just want to hear what Dean has to say, I'm not all that interested in the trivial contradictions you think you've spotted. Then immediately after,… Continue reading Untitled