Below is an archived list of the "What we're reading"
Voting
machine clears a hurdle, San Jose Mercury News, February 11, 2004
Defense
Dept. Cancels Use of Internet Voting Project, New York Times, February
5, 2004
California
seeks to improve electronic-voting security, San Jose Mercury News,
February 5, 2004
Electronic
voting's hidden perils, San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 2004
S.J.
voting machines shut down, Stockton Record, February 3, 2004
Computer
miscounts? Not likely in New Hampshire, San Francisco Chronicle, January
28, 2004
Schwarzenegger
loan ruled illegal, San Francisco Chronicle, January 27, 2004
Democracy
at Risk, New York Times, January 23, 2004
Capital
goes low-tech on voting, The Sacramento Bee, January 24, 2004
Report
Says Internet Voting System Is Too Insecure to Use, New York Times,
January 21, 2004
Congressman
sues, wants voting machines to create paper printouts, Miami Herald, January
17, 2004
Electronic-voting
critics get unusual support from labor, Oakland Tribune, January 15,
2004
State
panel to decide fate of March 2 voting machines, Contra Costa Times, January
14, 2004
Inside
The Black Box, TomPaine.com, January 9, 2004
Broward
recount is blow for future of voting reforms, Orlando Sentinel, January
9, 2004 (Registration Required)
Votes
from 134 residents were not counted, The Miami-Herald, January 7, 2004
Governor's
state address to have world watching, San Jose Mercury News, January
6, 2004
E-voting
firm reports computer break-in, MSNBC, December 29, 2003
We
Hate Spam, Congress Says (Except Ours), New York Times, December 28,
2003
Diebold
e-voting system not approved by feds, Tri-Valley Herald, December
19, 2003
Untested
software used in elections, Tri-Valley Herald, December 17, 2003
Mining
the vein of voter rolls, Wired News, December 11, 2003
Boxer
wants new voting machines to give receipts, San Francisco Chronicle, December
12, 2003
County
to buy 'touch-screen' voting machines, North County Times, December
9, 2003
Statewide
electronic voting delayed, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 3, 2003
Hack
the Vote, New York Times, December 2, 2003
Election
Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues,
CRS Report for Congress, November 4, 2003
Can
America trust electronic voting?, Sacramento Bee, November 23, 2003
A
needed paper trail, Long Beach Press Telegram, November 23, 2003
Calif.
will require voting machines to print receipts, San Diego Union-Tribune,
November 22, 2003
California
to require paper trail on e-votes, Oakland Tribune, November 21, 2003
Cashing
In on E-Voting?, Washington Post, November 13, 2003
Maybe
hanging chads weren't so bad after all,
David Pogue, for the New York Times' Circuits (online), November 13, 2003
State
seeks audit of vote machines, Contra Costa Times, November 13, 2003
Secretary
of State Orders Audit of All Counties' Voting Systems, Los Angeles Times,
November 13, 2003
Elections
flap spurs state audit, Oakland Tribune, November 13, 2003
E-Vote
Firm's Bill Comes Due, Wired News, November 11, 2003
Ex-Officials
Now Behind New Voting Machines, Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2003
Machine
Politics in the Digital Age, New York Times, November 9, 2003
Fairfax
judge orders logs of voting machines inspected, Washington Post, November
6, 2003
Touch-screen
voting debuts, Mercury News, November 5, 2003
E-voting
runs into bumps in East Bay, Oakland Tribune, November 5, 2003
California
delays certification of some electronic voting machines, CNN, November
4, 2003
E-Vote
Software Leaked Online, Wired News, October 29, 2003
Open
primary sought in state, Sacramento Bee, November 1, 2003
Diebold
threatens publishers of leaked electronic-voting documents, San Jose
Mercury News, October 27, 2003
E-Vote
Firms Seek Voter Approval, Wired News, October 20, 2003
Bad
grades for a voting-machine exam, Salon.com, October 15, 2003
All
the President's votes?, The Independent, October 14, 2003
Partial
Hand-Count of Ballots Reveals Few Irregularities, Los Angeles Times,
October 16, 2003
Did
E-Vote Firm Patch Election?, Wired News, October 13, 2003
$80
million in contributions in 75-day recall campaign, San Francisco Chronicle,
October 11, 2003
Election
Workers Wrongly Evicted Journalist, Berkeley Daily Planet, October 10,
2003
Voters
skeptical of e-voting systems, USA Today, October 8, 2003
Dumping
Davis, ABC News, October 8, 2003
Machines
short-circuit some Oakland voters, Oakland Tribune, October 8, 2003
Solano
system falters, The Reporter, October 8, 2003
Heavy
voter turnout for California recall election, San Francisco
Chronicle, October 7, 2003
Time
to Recall E-Vote Machines?, Wired News, October 6, 2003
Poll
workers prepare for a trying Tuesday, Contra Costa Times, October 6, 2003
Surpisingly
sizable turnout expected for historic election, Los Angeles Daily News,
October 6, 2003
Count
'em in, The Sacramento Bee, October 3, 2003
If
Recalled, Davis May Be in Office for Weeks After Election, Los Angeles
Times, October 3, 2003
Electronic
voting raises recount concerns, The Ventura Star, October 3, 2003
Recall,
ready or not, Los Angeles Daily News, September 28, 2003
Absentee
ballots in great demand, Los Angeles Daily News, September 30, 2003
Ballot
tally might take weeks, San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 2003
Maryland:
E-Voting Passes Muster, Wired News, September 25, 2003
Mixed
views on new voting machines, San Diego Union Tribune, September
26, 2003
New
Hampshire Leads, the Nation Follows - In Election Reform Controversies,
Electionline.org, September 25, 2003
State
of Maryland's Risk Assessment Report and Voting System Security Action
Plan, available on the MD State Board
of Elections web site
Spotlight
Is on Accuracy of Vote Tally, Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2003
High-Tech
Voting, PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, September 15, 2003
Doubts
cast on Oct. 7 vote, The Sacramento Bee, September 12, 2003
Voting-machine
plan snags, The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 8, 2003
Voting
devices' security at issue, The Sacramento Bee, September 7, 2003
Fewer polling
sites OK'd, San Jose Mercury News, September 5, 2003
5
Candidates Tackle Issues in Spirited Debate, Los Angeles Times, September 4,
2003
U.S.
decisions bring recall election a step closer, The Sacramento Bee, September
3, 2003
Media Change
Calif. Campaign, Washington Post, September 2, 2003
Pollsters
foresee record turnout, The Sacramento Bee, August 27, 2003
No Consensus on Voting
Machines, Wired News, August 27, 2003
She's
at center of high-tech voting debate, The Seattle Times, August 21, 2003
Recall
spurs new voter registration, San Francisco Chronicle, August 21, 2003
Federal
judge denies request to delay recall election, San Francisco Chronicle, August
20, 2003
Federal
judge warns he may postpone election, San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 2003
FPPC sets
fund-raising limits, The Sacramento Bee, August 12, 2003
Election
May Signal a New Era of Governing, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2003
Deluge
of candidates a logistical nightmare, Oakland Tribune, August 8, 2003
California
Supreme Court clears way for Oct. 7 vote, The Sacramento Bee, August 7, 2003
State
justices will act today on recall suits, The Sacramento Bee, August 7, 2003
Civil
rights group joins legal fight against recall, The Sacramento Bee, August 6,
2003
The
tough issues before the supreme court, San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 2003
Report
critical of security in vote machines, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 4,
2003
Davis
seeks delay in voting, San Francisco Chronicle, August 4, 2003
Estimate more than
doubles to $67 million, San Jose Mercury News, August 1, 2003
Judge
rejects part of recall law, San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2003
Recall to Delay Voting
System, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2003
Touch-screen
paper trail is crucial, San Jose Mercury News, July 29, 2003
Instant
runoff plan foiled by state panel, San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2003
Dan Walters:
Bustamante embraces -- then shuns -- a bold grab for power, The Sacramento Bee,
July 25, 2003
California
governor recall election set for Oct. 7, last possible date, San Francisco Chronicle,
July 24, 2003
Computer
Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say, New York Times, July 24, 2003
PROFILE:
Kevin Shelley, The man in the eye of recall storm, San Francisco Chronicle, July
23, 2003
Officials
fear rushed recall may lead to voting fiasco, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 23,
2003
Voting machines
need paper trails, San Jose Mercury News, July 20, 2003
White
House E-Mail System Becomes Less User-Friendly, NY Times, July 18, 2003
Blanket-primary
concept revived, Sacramento Bee, July 17, 2003
Inside A U.S. Election
Vote Counting Program, Bev Harris for Scoop, July 8, 2003
Wexler
urges touch-screen printouts, Palm Beach Post, July 10, 2003
Behind
the Freedom Curtain, Automatic Voting Machine Company Sales Video, The Prelinger
Archives, 1957
Hacking Democracy, Pacific Radio, July 4, 2003
Lack of Funds
Stalls Election Reforms, NPR, July 1, 2003
Privacy
backers hit in war chest, San Francisco Chronicle, June 30, 2003
Controller
backs open primary elections, Sacramento Bee, June 21, 2003
History
of recall gives fuel to both sides, San Jose Mercury News, June 18, 2003
Bill
Jones finds Senate appealing, Contra Costa Times, June 15, 2003
Electronic
Rigging?, by CVF President Kim Alexander at TomPaine.com, June 9, 2003
Special Survey on the California
State Budget (2.2 meg PDF), Public Policy Institute of California, June, 2003
Lobbyist's
outbursts spur calls for reform, San Francisco Chronicle, June 10, 2003
Campaign
Cost Soaring, LA Daily News, June 9, 2003
Procedure for Recalling State and Local
Officials, CA Office of the Secretary of State
Touchy Subject:
Ditching voting system, The Almanac, June 4, 2003
S.F.
instant runoff system not ready for prime time, San Francisco Chronicle, June
2, 2003
Davis taking recall
seriously, San Jose Mercury News, May 29, 2003
Paper
trail is crucial for ballot, San Jose Mercury News, May 19, 2003
To
Register Doubts, Press Here, New York Times, May 15, 2003
Hired
Guns, a study by the Center for Public Integrity, May 15, 2003
Voting
Machine Leaves Paper Trail, Wired News, May 9, 2003
Tom Elias:
Back up new voting machines with paper trails, Daily Breeze, May 6, 2003
E-voting
fails to stir the public, BBC News, May 2, 2003
Britain
to Launch Electronic Voting Systems, New York Times, April 27, 2003
Assembly
speaker defends patronage, San Francisco Chronicle, April 21, 2003
Assembly
OKs bill to close campaign donations loophole, San Diego Union Tribune, April
11, 2003
County's
upgrade gets kudos, Riverside Press Enterprise, March 31,
2003
A
vote of little confidence, San Diego Union Tribune, March
31, 2003
New
voting systems assailed, Washington Post, March 28, 2003
Untuned
Keyboards: Online campaigners, citizens, and portals in the 2002 elections, Report
by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, March 20, 2003
Dan
Walters: Despite state's high-tech flops, Westly wants to try again, Sacramento
Bee, March 24, 2003
Elections
chief frets over Nov. 4, San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 2003
Daniel
Weintraub: Voting without paper is perilous, Sacramento Bee, March 16, 2003
Voters
may get to decide privacy issue, Sacramento Bee, March 11, 2003
Director's
note: Certainty is Overrated, electionline Weekly, March 6, 2003
Scientists
question electronic voting, San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 2003
Supervisors
fail to stand against election fraud on their own, San Jose Mercury News, February
27, 2003
Election.com
Sold To Group Tied To Saudi Nationals, Newsday, February 27, 2003
Whistle-Blower
Claims Vote Software Co. Screwed Up, Fox News Channel, February 27, 2003
Touch
voting devices get OK, San Jose Mercury News, February 26, 2003
Board
faces key decision on voting by computer, San Jose Mercury News, February 24,
2003
Hacking
Democracy?, Salon.com, February 20, 2003
How's
the Mayor Doing? He'll Tell You by Grading Himself, New York Times, February
16, 2003 Click
here for Mayor Bloomberg's Campaign Promises
Cast
a vote for security, San Jose Mercury News, February 11, 2003
Electronic
Voting Machines Unreliable, Some Experts Say (audio file),
NPR's Morning Edition, February 10, 2003
Supervisors
are close to irresponsible vote, San Jose Mercury News, February 4, 2003
Computer
vandal delays leadership vote, CBC News, January 25, 2003
Gee
whiz, voter fraud?, San Jose Mercury News, January 23, 2003
High-Tech Voting
Raises Questions, InsightMag.com, January 13, 2003
Calif.
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, on KQED's California Report, January 13, 2003
Pat
Brown's book helped Ryan decide, San Francisco Chronicle, January 13, 2003
FPPC,
tribe tangle on contributions, Sacramento Bee, January 9, 2003
Secretary
of State Kevin Shelley's Inaugural Address, January 6, 2003
Election-donor
suit pits tribes against state, Contra
Costa Times, January 6, 2003
Playing
the Political Slots, Time Magazine, December 15, 2002
Jones
Decries Turnout While Certifying Election, Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2002
Nearly
half of registered voters in state ignored Nov. 5 election, San Diego Union Tribune,
December 17, 2002
Talk
of energy manipulation on tapes, San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 2002
Election 2040, who is
voting?, Public Policy Institute of California, December, 2002
By
2040, whites may still remain in voter control, San Diego
Union Tribune, December 5, 2002
Courting
minorities after low voter turnout, San Jose Mercury News,
November 29, 2002
Phone
strategy heats up elections, Sacramento Bee, November 18, 2002
Think
election's over? Not so fast, Sacramento Bee, November 13, 2002
Electionline.org,
November 6, 2002
Registrar
of voters takes center stage, San Jose Mercury News,
November 4, 2002
Ex-state
analyst defends his ethics, Sacramento Bee, October 31, 2002
Election
Officials Braced for Problems at Polls, New York Times, October 28, 2002
Donors
to Davis get coastal permits, San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 2002
Paper
or Plastic? -- An opinion piece on touchscreen voting by
CVF's Kim Alexander, San Diego Union-Tribune, October 20, 2002
Alameda
County vote going high tech, San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2002
Spotlight
is cast on paid endorsements, Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2002
Electionline.org's summary of the Help America Vote Act (HR 3295) in PDF,
October, 2002
State
again target of hacking, Sacramento Bee, October 2, 2002
Pols
will slice and dice to find niches in the electorate, Sacramento Bee, September
30, 2002
Davis
bashers can remain anonymous; Court says their ads weren't election ads, San
Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2002
State
senator wants to stem 'campaigning at taxpayer expense', San Francisco Chronicle,
September 25, 2002
A Rush
to Get It Right in Florida Produces More Election Wrongs, New York Times, September
18, 2002
Registrar
wants to put brakes on electronic voting, Mercury News, September 17, 2002
New
Lessons from Florida, Sacramento Bee, September 17, 2002
Touch-screen
voting foe presses for a paper trail, Desert Sun, September 14, 2002
Balky machines and
rushed training blamed for the latest ballot blunders, Miami Herald, September
12, 2002
The
True Spirit of Patriotism Resides in the Voting Booth, Los Angeles Times, September
12, 2002
Florida Primary
2002: Back to the Future, The Risks Digest, September 11, 2002
State extends voting
hours after many problems reported in South Florida, Miami Herald, September
10, 2002
Ruling
keeps touch-screen vote system, Desert Sun, September 7, 2002
Candidates
struggle to rouse weary voters, San Francisco Chronicle, September 3, 2002
Campaign
Reform Sponsors Oppose Internet Exemption, Washington Post, August 29, 2002
In
Maryland, a New Way to Vote, National Public Radio, August 29, 2002
Bill
would delay some primaries; Foes say sometimes March, sometimes June would confuse
voters, San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2002
Plan
adopted to split funds for switch to touch-screen voting, Sacramento Bee, August
22, 2002
Internal
Revenue Service is latest federal agency to lose track of computers, San Francisco
Chronicle, August 15, 2002
Growers
donate, workers march; Both sides try to sway Davis on bill to expand farm laborers'
rights, San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2002
S.F.
prepares monster voter guide, San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2002
State
panels a trove for Davis, Sacramento Bee, August
11, 2002
Online
state tax filing has easier road ahead,
San Jose Mercury News, August 9, 2002
Voters'
donations, access linked, San Jose Mercury News, August 2, 2002
Slate
mailers focus of rights battle, Sacramento Bee, July 30, 2002
Candidates
find way around making campaign donor info public, San Antonio Express-News,
July 26, 2002
Vote Fraud
in Dallas, National Public Radio, July 26, 2002
Touch-screen
voting to get test, Sacramento Bee, July 24, 2002
S.F.'s
vaunted election reforms wallow in politics, acrimony, San Francisco Chronicle, July 17, 2002
Connerly
Disclosure Battle Rages, Contra Costa Times, July
10, 2002
Campaign
Finance's New Face, Washington Post, July 9, 2002
Voter
registration often completed by paid collectors, Modesto Bee, July 8, 2002
State
diving deeper into debt, Oakland
Tribune, July 1, 2002
www.statesecrets.org -- State political parties collected
over half a billion dollars in 2000, nearly half of it in soft money "transfers"
from federal committees, according to new national disclosure study
Chad
free; New electronic voting systems hang punch-cards out to dry,
Oakland Tribune, June 23, 2002
Well-heeled
donors shell out for Davis, Simon, San
Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2002
Daniel
Weintraub: COPS trades on name, dumps on Davis, snags Simon,
Sacramento Bee, June 20, 2002
Senator
rips politics behind Oracle deal, San
Jose Mercury News, June 17, 2002
Women
speak up - big names go down, San
Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2002
Latino
voter lawsuit rejected, Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2002
Registrar skeptical
of late vote sign-ups, Contra Costa Times, June 11, 2002
Federal
Election Commission overhauls voting systems standards, but remote internet voting
ruled out, Electionline.org,
June 6, 2002
Perot's
firm drew map for energy scams, lawmaker says,
San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2002
Shift
primary to August, Senate says, Sacramento Bee, June 3,
2002
Davis
tech scandal widens, San Francisco
Chronicle, May 30, 2002
Hacking
bares key data on all state employees, Sacramento
Bee, May 25, 2002
Official,
in tears, denies he's to blame for Oracle contract, San Jose Mercury News, May
24, 2002
Oracle's
coziness with government goes back to its founding, San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 2002
Debugging
Maryland Ballot, The
Washington Post, May 12, 2002
Oracle
contract raises issues of security, privacy, San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 2002
Election
day registration heads toward November ballot, Electionline.org,
May 16, 2002
Legislation
would move primary vote to August, Contra Costa Times, May 16, 2002
GOP
voter drive under attack, Modesto
Bee, May 14, 2002
FEC's
structure is 'ineffectual' critics say, The Washington Post, May 13, 2002
Oracle
may be tip of the iceberg, Sacramento Bee, May 12, 2002
State's
oracle deal draws FBI scrutiny, San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2002
MS in Peruvian
open-source nightmare, The Register, May 7, 2002
Park
bond campaign will not ID big donor, San Jose Mercury News, May 8, 2002
Oracle
money went to many politicians with hands in pact, San
Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2002
Shredding
suspected over state software deal, San Jose Mercury
News, May 3, 2002
Vivendi
says online shareholder voting 'hacked', Newsbytes, April 29, 2002
Official
quits over botched tech deal, San Jose Mercury News, April 27, 2002
State's
technology chief could end up as fall guy, San Francisco Chronicle, April 26,
2002
Haygood's
troubled tenure ends; San Francisco sacks its fifth elections boss in 5 years,
San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 2002
Silicon
Valley's spy game, New York Times, April 14, 2002
'Snake-oil
salesmen': Debate on campaign e-mail pits political speech vs. spam, Warren's
Washington Internet Daily, April 9, 2002
Election
reform passes in Senate, Washington Post, April 12, 2002
Medley's
touch-screen vote ends with mix-up, The Miami Herald, April 3, 2002
Use
of spam in campaign spurs debate, San Jose Mercury News, April 4, 2002
How
to brew a better ballot, Washington Post, March 23, 2002
Unsuccessful
Boca candidate sues, alleges problems with new vote machines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel,
March 26, 2002
State
campaign reforms urged, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 22, 2002
Low
primary turnout a sign of the times, say voting experts, San Francisco Chronicle,
March 17, 2002
Fear
and loathing at the ballot box, Sacramento News and Review, March 14, 2002
Intricate
ballot process challenged, San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 2002
Net's
latest can of worms -- e-politics, Sacramento Bee, March 9, 2002
Merced
County counted 3,000 ballots twice, San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 2002
State's
turnout marks a new low, Sacramento Bee, March 7, 2002
Vast
array of ballots complicates election, San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2002
Council
for Excellence in Government Poll finds opposition to Internet voting strong and
growing, February 26, 2002
SF
Voting System in Shambles, San Francisco Chronicle,
February 19, 2002
Stealth
primary closing in on some unsuspecting voters, San Diego Union Tribune, February
15, 2002
Hanging
chads on the way out, San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 2002
Party
affiliation rates wane for state voters, Contra Costa Times, February 12, 2002
California's
mutant primary election systems, Sacramento Bee, February 6, 2002
Measures
on March 5 ballot a mystery to most voters, poll says, San Francisco Chronicle,
February 5, 2002
California's
open primaries closing March 5, Long Beach Press, February 2, 2002
Congress Online Project's report, Assesing
and Improving Capitol Hill Web Sites, released Jan. 28, 2002
Secretary
of State May Take Municipal Elections Out of South Gate's Hands,
Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2002
Electorate
still heavily white, San Francisco Chronicle, January 10, 2002
Artists
see message in lost ballot box lid, San Jose Mercury News, January 8, 2002
Scavenged
ballot box lids haunt S.F. elections, San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2002
No
chad by 2004?, Sacramento Bee, December 27, 2001
State
shortens time to replace punch ballots, Sacramento Bee, December 18, 2001
House
approves election overhaul, Washington Post, December 13, 2001
California candidate
spams voters, MSNBC, December 11, 2001
Ruling
backs anonymity of Net messages, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2001
Birth-data
debate echoes national issue, San Jose Mercury News, December 8, 2001
Fraud
fears prompt Davis to halt sales of birth data, San
Jose Mercury News, December 6, 2001
Center for Governmental Studies' 2001
Electronic Filing and Disclosure report
Web
site, under pressure, removes birth information, San Jose Mercury News, December
1, 2001
Web
site will delete birth data by request, San Jose Mercury News, November 30, 2001
State
sells birth data to Web site, raising fears, San Jose Mercury News, November
29, 2001
The
Web Never Forgets, Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2001
Computer
scientists push to publish code powering genetic research, San Francisco Chronicle,
November 24, 2001