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NEWS ARTICLES 2008
Testimony to the General Assembly Budget Committees on Funding the Move to Optical Scan Voting
SOV Testimony to the Attorney General's Task Force on Voting Irregularities
News Release/Testimony of Bill Edelstein/Testimony of Robert Ferraro / Testimony of Rebecca Wilson
Can You Count on Voting Machines?
January 6, 2008 - New York Times magazine
The New York Times magazine ran this cover story January 6 on the nationwide problems with electronic voting machines and the need for paper ballots. This is the most prominent coverage in the media so far for the issue. It is a long article covering many different aspects of the problem.
Interview with Clive Thompson on Democracy Now
January 10, 2008 - Democracy Now
Watch, listen to, or read Amy Goodman's interview with the author of this article:
www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/will_your_vote_be_counted_in
Maryland Funds New Voting System
April 6, 2008 - SAVEourVotes News Release
The Maryland General Assembly last week approved the Fiscal Year 2009 budget, including funding to move Maryland by 2010 to a less expensive, recountable voting system based on optically scanned paper ballots. This highly popular switch, favored by nearly two thirds of voters statewide, was enacted last year in matching bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Kasemeyer (D, Baltimore and Howard Counties) and Del. Sheila Hixson (D, Montgomery County) and passed unanimously by both chambers of the General Assembly, contingent on funding in this years budget... (Full news release)
Number of Registered Voters in Each MD Precinct by Party Affiliation
This Excel spreadsheet has Maryland voter numbers as of late July 2007
Hearing of the Task Force on Voting Irregularity:
March 24, 2008 - SAVEourVotes Testimony in Baltimore
News Release/Testimony of Bill Edelstein/Testimony of Robert Ferraro
The Costs of Maryland's Electronic Voting System
Revised Feb. 25, 2008 - SAVEourVotes
Maryland's election costs are nearly ten times what they were before the switch to our statewide touch-screen voting system. And county election costs are soaring, too, even with the state picking up half the tab for the equipment costs. Learn how MD can save millions of dollars each year by switching to an optically scanned paper-ballot voting system.
Full 15-page PDF / 1-Page Summary / SOV Testimony to fund HB 18 - SB 392
Md. Budget Has $6.8 Million for New Optical-Scan Voting System
January 18, 2008 - Baltimore Sun
Gov. Martin O'Malley has proposed $6.8 million to buy new optical-scan machines, which read paper ballots filled in by voters with pencil or pen. They will not be available for use until 2010 - too late for the presidential primary or general election this year. "Our machines can easily be rigged in ways that are undetectable," said Robert Ferraro of SAVE our Votes, a nonpartisan group. "We were anxiously waiting to see if the governor put the money in his budget, and he did, so we are very pleased. Otherwise, we would have been stuck with a paperless system." ARTICLE / SOV NEWS RELEASE
Interview with Clive Thompson on Democracy Now
January 10, 2008 - Democracy Now
Watch, listen to, or read Amy Goodman's interview with the author of this article:
www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/will_your_vote_be_counted_in
As Primary Season Ramps Up, an E-voting Snapshot
January 8, 2008 - Computer World
Even as the 2008 U.S. presidential primary election cycle kicks into gear today in New Hampshire, many states across the nation are still trying to figure out just what e-voting systems they'll be using to tally votes when they hold their own primaries later this year.
www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056098&intsrc=hm_list
Can You Count on Voting Machines?
January 6, 2008 - New York Times magazine
The New York Times magazine ran this cover story January 6 on the nationwide problems with electronic voting machines and the need for paper ballots. This is the most prominent coverage in the media so far for the issue. It is a long article covering many different aspects of the problem.
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