Voting technologies update

Some late August coverage of voting technology issues:

The New Hanging Chads (New York Times, subscription required)

Disaster puts kink in election planning (Southwest Florida News-Press) reports on how hurricane damage could affect the primary.

Techies Praised for E-Vote Work (Wired) looks at the relationships between the US Election Assitance Commission, IEEE and the rest of the techies. Despite what the article says, participation by vendors in the standards process is (a) widespread and considered normal, across technologies, and (b) much less dominant in the e-voting arena than in other areas.

E-Vote Machines: Secret Testing (Wired) reports on the firms responsible for voting technology certification.

California green lights e-voting (The Register) briefly reports on developments from the California state certification process.

Poll: Voters Want Paper Trail (Wired) reports the results of various public opinion surveys.

I'll update the e-voting pages when I have a moment.