“The Election Protection Hotline, 1-866-687-8683, is the only national voter assistance hotline staffed by live call center operators trained to provide state specific assistance to all voters. Lawyers, poll monitors and additional volunteers will be mobilized in 16 key states across the nation to assist voters in the days leading up to the election and on Election Day. Led by People For the American Way Foundation, the NAACP, and the Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, Election Protection (EP) has operated in every election cycle since 2001, and is the nation’s most far-reaching nonpartisan effort to provide voter assistance and protect voter rights. The services will include bilingual assistance for areas with a heavy concentration of Spanish-speaking voters.”
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Daily Archives: November 6, 2006
Election Night Coverage From Selected Range of Net Sources
“This is the homepage for Congresspedia’s election night coverage. Click on the maps or links…to access the results of the general elections and profiles on the incumbents and challengers.” WSJ free feature – Midterm Elections Offer Rookie Anchors New Battleground: “CBS plans to update its Web site every 90 seconds, while ABC says it will… Continue Reading
NC's Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded Duriing FY 2002 and 2003
The State of North Carolina’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 (PDF, 41 pages), November 6, 2006. Continue Reading
CBO Monthly Budget Review
Monthly Budget Review, November 2006 Continue Reading
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush
“Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush -Each Public Papers volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in… Continue Reading
New York State Security Freeze Law Now In Effect
Effective November 1, 2006, New York states law “provides consumers may elect to place security freezes on consumer credit reports by making such request to consumer reporting agencies [TransUnion, Equifax and Experian].” Related postings on credit freeze laws Continue Reading
U.S. Code 2000 Edition, Supplement 3 Now Available From GPO Access
United States Code: Main Page: “The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States… Continue Reading
VOA – America Votes – US Elections 2006
VOA News: “On November 7, Americans will elect a new Congress — a process mandated every two years by the U.S. Constitution. At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats. Also, voters will decide 36 state governorships. The outcome of this year’s election could… Continue Reading
Poll Watching Engages Range of Grass Roots Participants
WSJ free feature, A New Breed of Watchdog For Election Day: “When Americans go to vote tomorrow, a new breed of activist will be on guard, monitoring polling stations for everything from voting-machine glitches to long lines to registration snafus.” Continue Reading
Report – Security Assessment of the Diebold Optical Scan Voting Terminal
Security Assessment of the Diebold Optical Scan Voting Terminal: “We present an independent security evaluation of the AccuVote Optical Scan voting terminal (AV-OS). We identify a number of new vulnerabilities of this system which, if exploited maliciously, can invalidate the results of an election process utilizing the terminal. Furthermore, based on our findings an AV-OS… Continue Reading
Internet Voting Revisited: Security and Identity Theft Risks of the DoDs Interim Voting Assistance System
Internet Voting Revisited: Security and Identity Theft Risks of the DoD’s Interim Voting Assistance System, by David Jefferson, Avi Rubin, Barbara Simons, and David Wagner. From Avi Rubin’s blog, a summary of the risks of the new system: “Tool One exposes soldiers to risks of identity theft. Sending personally identifiable information via unencrypted email is… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports on Covert Action, Pakistan, Iraq, and Journalists' Privilege
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006 Pakistan-U.S. Relations, Updated October 26, 2006 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005, October 23, 2006 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated October 18, 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan, Updated October 11, 2006 Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the… Continue Reading
