Breaking news on Bo Lipari's blog:
Nassau County has written Judge Gary Sharpe saying they will not accept any more deliveries of new voting systems due to the extraordinary high failure rates they are finding on incoming systems.
From Bo's blog:
You would have thought that since there have been so many documented problems in other states over the years that voting machine vendors would have gone out of their way to make sure new systems being deployed in the Empire State were thoroughly tested, met all state requirements, and worked flawlessly.
At a minimum, you would expect that any business fulfilling a enormous, multi-million dollar contract to a new client would make sure the systems were, well, at least operational. But, incredibly, you would be wrong. The machines which ES&S and Sequoia are providing to New York State are failing initial testing at a rate which would astound anyone – unless you’ve been following the voting machine industry for the last 10 years.
I discussed these problems on my July 2, 2008 Voice of the Voters radio program with my guest, Bill Biamonte, Election Commissioner of Nassau County, the second largest Board of Elections in the state which serves over 870,000 voters...
http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/
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http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/07/06/not-ready-for-prime-time/
