Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In a disturbing article from Chicago, IL it is revealed that Cook County will pay Sequoia for their voting machines based on a sliding scale that will be controlled by how quickly machines transmit results to election headquarters and also by how quickly those votes can be tabulated. The county does not seem to care as much about accuracy or security as it does for speed. ...
NAtional: Fooled Once: Checking Vote Count Integrity LINK
CO: Montrose County - Montrose moves to fix election failures
A study of the Montrose County 2006 election exposed a wide range of problems. Fortunately, race results weren't close enough to be distorted. LINK
FL: Editorial - Florida setting example LINK
IL: Cook County - County ties firm's pay to how fast it counts votes LINK
IL: Cook County - Sequoia Voting Systems Equipment a Success in Chicago and Cook County Municipal Elections LINK
MO: Johnson County - Missouri race is shades of Florida
The case of a county auditor contest in limbo because of flawed paper ballots could affect votes in Kansas City. LINK
NY: 'Paper' tigers growl for safer elections - Green Party pushes to scrap electronic voting LINK
PA: Lawrence County - County to check voting machines for damage LINK
TX: Guadalupe County - Texas AG looks into alleged voting errors LINK
TX: Potter and Randall Counties - Joint elections plan hits snag
New Potter County clerk studying the proposal LINK
VA: Tazewell County - Damaging legislation - Voting change could hurt SwVa. counties LINK
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