Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Recent reports that Voting Technologies International has gone out of business have apparently been premature but now the company is being sued by past employees, vendors, and Wisconsin labor regulators, all of whom say the company did not pay them for accrued time off, services rendered and reimbursable expenses. How much longer can it be for VTI? Meanwhile a congressional task force will meet April 17, for the first time, to begin discussions of the election in Florida CD-13. The GOP has, so far, chosen to not have any members on this task force. The group will meet with or without a GOP representative. And speaking of Florida, the Governor and Senate seem to be in agreement that DRE voting must go. The state House seems to be holding out. The Speaker of the House is concerned that state funds are going to be used by the counties to correct their bad decisions. And then late this afternoon the GOP majority in one House committee voted to axe any funds for the state to purchase new machines to replace their DREs. Also today, true to its seemingly partisan position the EAC has decided to disown a commissioned study on VoterID and do it again in an attempt to get the result that they want....
NAtional: Federal Election Agency Plays Politics with Voter ID Study LINK
NAtional: EAC to Launch Comprehensive Study of Voter ID Laws LINK
NAtional: "The Right to Count: Democracy v. Electronic Voting" - A documentary by Richard Van Slyke LINK
CA: Early primary squeezes review of voting systems
Registrars warn secretary of state that August deadline for fixes is unrealistic LINK
CA: New California e-voting measure uses hackers to test voting machine security LINK
CA: CA-11 - McNerney Election Protection Task Force Releases Election Report with 36 Recommendations LINK
CA: Riverside County - Voting machines topic at hearing
Programmer will discuss vulnerabilities of electronic system LINK
CA: Riverside County - Expert: Paper ballots are best for Riverside County LINK
CA: Riverside County - ELECTIONS HACK TEST: Counter-Challenging Elections Officials on the Truth LINK
CA: San Joaquin County - Election officials object to audit LINK
FL: Florida Senate: $35M for voting machines LINK
FL: Paper Trail Still Lacks Direction LINK
FL: Touch vote machines in Senate cross hairs LINK
FL: Florida Senate backs new voting machines
The Florida Senate has signaled its support to buy new opti-scan voting machines across the state for $35 million. The House, meanwhile, has kept silent on the plan. LINK
FL: Legislators look for support to replace controversial touch-screen machines LINK
FL: Lawmakers debate voting-machine bill LINK
FL: Republicans vote to ax effort for more money for optical voting scanners LINK
FL: House panel says no to voting machines that leave paper trail LINK
FL: FL-13 - Group to start District 13 talks LINK
FL: FL-13 - Democrats press on with voting probe LINK
IL: DuPage County - Elected officials caught in loophole
Why some towns won't be able to swear them in LINK
MN: IRV shows how to put heart back into our elections LINK
NV: Bill seeks accountability report on elections LINK
NV: Lawmaker proposes election complaint study LINK
NY: When Will New York Upgrade Voting Machines? LINK
NY: Council backs paper ballots - Votes unanimously to replace old voting booths LINK
NY: Chemung County - New voting machines discussed LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Bennett sues to keep his job on elections board LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Election board chair sues to keep his job LINK
PA: Cambria County - County gets 'good report' on machines LINK
RI: Commentary: R.I. should require voters to present ID LINK
WI: Entrepreneur sued by Microsoft says he was unaware of alleged infractions LINK
WV: Beckley councilman wants election overhaul LINK
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