Article: 'Daily Voting News' For April 17, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org In a "Wired News" article today, Kim Zetter reports in part, "Symptoms consistent with a known software flaw in a popular electronic voting machine surfaced widely in a controversial election in Sarasota County, Florida, last November, despite county officials' claims that a bug played no role in the election results, according to documents obtained by Wired News. "Activists say the flaw might have contributed to the high number of lost or uncast votes in a now-contested congressional race. "Incident reports from the election reveal Sarasota County poll workers from at least 19 precincts contacted technicians and election officials to report touch-screen sensitivity problems with the I-Votronic voting machine. In those incidents, voters were forced to press the screen harder and repeatedly to register a vote. The complaints mirror the symptoms of a bug that the machine's maker, Election Systems & Software, revealed prior to the election in a warning unheeded by the county."...

NAtional: Teepen: GOP cries of voter fraud are a shameless lie LINK

NAtional: Voting Machines Vulnerable to "Serious" Vote-Flipping Attack LINK

NAtional: Statement by EAC Commissioner Hillman Regarding Release of Voter Fraud Consultant Report LINK

CA: Riverside County - Columnist - No time to be 'Blaise' about voting LINK

CA: San Diego County - Cuyahoga County Ohio elections official Michael Vu Just Hired on in San Diego, California (& Comparing voter fraud with election fraud) LINK

FL: Senate ties early primary to voting machines with paper trails LINK

FL: FL-13 - House to begin probe into Fla. election LINK

FL: FL-13 - Florida-13 task force to hold first meeting today LINK

FL: FL-13 - Task Force Briefed on Contested Florida 13 House Race LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Docs Point to E-Voting Bug in Contested Race LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Docs from Florida Election Describe Problems with Machines LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Bye bye to Cleveland GOP Election Chair Bob "Ballots for Bush" Bennett LINK

France - Protesters sue to stop use of French e-voting machines LINK

Netherlands - Dutch government vows revamp of computer voting machine policy after critical report LINK

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