Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Did you wonder how Diebold/Premier escaped the axe in Colorado? While all of the other vendors had their machines decertified or had strict conditions set on them Diebold/Premier came away fairly clean. It seems that Secretary of State Coffman is running for Congress next year. The consultants for his campaign also seem to be the consultants for Diebold/Premier. Coffman went a long way to keep Diebold/Premier from being decertified because his testing board recommended that all electronic voting systems used in the state be decertified. Coffman reportedly used his discretion to decide which systems were "substantially compliant". Diebold/Premier which has gotten consistently negative reports from across the nation got the head-nod and wink from Coffman. A decision was made in the DoJ complaint against the state of New York. Details are still sketchy but it looks like the state needs to have a plan by Jan. 4.
174 ePROM chips for San Diego Co.'s optical-scan machines were lost somewhere between the California Secretary of State's office and the county. The chips were packaged in two tubes by Diebold/Premier employees under witness by SoS employees. They were shipped by Diebold/Premier's normal shipper, FedEx. San Diego Co.'s Registrar, on a witch hunt, is blaming SOS Bowen for the problems.
Cuyahoga Co.'s Board of Elections voted 2-2 on whether to accept SOS Brunner's plan to change voting systems before the state primary election. The decision is now her's....
NAtional: Voter ID requirement will help fight fraud LINK
NAtional: Advancing the HCPB Framing, Outreach and Media LINK
NAtional: No Barking in the Night about the FEC LINK
AZ: Pima County - Dems Win, but Now Real Fight May Begin LINK
CA: Decertification Dilemma LINK
CA: Humboldt County - Voter Confidence Committee requests November election information LINK
CA: San Diego County - 175 chips for voting machines are lost
Registrar criticizes secretary of state LINK
CA: San Diego County - Voting-computer chips missing LINK
CA: San Diego County - CA Sec. of State Sued by San Diego County and Their Former E-Voting Rep Turned Election Official LINK
CA: San Diego County - Bowen faces vote lawsuit
A post-election audit rule went too far, county claims. LINK
CO: Sec. of state's campaign advisers also represent e-voting firm LINK
CO: Colorado Voter Group Comments on Secretary of State's Decisions LINK
CO: E-voting firm says ties didn't affect Secretary Coffman's ruling LINK
CO: Clerks: Vote counts will be accurate LINK
CO: Mesa County - Commission defiant on vote machines LINK
CO: Prowers County voting scanners decertified LINK
CO: Weld County - Weld voting machines still certified despite state-wide concerns LINK
FL: Is your vote worth 10 minutes? 20? An hour? Apparently not in Florida LINK
FL: Hillsborough County - Elections supervisor miffed about remarks LINK
NC: Voting machines banned
Other states flag devices still used in WNC LINK
NC: Other States Question NC Voting Technology LINK
NV: Voting Machines Used in Nevada Deemed Unreliable in Colorado LINK
NY: Voter advocates push for scanners LINK
NY: Hitting the brakes on HAVA LINK
NY: Judge says NY must comply with voting machine law by Jan. 4 LINK
NY: Judge "embarrassed" by state's violation of HAVA LINK
NY: State must start to comply with voting law by January LINK
NY: New York Citizen Groups Say Forced 2008 HAVA Compliance Would Cause Chaos LINK
NY: Judge rules on state's failure to comply with HAVA LINK
OH: Exclusive: BRAD BLOG's In-Depth Post-EVEREST Interview with Ohio's Secretary of State LINK
OH: Opinion - Investigate Voting Machine Claims LINK
OH: More Ohio woes? Count on it LINK
OH: Will Ohio Be the Next Ohio in 2008? LINK
OH: Voting security under scrutiny LINK
OH: Athens County - Elections board chair: State report suggests county made correct voting machine choice LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Editorial: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must not change Cuyahoga County's voting system LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga elections board splits 2-2 on voting-system change LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Secretary of State expected to order changes in Cuyahoga County voting LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio Secretary of State to decide on Cuyahoga voting machines LINK
OH: Licking County - County voters don't want to scrap machines
Some oppose spending more money, think tampering is unlikely LINK
OH: Pickaway County - New voting machines could cost county $500,000 LINK
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