Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The GEMS data base used with Diebold/Premier TSx DREs in Butler Co. Ohio last month seems to have a problem. The election board has reported to Diebold/Premier and the Ohio Secretary of State that during loading of memory cards from the DREs into the GEMS server two memory cards did not load even though the computer reported all cards had been loaded. This resulted in 105 votes being missed. It is not yet known if this is a statewide problem or if it is national. Of course, the only way news of this problem will get out is if members of the EI community do the work. Six New Jersey counties have now been served with subpoenas for the Sequoia Advantage voting machines that were proven to have a problem. The machines will probably be going to Princeton for inspection. Naturally Sequoia says they are going to attempt to quash the subpoenas....
NAtional: Web site aims to make absentee voting easier
Survey finds 42 percent of registered military voters were unable to vote in '06 LINK
NAtional: Road to e-voting crisis paved with money, good intentions LINK
CA: Riverside County - Watchdog to give report on elections mishaps LINK
CA: Riverside County - Officials: SAVE R VOTE's report misleading
SAVE R VOTE: More training, security needed LINK
FL: Broward County - Secretary of state visits Broward elections office, gives Snipes good marks LINK
FL: Pasco County - After today, Pasco can wave goodbye to touch screen voting LINK
IN: Ind. counties see jump in voter registration LINK
MS: Voter ID requirement falls short
Lawmaker says there's not enough support in House LINK
MS: Secretary of state says voter fraud hurts poor people LINK
NJ: Subpoenas issued to re-examine voting machines LINK
NJ: Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines Subpoenaed in NJ LINK
NY: Jaco Electronics Wins Order to Manufacture 4,500 Voting Machines for New York State LINK
NY: Jaco wins large contract for optical scan voting machines LINK
OH: Butler County - Voting machines have problems LINK
OH: Butler County missed 105 votes LINK
OH: Butler County - Failed Again: Widely-Used Diebold Touch-Screens Systems Dropped Votes in Recent Ohio Primary LINK
PA: Lackawanna County - E-vote rejects could pay off LINK
TN: Paper Ballots for TN Voters LINK
TX: Fort Bend County - Fort Bend Voters Could Opt For Paper Ballots By November Election LINK
WI: Vote recount overturns City Council race result LINK
WI: Bypassing of fed rules on vote counting system considered in Wis. LINK
Brazil: Open source election machines in Brazil LINK
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