Article: 'Daily Voting News' For April 14, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org The news from New Jersey is a bit distressing though probably not at all surprising. The Secretary of State, who just this month took over control of elections from the Attorney General, is backing Sequoia Voting Systems against concerned counties and the voters of the state. In a press release from last week and resulting news articles they have misstated the facts with regards to recent court decisions and have tried to make it appear that Princeton Professor Ed Felten rushed to judgment and made inaccurate statements. Let's hope that Hart Intercivic will be a more ethical, honest vendor when they take over Sequoia. Any improvement is a pipe dream but it's nice to dream occasionally....

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IL: Illinois Paper: 'The BRAD BLOG - The Little Blog That Did' LINK

IL: Kane County - The Hart InterCivic Federal Fraud Complaint 'Under a Microsope' in Kane County, IL LINK

IL: Kane County - Fight over eSlates LINK

IL: Kane County - The little blog that did For four years, Bradblog.com has reported on voting machine problems LINK

MD: Two-party choke hold prohibits true democracy LINK

MS: Lawmaker: Voter ID dead for session LINK

NJ: New Jersey Department of State Disputes Vote Findings LINK

NJ: N.J. voting technology in question after discrepancies in February vote LINK

NY: Albany County - Help at polls for disabled voters County lawmakers expected to OK $1.6 million plan to buy 210 ballot-marking machines LINK

NY: Orange County - Lawmakers OK $100,000 to store voting machines LINK

WV: Kanawha County - County clerk's office bulging with bigger-than-usual ballots LINK

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