Article: 'Daily Voting News' For April 29, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org In a laughable blog item Sequoia's Michelle Shafer takes snippets of news articles that make Sequoia's machines look good while she ignores all of the reports of problems. It must be harder and harder for Shafer to find good things to write about. Just last week she was attempting to make a point that Sequoia's intellectual property (IP) must be protected from independent review in New Jersey. Then details of a company-wide phone call were released that revealed that not only does Sequoia not own any IP but that President Jack Blaine made statements about how good it was that they didn't have any IP....

NAtional: Voter ID law upheld LINK

NAtional: Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States LINK

NAtional: Diebold Accuvote Voting System Now on Sale at eBay! LINK

FL: Sarasota County - After Records Reveal E-Voting Glitches, Election Official Jokes She'll Stop Keeping Records LINK

IN: How to Cast a Ballot in Indiana if You Don't Have State-Issued Photo ID... LINK

MD: Attorney General's Task Force on Voting Irregularities Submits First Report Includes 13 Recommendations for Policy Changes LINK

MD: Md. Task Force Calls for More Voting Machines LINK

MD: Task force aims to ease voting problems, delays LINK

MS: Miss. attempts at voter ID law have failed LINK

NJ: Editorial - Ballot ruling doesn't quell all concerns LINK

NJ: Editorial - Wise decision LINK

NJ: Court Muddies Sequoia E-voting Evaluation LINK

NJ: Hard evidence presented in New Jersey e-voting discrepancies LINK

NY: Polling sites, too, must be accessible LINK

PA: Keystone state succes[sic] LINK

PA: Centre County - County seeks comment on voting machines LINK

UT: Weber County - ACLU investigation criticizes '07 Ogden election LINK

WV: Early voting remains popular in southern W.Va. LINK

WV: Greenbrier County - Greenbrier won't be posting precinct results LINK

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