August 29, 2007
By JGideon
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org A Sequoia VP told Riverside Co California officials that the company may be willing to discuss a rebate or credit if state or federal regulators decertify their equipment. May be willing? The county, as with every county who has purchased these machines, needs to demand their money (our tax money) back from the vendors. Sequoia sold their machines as being accessible. They aren't accessible as proven by the California "Top-To-Bottom" review. They sold their machines as meeting the voting systems standards. As proven by the source code review team Sequoia uses banned software components. May be willing? If Sequoia misrepresented their system at anytime to those who were spending our money then Sequoia needs to give our money back or go to court and prove that they haven't misrepresented their product. And the other vendors need to do the same in other counties across the nation. Meanwhile, KY has discovered that machines used in their largest county were not state certified; more on the retirement of Conny McCormack; and the four major vendors are dragging their feet in providing information to Colorado that is necessary to allow the state to do court mandated inspections....
CA: Voters' Group Declares Victory In Electronic Voting Case Plaintiffs Applaud California Secretary of State's Recent Action on Voting Systems Case Challenging The Use of Diebold Electronic Voting Machines Is Withdrawn LINK CA: E-Voting Systems Vendor Faces California Scrutiny LINK CA: Los Angeles County - BRAD BLOG POLL: Which Voting Company Will LA County's Registrar of Voters Now Go to Work For? LINK CA: L.A. County registrar to retire Conny McCormack says the recent decision by the secretary of state to decertify several electronic voting machines played into her decision. LINK CA: L.A. County registrar plans to retire Politics: Decision was influenced by touch-screen voting debate. LINK CA: L.A. County elections chief to retire LINK CA: Riverside County to negotiate on voting system LINK CA: Riverside County - County balks at buying vote gear BALLOTS: Supervisors, angry that they can't use their not-too-old touch screens, want more for their money. LINK CA: Tehama County – Opinion - Secretary of State returning election integrity to process LINK CO: State demands info from voting machine vendors LINK CO: Seeking information, Coffman threatens voting machine vendors LINK FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves $2.9 million for new voting machines LINK FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves new voting system LINK FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota preparing for paper voting, supervisor says LINK KY: Caught in a Lie: Diebold, KY's Republican SoS Found Using Uncertified Voting Systems in State LINK KY: Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo's Electronic Voting Machine Investigation Yields Early Results LINK KY: Stumbo to investigate Jefferson County's voting machine use LINK MO: Paper Tiger When is a recount not a recount? LINK NC: Election officials to refine rules on determining when votes are valid LINK OH: Brunner to test voting machines soon LINK OH: Cuyahoga elections board director Jane Platten aims to improve trust LINK PA: Lackawanna County - With voting software uncertain, Lackawanna looks at paper ballots LINK PA: Lackawanna County - Election backup plan: paper ballots LINK **"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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Authors Bio:John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org