November 8, 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 Sequoia has now been sold, yet again. This time the new owners are the present management team. Who is really behind the purchase and what was the final purchase price? Smartmatic paid $16M for the company which represented a $7M loss for its previous owner. Also, now that the Venezuelans are not involved who is going to do all of the ballot programming?
Is Cuyahoga Co Ohio too big for Diebold/Premier? That's a question being asked by the media and probably some members of the county Board of Elections.
Poll workers failed to remove the results cartridges from seven Sequoia Advantage machines in Camden Co New Jersey. If the votes on those cartridges won't affect any races the votes won't be considered in the final tally, according to state law. Election officials wonder why voter turn-out is so low. That's one reason.
Counting of ballots in Lackawanna Co Pennsylvania was much slower than expected either with or because of Premier/Diebold employees running the optical-scan machines. Was the hold-up a ploy to make optical-scan systems look bad and to sell the county DREs?
Lawrence Co Ohio reports that votes have been flipped due to a software error by ES&S.
This is it for today. DVN will be on hiatus until Monday....
NAtional: U.S. Voting Technology Leader Sequoia Voting Systems Announces New Corporate Ownership LINK NAtional: Getting in Touch with the Inner VVSG LINK NAtional: Just a Few 'Glitches'? LINK CA: Counting paper ballots means long wait LINK CA: Riverside County - Supervisors' e-mails violated law, DA says www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20071108_Camden_County_errors_trap_votes_in_a_few_machines.html CA: San Bernardino County - Next election results may take days LINK CA: San Francisco - SF Charges Voting Company With Breach Of Contract LINK CA: San Francisco seeks reimbursement for election problems LINK CA: San Francisco - S.F. prepares to sue voting machine company LINK CA: San Francisco - Voting machine vendor under fire LINK CA: San Mateo County - Election picture still shaping up LINK CO: Uncertainty looms for 2008 election in Denver LINK CO: Denver election woes bode ill for 2008 LINK CO: Denver – Columnist - LITTWIN: What's wrong here? LINK CO: Denver clerk: Much to do by '08 LINK CT: Rage for (and against) the machine: New voting technology draws mixed reviews LINK CT: Middlefield recount in motion LINK FL: Fla. asked to detail balloting procedures LINK FL: Sarasota County – Opinion - Election rules in limbo LINK IA: Voting by mail? LINK IA: Culver wants to explore voting by mail LINK IA: Johnson County - Human error, number of early voters lead to counting glitch LINK IN: La Porte County - Some glitches at polls LINK MT: Election chief views mail-in balloting as success LINK NJ: Atlantic County - Software blamed for delay of Atlantic County vote counts LINK NJ: Camden County errors trap votes in a few machines LINK NJ: Essex County - Seven voting machines replaced in Essex County LINK NJ: Mercer County - Judge orders county to open machines to tally leftover votes Poll workers did not turn over cartridges when the polls closed LINK NY: US to NY: You Gotta HAVA Faulty Voting Machine LINK NY: Civic Groups Blast Department of Justice Proposal to Gut Standards LINK NY: State elections board discusses U.S. lawsuit in closed session LINK NY: Election activists call for return to paper ballots LINK OH: Ohio Election Justice Campaign, Justified LINK OH: State will review voting trouble in northwestern Ohio county LINK OH: Glitches delay vote count for Seneca, Putnam LINK OH: Stealing Ohio 2004 – The Case Heats Up LINK OH: Cuyahoga County's rocky election night leaves a lot of questions LINK OH: Lawrence County - Township race result flipped because of error LINK PA: Fayette County - Official blames election Web site errors on database 'glitch' LINK PA: Lackawanna County - Vote-Counting Woes in Northeast Pennsylvania LINK PA: Lackawanna County - Voting system 'just totally antiquated' 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