Articles in Category: ES&S

Voters in SC Encouraged to Print Out Their Own Ballots Before Going to Polls

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Brad Friedman,
1/26/2008 -
1:29 am PT

16 Comments

ES&S Misleads Its Customers In Massachusetts

EAC Falsely Accused Of Creating Unfunded Mandates...

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John Gideon,
1/25/2008 -
3:19 pm PT

1 Comment

Sour Grapes Voting Machine Conspiracy Theories in South Carolina…

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Brad Friedman,
1/20/2008 -
12:43 pm PT

15 Comments

E-Voting Train Wreck 2008: The Horry County, SC Disaster

ES&S iVotronic Touch-Screens Fail In 100% of the County's Precincts, Voters Reportedly Being Turned Away Without Being Able to Cast a Vote

Virus-Vulnerable Voting Machines Had Been Sent Home with Pollworkers on 'Sleepovers' Prior to Today's Republican Primary...

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John Gideon,
1/19/2008 -
9:45 am PT

34 Comments

NEWSHOUR VIDEO: California Voting Machine Security Concerns

Some Election Officials Voice Concern That Recent Changes Restricting Use Of Some Voting Machines Jeopardizes Integrity Of Elections

But Secretary Of State Debra Bowen Defends Actions By Calling Voting Machines 'A Major Threat To Democracy'

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Alan Breslauer,
1/16/2008 -
8:27 pm PT

6 Comments

Illinois County Asks for Federal Investigation of ES&S

Pushback as Strongarm Voting Machine Company Up to Same Old Tricks in Land of Lincoln...

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Brad Friedman,
1/13/2008 -
12:01 pm PT

1 Comment

BREAKING: Colorado’s Republican Sec. of State Decertifies E-Voting Machines After Failed Testing

All Voting Systems by ES&S Completely Decertified; DRE Touch-Screens from Sequoia Banned; Optical-Scan Paper Systems by Hart InterCivic Banned; All Systems by Diebold/Premier Conditionally ALLOWED for Use!

SoS Admits Federal Certification Process, Now Overseen by Former CO SoS on Behalf of EAC, 'Has Been Very Weak to Date'...

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Brad Friedman,
12/17/2007 -
3:37 pm PT

21 Comments

‘CRITICAL SECURITY FAILURES’ LEADS OHIO SEC. OF STATE TO RECOMMEND BAN OF DRE (TOUCH-SCREEN) VOTING MACHINES

Result of State's First Ever Testing of E-Voting Systems Find All Systems 'Vulnerable' to Manipulation and Theft by 'Simple Techniques'

SoS Brunner Recommends Paper Ballots Optically-Scanned at County Headquarters for Buckeye State...

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Brad Friedman,
12/14/2007 -
2:35 pm PT

60 Comments

Testers for CA Secretary of State Finds LA County’s ES&S E-Voting System Vulnerable to Hacking, Fraud and Manipulation

SoS to Hold Public Hearing on Future of Voting System Monday in Sacramento...

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Brad Friedman,
11/25/2007 -
2:04 pm PT

5 Comments

$45,588 Per E-Vote for Disabled Voters in Marin County, California

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Brad Friedman,
11/24/2007 -
9:44 pm PT

40 Comments

San Francisco Files Lawsuit Against ES&S for Fraud, False Claims, Breach of Contract

New Case Follows Yesterday's $15 Million Suit Against ES&S by CA SoS Bowen...

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Brad Friedman,
11/20/2007 -
2:10 pm PT

4 Comments

CALIFORNIA FILES $15 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST ES&S!

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Brad Friedman,
11/19/2007 -
4:01 pm PT

13 Comments

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Working Hard to Fail and Succeeding at It!

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Brad Friedman,
11/13/2007 -
11:57 am PT

10 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: ES&S CERTIFICATION TESTING SUSPENDED IN COLORADO

Company Previously Decertified After Lawsuit Found Little or No Testing Performed by State in 2006...

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Brad Friedman,
10/25/2007 -
9:39 pm PT

14 Comments

FL-13: GAO Finds Prior Tests Do NOT Offer ‘Reasonable Assurance’ That Touch-Screen Machines Were Not at Fault in Sarasota’s November 2006 Election

One Year Later and Republican in Disputed Election Still Sitting, Voting in Congress...

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Brad Friedman,
10/2/2007 -
7:36 pm PT

12 Comments

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Articles in Category: ES&S

EAC Falsely Accused Of Creating Unfunded Mandates...

ES&S iVotronic Touch-Screens Fail In 100% of the County's Precincts, Voters Reportedly Being Turned Away Without Being Able to Cast a Vote

Virus-Vulnerable Voting Machines Had Been Sent Home with Pollworkers on 'Sleepovers' Prior to Today's Republican Primary...

Some Election Officials Voice Concern That Recent Changes Restricting Use Of Some Voting Machines Jeopardizes Integrity Of Elections

But Secretary Of State Debra Bowen Defends Actions By Calling Voting Machines 'A Major Threat To Democracy'

Pushback as Strongarm Voting Machine Company Up to Same Old Tricks in Land of Lincoln...

All Voting Systems by ES&S Completely Decertified; DRE Touch-Screens from Sequoia Banned; Optical-Scan Paper Systems by Hart InterCivic Banned; All Systems by Diebold/Premier Conditionally ALLOWED for Use!

SoS Admits Federal Certification Process, Now Overseen by Former CO SoS on Behalf of EAC, 'Has Been Very Weak to Date'...

Result of State's First Ever Testing of E-Voting Systems Find All Systems 'Vulnerable' to Manipulation and Theft by 'Simple Techniques'

SoS Brunner Recommends Paper Ballots Optically-Scanned at County Headquarters for Buckeye State...

SoS to Hold Public Hearing on Future of Voting System Monday in Sacramento...

New Case Follows Yesterday's $15 Million Suit Against ES&S by CA SoS Bowen...

Company Previously Decertified After Lawsuit Found Little or No Testing Performed by State in 2006...

One Year Later and Republican in Disputed Election Still Sitting, Voting in Congress...

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