Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The big news for today is the surprise resignation of Wally O’Dell as chairman and CEO of Diebold. It is apparent from the Diebold press release and from MSM news articles that the resignation was not on friendly terms and that Wally may have been forced out. The news from Ohio is grim. The state senate is sure to pass HB-3 which will strip much of the voting rights from citizens of the state….
NAtional: 5 US Senators, 13 House Reps Call for Probe of Dept. Of Justice. Staff Attorneys Said to be Silenced in Voting Rights Cases LINK
NAtional: Diebold Announces Management Changes – Wally O’Dell resigns LINK
NAtional: Diebold chief resigns LINK
NAtional: A Conversation With Mark Crispin Miller LINK
CA: The work of the secretary of state LINK
CA: San Joaquin County – S.J. voting machines’ fate up in air LINK
CT: LTTE – New Voting Machines An Improvement? LINK
FL: Volusia County – Touchy voting issue returns LINK
FL: Sue Cobb’s partisan cloud LINK
GA: Lawmakers to debate ‘fixing’ voter ID legislation LINK
IL: Illinois residents able to cast ballots early LINK
IN: Vanderburgh County – Measure halts voting changes LINK
IN: Perry County – Voting-machine company rep says system safe (MicroVote) LINK
KY&IN: Election changes falling into place LINK
KY: ‘Others’ may find it easier to vote in coming primary LINK
LA: Blanco postpones New Orleans elections LINK
MN: Blue Earth County – New ballot counters in place for election LINK
NC: Onslow County – Officials to get look at voting machines LINK
NY: Monroe County – State to hold hearing here on voting-machine rules LINK
NY: Madison County – Supervisors reject voting machine forum LINK
OH: GOP takes up cause of election reform LINK
OH: PERSPECTIVE: Only certainty under voter ID is longer lines, more confusion LINK
OH: GOP bill changes how we vote LINK
OH: Press Release from CASE – OH Sen. Rules Cmtte. Approves Anti-Democratic Bill LINK
OH: Touch-screen voting machines get complaints on privacy LINK
PA: Centre County – County balks at buying new voting system LINK
PA: Chester County – County task force made right call on voting machines (ES&S iVotronic) LINK
PA- Chester County – Task force recommends electronic voting system LINK
TX: Top court to review Texas redistricting plan LINK
WA: Many ballots are redone before they’re counted LINK
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Ion Sancho, supervisor of elections in Leon County Florida is going to announce tomorrow that they are dumping Diebold for the ESM100 system by Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S). (I know who’s stock price will be rising soon in the face of the Diebold allegations.) Sancho also said he felt pressure by Diebold thugs (my word) to get the other system without a paper trail. HHHMM, I wonder if this has anything to do with the most disputed election in American history? 2 and 2 are beginning to equal four again.
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John, your statement "The news from Ohio is grim. The state senate is sure to pass HB-3 which will strip much of the voting rights from citizens of the state" means there will probably have to be some litigation to challenge those statutes.
I feel bad for the good citizens of Ohio. They deserve better from their state government.
It might be effective if we email and call as many MSM outlets as we can with the following type of letter.
If we want our country back, let’s let these bastards know we will punish their businesses by cancelling subscriptions and not buying products and services that support companies that support this admisitration. NOTHING votes as effectivly as a dollar in America.
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Here is what a REAL front page story looks like!
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/D...s_of_1212.html Are you going to report on the head of Diebold stepping down, or will this be handed to Judith Miller to whitehousewash?! The NYT/Wash.Post/ USA today is becoming a useless dinosaur! People can get REAL news and facts on the net. What do we need your crap for?! Shame on you, you have a responsibility and your selling us out! Thugs.
Thanks for nothing! See ya on the net!
The net = real news.
Get used to it and God help us if they find a way to shut us down!
http://www.freepress.org has a good article on Ohio’s HB3 bill, which appears to be illegal in some parts. Especially the parts that prohibts challenging the results of a presidental election and exempt voting machines from recounts by random sampling.
If I lived in Ohio I would be getting in contact with the States Attorny General right about now.