‘Daily Voting News’ For January 30, 2007

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today the Atlanta Journal Constitution [see below] reported, “Some key components of one of Georgia’s most sacred institutions “” that had been discovered in discarded office furniture “” were recently auctioned on eBay. About 40 voter access cards and three electronic ballot encoders belonging to DeKalb County were purchased earlier this month on the auction Web site, according to Secretary of State Karen Handel. Another seven supervisor’s cards, used to activate the encoders, also were up for bid.” // The revolving door is in effect in Williamson Co. Texas where an ex-Hart Intercivic and Sequoia employee has just been named to be their county elections chief. // According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel [see below] the new Florida Gov. Crist will recommend that DRE voting systems be replaced by optical-scan voting systems throughout the state….

  • NAtional: Ciber downplays criticism of voting software testing LINK
  • NAtional: Olde Fashioned Legal Loopholes Allow Rigging of Hi-Tech Elections LINK
  • NAtional: Thirty-Four [Now Forty-two] Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress to Require Paper Ballots LINK
  • CA: Alameda County – County: Instant Run-Off Voting on Schedule LINK
  • FL: Gov. Crist to recommend ditching touch-screen machines LINK
  • FL: Editorial – Paper trail is important LINK
  • FL: Opinion – Four steps toward precise voting LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County – FL-13: It’s the Machines, Not the ‘Paper Trails’, Stupid LINK
  • GA: Sale on eBay exposes vote security flaw
    Encoders, access cards auctioned LINK
  • KS: Lawmakers look to expand early-bird voting LINK
  • NM: House pulls for better poll turnout LINK
  • OH: Blackwell’s Actions In Ohio Boost US Voting Rights LINK
  • OH: Editorial – Ohio Needs Basic Elections Reform LINK
  • OH: Editorial – Drafting poll workers isn’t best solution LINK
  • OR: Opinion – Reject paper-trail voting; support vote-by-mail LINK
  • TX: Williamson County – New Williamson County elections chief hired LINK
  • VA: Election Security in Virginia One Step Closer LINK
  • VA: Lawmakers want to phase out electronic voting machines LINK
  • VA: Senate passes bill for wider absentee voting 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 BradBlog.Com**

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      Floridiot said on 1/30/2007 @ 8:49pm PT: [Permalink]

      John ?, I have a question about that first link, “Ciber downplays”, in the article it states “The so-called assessment report was prepared by a private contractor.”
      Do we know who the ‘private contractor’ is ?, or did I miss something.

      Also, for any old time Republicans out there, Charlie Crist is turning out to be the real deal, so far the way he is going, He might be the first Republican I’d ever vote for if he runs the next time, he’s better than a lot of Democrats down here…we’ll see though, he just got started

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      John Gideon said on 1/30/2007 @ 10:06pm PT: [Permalink]

      The private contractor is Steve Freeman of Freeman, Craft and McGregor Group. He was on the NASED Voting System Panel that ignored Cibers lousy testing and paperwork for years then he went to work for the EAC and turned on Ciber.

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      Floridiot said on 1/30/2007 @ 10:36pm PT: [Permalink]

      Thanks John, I’ll stew on that one for a while before commenting

      I’m still reeling from just watching “Iraq For Sale” someone posted a suggestion to watch

      If you watch this, you can see how our voting system is shaping up in a similar manner

      We have to get rid of this privatization of Government soon, or we are going to go to hell in a handbasket big time

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      Floridiot said on 1/31/2007 @ 7:23am PT: [Permalink]

      I see Craft was on the board too with Freeman, but no mention of McGregor, he must be alright, huh ? (pfft)

      Link

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      Floridiot said on 1/31/2007 @ 9:09am PT: [Permalink]

      See what I mean by memories fading and we have to bring this shit up over and over again or it fades into oblivion ?

      Here is a post by John on 6-26-06 about the unqualified IMO Freeman Craft and McGregor

      Link

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      Kira said on 2/2/2007 @ 5:56pm PT: [Permalink]

      Unbelievable about DeKalb Co., GA losing track of DRE components — and then having them end up on eBay!!! Good Grief. I assume the level of incompetence filters down from top management [i.e. the morons who have hijacked our gov’t.]

      sick-sick-sick.

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