Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Diebold seems to have convinced the Florida Sec. of State that they have fixed security problems found on their optical-scan systems during a review by Florida State University. It’s amazing how they did that in just a couple weeks. Or maybe not. The Attorney General of New Jersey has denied certification for use of any voter verified paper audit trail printer on the state’s voting machines. State law requires these printers be used by January 2008 but testing of the printers has shown they do not work as advertised. No printers; no DREs. There is still much more news coming from California….
NAtional: Rep. Dennis Kucinich: guardian of the American voter and democratic values LINK
CA: What Have We Learned About Elections Lately? LINK
CA: UC Davis Concludes E-Voting Systems Hackable LINK
CA: Voting must be secure by primary time LINK
CA: Secretary of state’s act worrisome for election LINK
CA: Columnist: ‘Whining’ California Election Registrars are ‘Losers, Exposed as Careless at Best, Irresponsible at Worst’ LINK
CA: El Dorado — Placer Counties – Secretary of state decertifies some electronic voting machines LINK
CA: San Bernardino County – Voting machines could cost county
Registrar weighs options for 2008 elections if they must use paper ballots LINK
CA: San Joaquin County – Electronic voting reforms won’t be cheap LINK
CA: Shasta County – Properly counted votes are worth counties’ trouble LINK
CO: Mesa County – Elections office pleads for more voting gear LINK
FL: Secretary of state says voting machine flaws now fixed LINK
IA: Security will be tight for straw poll
Voters will have thumbs dipped in indelible ink LINK
IA: Iowans ask judge to forbid machines in straw poll LINK
IA: Request To Stop Straw Poll Denied LINK
IA: Iowans Object To Voting Machines Used for Straw Poll LINK
IN: Hamilton County – Absentee voters to get paper again LINK
MS: Editorial – Let’s start pulling LINK
MS: Washington County – Voters denied rights in election LINK
NJ: AG orders voting machine flaws fixed LINK
NJ: State orders fixes to ballot printers LINK
NJ: The Vote: New Jersey Attorney General Denies Voting Machine Certification Until Fixes and Retesting Completed LINK
NV: Despite California voting machine review results, Lyon Clerk remains confident in Nevada voting system LINK
NY: Lever voting machines get a reprieve in NY LINK
WA: King County – Reckless Plan: Full Steam Ahead LINK
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Diebold seems to have convinced the Florida Sec. of State that they have fixed security problems found on their optical-scan systems during a review by Florida State University. It’s amazing how they did that in just a couple weeks. Or maybe not. The Attorney General of New Jersey has denied certification for use of any voter verified paper audit trail printer on the state’s voting machines. State law requires these printers be used by January 2008 but testing of the printers has shown they do not work as advertised. No printers; no DREs. There is still much more news coming from California….
John,
I noticed that candidate Ron Paul backed away from a lawsuit filed by some anti-Diebold-machine folks in the Iowa straw polling arena.
A lawsuit by republicans against republicans evidently seeks to challenge the methods and practices used in that election:
(Raw Story).
The campaign said:
(ibid). Where have we heard that before? I noticed that you had three links to various aspects of that story.
One wonders if there any connection between republican ownership of Diebold and the faith in Diebold machines:
(ibid, emphasis added). One also wonders how why they think they can guarantee no fraud. Maybe it is the purple magic die that makes fraud impossible there?
I also oneself something would want to find out on this theme. Very attentively I will read every post.