By John Gideon on 8/29/2007, 8:00pm PT  

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

A Sequoia VP told Riverside Co., California, officials that the company may be willing to discuss a rebate or credit if state or federal regulators decertify their equipment. May be willing? The county, like every county that has purchased these machines, needs to demand its money (our tax money) back from the vendors. Sequoia sold its machines as being accessible. They aren’t accessible as proven by the California “Top-To-Bottom” review. The company sold its machines as meeting the voting systems standards. As proven by the source code review team, Sequoia uses banned software components. May be willing? If Sequoia misrepresented its system at any time to those who were spending our money, then Sequoia needs to give our money back or go to court and prove that it hasn’t misrepresented its product. And the other vendors need to do the same in other counties across the nation. Meanwhile, KY has discovered that machines used in their largest county were not state certified; more on the retirement of Conny McCormack; and the four major vendors are dragging their feet in providing information to Colorado that is necessary to allow the state to do court mandated inspections....

  • CA: Voters’ Group Declares Victory In Electronic Voting Case
    Plaintiffs Applaud California Secretary of State’s Recent Action on Voting Systems
    Case Challenging The Use of Diebold Electronic Voting Machines Is Withdrawn LINK
  • CA: E-Voting Systems Vendor Faces California Scrutiny LINK
  • CA: Los Angeles County - BRAD BLOG POLL: Which Voting Company Will LA County's Registrar of Voters Now Go to Work For? LINK
  • CA: L.A. County registrar to retire
    Conny McCormack says the recent decision by the secretary of state to decertify several electronic voting machines played into her decision. LINK
  • CA: L.A. County registrar plans to retire
    Politics: Decision was influenced by touch-screen voting debate. LINK
  • CA: L.A. County elections chief to retire LINK
  • CA: Riverside County to negotiate on voting system LINK
  • CA: Riverside County - County balks at buying vote gear
    BALLOTS: Supervisors, angry that they can't use their not-too-old touch screens, want more for their money. LINK
  • CA: Tehama County – Opinion - Secretary of State returning election integrity to process LINK
  • CO: State demands info from voting machine vendors LINK
  • CO: Seeking information, Coffman threatens voting machine vendors LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves $2.9 million for new voting machines LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves new voting system LINK
  • FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota preparing for paper voting, supervisor says LINK
  • KY: Caught in a Lie: Diebold, KY's Republican SoS Found Using Uncertified Voting Systems in State LINK
  • KY: Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo’s Electronic Voting Machine Investigation Yields Early Results LINK
  • KY: Stumbo to investigate Jefferson County's voting machine use LINK
  • MO: Paper Tiger
    When is a recount not a recount? LINK
  • NC: Election officials to refine rules on determining when votes are valid LINK
  • OH: Brunner to test voting machines soon LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga elections board director Jane Platten aims to improve trust LINK
  • PA: Lackawanna County - With voting software uncertain, Lackawanna looks at paper ballots LINK
  • PA: Lackawanna County - Election backup plan: paper ballots LINK

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