Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Recently we were asked to answer some questions sent to us by someone in Wharton Co Texas concerning vote-switching. In the Wharton Co situation votes for a GOP candidate were switched on the touchscreen to the Democratic candidate. In doing a little research I looked at machine malfunctions over the past year with regard to ES&S Ivotronic DREs and chose Pennsylvania I was reminded that in Nov. 2006 there were reports from 12 counties that used Ivotronic machines of vote-switching and in every case the votes were from GOP to Democratic candidates. The inaccurate, unreliable voting systems sold to state and county election officials were sold simply due to the greed of the vendors. The machines need to be recalled sooner and not later and replaced by paper ballot supported voting systems....

• NAtional: Report – Demos: A Fallible ‘Fail-Safe’
  An analysis of provisional balloting problems in the 2006 election
  http://www.demos.org/pubs/provisionalballot.pdf
• NAtional: Barack Obama: Indiana Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
  http://www.allamericanpa..._id_law_unconstitutional
• NAtional: Voter ID Fraud Doesn’t Exist Says ACORN
  http://www.townhall.com/...%80%99t_exist_says_acorn
• NAtional: "Transparent and Well-regulated Elections": Part 1 on Language in a Free and Fair Elections Amendment
  http://www.opednews.com/...2transparent_and_wel.htm
• NAtional: LegAlert: Universal Vote-by-Mail
  http://www.progressivest...org/content/272/legalert
• CA: Los Angeles County – Editorial - Acting quickly on voting machines
  California Secretary of State Debra Bowen should avoid stoking conspiracy theories and uncertainty by assessing InkaVote Plus.
  http://www.latimes.com/n...-news-comment-editorials
• CA: Los Angeles County - Voting system called vulnerable
  http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7566311
• FL: Pinellas County - Suit a red flag on voting machines
  Pinellas commissioners will consider buying the scan system today.
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...t_a_red_flag_on_vo.shtml
• FL: Sarasota County - Voting machines in D-13 put to test
  http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/233280.html
• FL: Sarasota County - Voting machines get more tests in Sarasota
  http://www.heraldtribune...711270563/-1/newssitemap
• GA: Clayton County - Riverdale OKs runoff despite allegations of fraud
  Suit accuses transgender candidate of misrepresenting herself.
  http://www.ajc.com/metro...1/26/Riverdale_1127.html
• IN: Delaware County - GOP seeks recount in close Muncie mayor's race
  http://www.jconline.com/...20071126/NEWS09/71126045
• IN: Delaware County - Republicans allege corruption in mayor election
  Democrats deny the allegations, saying corrupting the vote would have been impossible with Republicans in control of the election process.
  http://www.thestarpress....27/NEWS01/711270309/1002
• KS: Saline County - County pleased with electronic voting machines
  http://www.saljournal.co...ty___voting_112707_clone
• NC: Buncombe County - Recount in Asheville City Council race shows little change
  Challenger Russell should take seat Dec. 11
  http://www.citizen-times...127/NEWS01/71126093/1250
• NY: New York vs. the Department of Justice Dilemma
  http://www.opednews.com/...new_york_vs__the_dep.htm
• OH: Editorial - Onus on secretary of state to reassure voters in Ohio
  http://www.vindy.com/con...rial/315485378955296.php
• TX: Report: Some Non-Citizens Voting In U.S. Elections
  http://cbs11tv.com/polit....electoral.2.596248.html
• VA: Hanover County - Ashland vote recount slated for Dec. 11
  Independent candidate lost to Republican by less than 1 percent of votes
  http://www.inrich.com/cv...RTD-2007-11-27-0077.html

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