Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
A very busy day today. There are still articles about the EVEREST report completed in the state of Ohio. Based on that report, recommendations were made to Cuyahoga County to change their voting system and vendor from DREs by Premier to central-count optical scan by ES&S. It appears that the county is going to do the correct thing and not make any rash decisions. They should probably make some changes but not a wholesale change of vendors and certainly not when that vendor is ES&S. A final decision will be made later this week.
This afternoon the state of Colorado announced that they were decertifying all voting machines and peripherals from ES&S as well as the Sequoia Edge II and Edge II Plus and optical scan systems provided by Hart Intercivic. Voting systems from Premier, optical scan and peripherals from Sequoia and DREs and peripherals from Hart were conditionally certified.
Also two amicus briefs were filed today in the NY v. DOJ case….
- NAtional: Stateside: Prelude to the 2008 Elections, Part 1
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00210.htm - CO: E-voting machines tossed for ’08
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/17/e-voting-machines-tossed-08/ - CO: More than half of state’s voting machines unsafe or inaccurate
http://www.9news.com/news/top-article.aspx?storyid=82946 - CO: Voting Machines For Major Counties Decertified
Machines Have Problems With Security, Accuracy, Secretary Of State Says
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14875334/detail.html - CO: Voting machines banned over accuracy concerns
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7744376 - CO: BREAKING: Colorado’s Republican Sec. of State Decertifies E-Voting Machines After Failed Testing
https://bradblog.com/?p=5451 - FL: Sumter County – Sumter elections office updating voting procedures
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/articles/2007/12/17/news/news03.txt - IA: Latest report on Iowa Caucus protections
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00220.htm - IN: Columnist – Mark Bennett: Voting-booth vacancy? Who cares?
http://www.tribstar.com/opinion/local_story_348212753.html - NM: Dona Ana County – ID restrictions may deter some voters, delay others, officials fear
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_7740088 - NY: Hand-Counting Paper Ballots Proposed In NY District Court
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_dave_ber_071215_hand_counting_paper_.htm - NY: I am Voter Hear Me Roar: Meet the New York Amici
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rady_ana_071215_i_am_voter_hear_me_r.htm - NY: Amicus Filed in Federal – NY State Lawsuit Over Voting Machines
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_press_re_071215_amicus_brief_filed_o.htm - NY: Cuomo Fighting Voting Machine Law
http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e3a0a468-5ab5-4d0f-b91c-517abbb63118 - NY: NYVV files Amicus Brief in DOJ vs. NYS Lawsuit
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_bo_lipar_071217_nyvv_files_amicus_br.htm - OH: Brunner’s recommendations long on money, short on transparency
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_victoria_071216_brunner_s_recommenda.htm - OH: Wanna Change Votes in Ohio? Use a PDA and a Magnet
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4008511 - OH: Opinion – Vulnerable machines
http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=76745 - OH: 2008: The year of hack the vote?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=753 - OH: Editorial – Don’t rush to judgment
Voting-systems report should be subjected to careful review
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2007/12/16/Jbrunner.ART_ART_12-16-07_G4_JR8PFC6.html?sid=101 - OH: Ohio Finds All E-Voting Machines In The State Had Serious Flaws
from the no-surprise-there dept
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071216/154915.shtml - OH: ‘Critical’ flaws in voting systems worry Ohio
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/646 - OH: Surprise: Ohio’s e-voting machines riddled with critical security flaws
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/17/ohio_voting_machines_study/ - OH: OH Sec. of State: ditch e-voting machines.
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=1502 - OH: Ohio e-voting system security bashed in new state report
Problems threaten the integrity of future elections, officials say
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=13&articleId=9053326&intsrc=hm_topic - OH: Cuyahoga County – Board struggles with voting technology
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/UPDATES01/71217025 - OH: Cuyahoga County – Brunner’s plan gets cool reception in Cuyahoga County
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/12/17/cuyahoga.html - OH: Cuyahoga County – Ohio County Mulls Over Voting Systems
Cuyahoga Board Struggles With Voting Technology Decision
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/509bb488a63a7a2fe6586a17ef6dca6c.htm - TN: Panel recommends changes for electronic voting in Tennessee
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9004291
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An update on Senator Dodd’s filibuster against telco immunity as discussed here: https://bradblog.com/?p=5449
Faced with a real honest-to-Bast filibuster from within the Democratic ranks and overwhelming public opposition to the bill as evidenced by a literal deluge of phone calls, emails, and faxes to Senate offices, Senate Majority Capitulator Reid has pulled the FISA bill from consideration until next month.
Well done, Chris Dodd, and I thank you.
Also, my thanks to the Senators who stood with Dodd on the floor of the Senate and fought this bill in person.
Where’s is your outrage and concern about this issue in Florida and based on your premise shouldn’t all the dems that won falsely in 2006 be kicked out of office. When the voting machines give you the results you want they work fine. If they go Republican the fix is in give me a break!!!!
http://www.palmbeachpost…17/s1b_geo_col_1217.html
After the November 2006 election, the county GOP found 60 people who voted in Palm Beach County and whose names and birth dates matched those of voters who cast ballots in the same election in New York. The FDLE determined that 17 of the names were actual matches. But after talking to Palm Beach County Chief Assistant State Attorney Paul Zacks last month, the FDLE said no laws were broken and it wouldn’t pursue the matter.
Zacks said Friday he was “shocked” to learn of the FDLE’s conclusion. He said he had only an informal conversation with an FDLE agent, never offered a formal legal opinion and is still waiting for investigative reports and documentation from the FDLE on the alleged double-voters. While there appears to be no Florida statute that explicitly forbids casting a ballot in Florida and another state, Zacks said other questions remain, such as whether voters lied about their residency when they signed Florida voter-registration forms.
Dinerstein has railed against Gothamite double-voting since a 2004 New York Daily News report that 46,000 people were registered in both New York City and Florida and their registrations were 68 percent Democratic and only 12 percent Republican. While it appears only 17 New Yorkers voted in Palm Beach County last year, Dinerstein fears much bigger numbers statewide in 2008. Dinerstein told a GOP meeting last week that he’ll raise the issue with Attorney General Bill McCollum’s office and with the GOP-controlled legislature.
You can always tell when were gaining the upper hand…the criminal’s trolls show up!
This looks like an interesting new book by notorious phone-jammer Allen Raymond:
“How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative”
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416552227/
Funny how I point out democrats who voted both in NY and Florida and NY and the liberal sheep call me a troll. Again where is your outrage with people voting twice??? Oh they are democrats and their allowed to break the law.