Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

It has just been revealed that an investigation is taking place in Franklin Co, Ohio, stemming from problems noticed by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on her DRE voting machine last Nov. 6. Brunner claims that when she got to a municipal court race a gray banner appeared over one candidate's name to let her know that he had withdrawn from the race. In fact that candidate had withdrawn the day after the machines were programmed. The problem is that her husband voted on a machine next to hers and he had no warning. Voters in other precincts have now reported the same thing to investigators, so it appears that not everyone had the same ballot. Investigators have also found that it appears that ES&S, the county’s vendor, told election workers that it was not necessary to do pre-election testing on every voting machine so only one machine per precinct was tested. They have also found that ES&S instructed the county’s “board programmer” on how to turn off the “audit logs” on the machines while doing any work on them. This act hinders any investigation into what was done with software changes. How will these bad acts by ES&S affect what seems to be a good relationship between Brunner and the vendor?...

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• CA: Shasta County - County is still paying for idled voting machines
  http://www.redding.com/n.../mar/16/county-is-still/
• CO: Lawmakers consider paper ballot elections
  http://www.chieftain.com/national/1205557200/1
• CO: Panel passes on paper ballots
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...508_1b_paper_voting.html
• FL: What can go wrong in the 're-do'? Only everything
  http://www.miamiherald.com/540/story/457642.html
• IL: Kane County - Could Kane precincts be split soon?
  http://www.suburbanchica...AU16_ELECTION_S1.article
• IN: Rokita Supports Vote Center Legislation
  http://www.timesuniononl...ID=31076&TM=68665.3
• KS: Crawford County Clerk's office eyeing election software purchase
  http://www.morningsun.ne...1508/loc_258026527.shtml
• KY: House opening door to early voting
  http://www.kentucky.com/.../state/story/347522.html
• NC: Man alerts state to ID-theft risk
  Elections board changes Web site that gave access to voters' birth dates
  http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/537687.html
• NY: Open letter to NY citizens, election workers and election commissioners
  http://www.opednews.com/...open_letter_to_ny_ci.htm
• OH: Opinion - Primary election was result of heroic efforts by many
  http://dispatch.com/live...A11_1D9L7KH.html?sid=101
• OH: Opinion - Don’t waste money on paper ballots
  http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=81328
• OH: Opinion - Post-election audit would improve voter confidence
  http://dispatch.com/live...A11_809KT4I.html?sid=101
• OH: Foolish law treats voters like suspects
  Law turns poll workers into pseudo-detectives
  http://www.ohio.com/news...op_stories/16723256.html
• OH: Franklin County - County's voting machines examined
  Brunner triggers state probe by reporting that fall ballot apparently masked a name
  http://www.columbusdispa..._B1_9F9LIV3.html?sid=101
• OH: Pickaway County - Absentee ballots not counted yet
  http://circlevilleherald...=105890&TM=50505.59
• OH: Warren County - Story behind the 2004 lockdown
  Even amid terror warnings, secret count was 'wrong move'
  http://news.enquirer.com...0080316/NEWS01/303020039
• PA: Opinion - Electronic ballots require a paper backup
  http://www.pennlive.com/...24300880.xml&coll=1
• TX: Recount necessary in close Dist. 73 race
  http://herald-zeitung.co...3C4E07b7800916vQPl7945F5
• VA: Remedy in doubt for poll problem
  No remedy by Nov. 4 for mispronunciations by Richmond machines
  http://www.inrich.com/cv...RTD-2008-03-15-0127.html
• VA: Lynchburg’s dual voting process a strain on poll workers
  http://www.newsadvance.c...in_on_poll_workers/3036/
• WI: Report shows ID is bad idea
  http://www.jsonline.com/...ory/index.aspx?id=728370

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