Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

The GEMS data base used with Diebold/Premier TSx DREs in Butler Co., Ohio, last month seems to have a problem. The election board has reported to Diebold/Premier and the Ohio Secretary of State that during loading of memory cards from the DREs into the GEMS server two memory cards did not load even though the computer reported all cards had been loaded. This resulted in 105 votes being missed. It is not yet known if this is a statewide problem or if it is national. Of course, the only way news of this problem will get out is if members of the EI community do the work.

Six New Jersey counties have now been served with subpoenas for the Sequoia Advantage voting machines that were proven to have a problem. The machines will probably be going to Princeton for inspection. Naturally Sequoia says they are going to attempt to quash the subpoenas.

Those stories, and many more, linked below as usual...

• NAtional: Web site aims to make absentee voting easier
  Survey finds 42 percent of registered military voters were unable to vote in ’06
  http://www.stripes.com/a...=61228&archive=true
• NAtional: Road to e-voting crisis paved with money, good intentions
  http://arstechnica.com/n...ney-good-intentions.html
• CA: Riverside County - Watchdog to give report on elections mishaps
  http://www.mydesert.com/...03/80407035/-1/newsfront
• CA: Riverside County - Officials: SAVE R VOTE's report misleading
  SAVE R VOTE: More training, security needed
  http://www.mydesert.com/...01/804080312/1006/news01
• FL: Broward County - Secretary of state visits Broward elections office, gives Snipes good marks
  http://weblogs.sun-senti...s_snipes_good_marks.html
• FL: Pasco County - After today, Pasco can wave goodbye to touch screen voting
  http://www.tampabay.com/...litics/article447050.ece
• IN: Ind. counties see jump in voter registration
  http://www.wishtv.com/Gl...?S=8137379&nav=0Ra7
• MS: Voter ID requirement falls short
  Lawmaker says there's not enough support in House
  http://www.clarionledger...NEWS/804080338/1001/news
• MS: Secretary of state says voter fraud hurts poor people
  http://www.hattiesburgam...08/NEWS01/804080311/1002
• NJ: Subpoenas issued to re-examine voting machines
  http://www.nj.com/news/i...issued_to_reexamine.html
• NJ: Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines Subpoenaed in NJ
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5880
• NY: Jaco Electronics Wins Order to Manufacture 4,500 Voting Machines for New York State
  http://www.businesswire....8005243&newsLang=en
• NY: Jaco wins large contract for optical scan voting machines
  http://www.newsday.com/b...jaco0409,0,3720354.story
• OH: Butler County - Voting machines have problems
  http://www.middletownjou.../04/08/hjn040908boe.html
• OH: Butler County missed 105 votes
  http://news.enquirer.com...0080408/NEWS01/304080092
• OH: Butler County - Failed Again: Widely-Used Diebold Touch-Screens Systems Dropped Votes in Recent Ohio Primary
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5879
• PA: Lackawanna County - E-vote rejects could pay off
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=415898&rfi=6
• TN: Paper Ballots for TN Voters
  http://www.wztv.com/news...p_stories/vid_1433.shtml
• TX: Fort Bend County - Fort Bend Voters Could Opt For Paper Ballots By November Election
  http://www.fortbendnow.c...d_story&open=&
• WI: Vote recount overturns City Council race result
  http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/280640
• WI: Bypassing of fed rules on vote counting system considered in Wis.
  http://wcco.com/wisconsi...ame=WI--VoteCounting.xml
• Brazil: Open source election machines in Brazil
  http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/4847

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