Today many of the articles could have been “Featured” but I chose one because it contains one of what seems to have become Premier/Diebold’s requisite half-truth. In our featured article Premier spokesman, Chris Riggall is quoted as saying, "There are no votes that are lost here; the votes remain on the memory cards, and the original ballots still exist." This is all true. The votes remain on the cards and, when voting is done on a paper ballot the original ballots still exist. As factual as this statement is, it does not tell the true story.

The problem with the Premier machines (all of them sold for the last 10 years that use the GEMS software) is that in some circumstances the system will tell the operator that it has downloaded the votes from memory cards but the votes are never downloaded and tabulated. This problem is not readily apparent which is clear because it has existed for 10 years and was only found by accident. One thousand votes would have been lost in Ohio if the problem had not been discovered. How many votes have been lost nationwide over the past 10 years?...

• Featured - FL: Elections officials back machines despite reported glitch
  http://www.bradenton.com.../local/story/829566.html
• National: Premier Continues Proud Tradition of Diebold E-Voting Screw-Ups
  http://digitaldaily.allt...0080822/diebold-premier/
• National: States Rush to Dump Touchscreen Voting Systems
  http://axisoflogic.com/a...lish/article_28098.shtml
• National: Overseas voting is not just a duty, it’s a chore
  http://www.stripes.com/a...n=104&article=56952
• AR: Faulkner County - Sec. of State releases summary of May 20 election foul-up
  http://www.thecabin.net/...308/loc_0823080002.shtml
• CA: Yolo County - Should the votes of dead people be counted at elections?
  http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_10284650
• FL: Voting officials aren't worried about glitch
  http://www.heraldtribune...n_t_worried_about_glitch
• FL: Sarasota County - Glitch could affect vote Tuesday
  http://www.myfoxtampabay...ageId=3.14.1&sflg=1
• GA: Hall County - No worry over voting machines here
  Touch-screen problems elsewhere not seen in Hall County
  http://www.gainesvilleti...s.com/news/article/8134/
• IL: Voting machine software glitch affects DuPage County
  http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=229637
• OH: Alert issued regarding vote-counting errors
  Equipment used nationwide, including Ohio, can cause votes to go uncounted.
  http://www.oxfordpress.c...3/hjn082308machines.html
• OH: Summit County - Summit board deadlocks over election hours
  http://www.ohio.com/news/27306374.html
• TX: Superintendent: Elections 'a nightmare'
  http://www.news-journal....08_school_elections.html
• WI: GAB to Limit Election Observation
  http://washburnsworld.bl...lection-observation.html

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