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The EAC Lied, Lever Voting Machines (Almost) Died

Exclusive: Discredited federal E-voting oversight commission issued an incorrect 2005 'legal advisory' helping to keep NY on a collision course with democracy

But it's not too late to save the last transparent electoral system in the United States...

... it serves. After all, as former EAC commission Donnetta Davidson has pointed out in the past "'Assistance' is [its] middle ...

Blogged by Andi Novick on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6956
Posted in Categories: Election Reform, Pennsylvania, Voting System Certification, HAVA, New York, EAC, Voting System Standards, Lever Machines
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EAC-Ya: The Nation's Federal Voting System Oversight Commission Refuses to Do Its Job, Answer a Simple Question

Maddening chain of email, querying the status of the Diebold failure discovered in Humboldt County, CA, illustrates the EAC's continued protection of e-voting vendors, at the expense of the voters

ALSO: CA said likely to decertify the flawed Diebold system, while the EAC fails to take any action at all...

... voting systems panel members, Tom Wilkey and Donneta Davidson, moved over to the EAC and joined Brian Hancock. All three were ... members of the EAC, including one Commissioner (Donnetta Davidson); the EAC's Executive Director (Tom Wilkey); and their Voting Systems ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6924
Posted in Categories: Diebold/Premier, Election Irregularities, Debra Bowen, California, Election Reform, Voting System Certification, HAVA, Election 2008, EAC, Accountability, Dept. of Justice, Humboldt County
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'Daily Voting News' For October 29, 2008

Evening Edition...

... Paper Ballots in PA http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6588 TN: Davidson County - Extra Voting Machines Could Ease Tuesday's Lines ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6589
Posted in Categories: Daily Voting News
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'Daily Voting News' For October 26, 2008

... Davidson County - Problems Plague Early Voting System Elections Commission ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Sunday, October 26th, 2008 at 4:22 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6570
Posted in Categories: Election Irregularities, Daily Voting News, Arkansas, Colorado, Sequoia Voting Systems, Election 2008, Accountability, Vote-by-Mail
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Another Lost Obama Vote on an ES&S Touch-Screen

TN Voter's Screen Goes Blank, Right to Cast Ballot Gone

Just Like the Obama/DNC Attorneys Apparently...

... report, of another Obama vote lost, comes from Nashville (Davidson County, TN), as did the similar one last week. ES&S iVotronic ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 11:57 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6567
Posted in Categories: Tennessee, Election 2008, DNC, Touch-Screen Vote Flipping, Barbara Boxer
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Election Developments & Problems in FL, GA, VA, IN, OH, NM, TN, WV

Broward Co., FL, Election Supervisor: 'No One Could Have Anticipated' Massive Voter Turnout

Pre-Election Litigation, Early Voting, Machine Malfunctions, and Other Voting and Election Developments Across the Country This Week...

... Earnhardt, voting at the Howard Office Building, where the Davidson County Election Commission is located, said she couldn't get Obama's ...

Blogged by Desi Doyen on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6561
Posted in Categories: ES&S, RFK Jr., Ohio, Florida, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, ACVR, Cynthia McKinney, Virginia, Election 2008, New Mexico, Military/Overseas Voting, Touch-Screen Vote Flipping, Photo ID Laws, Accountability, Dept. of Justice, Voter Registration, David Iglesias, ACORN
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Vote Flips 5 Times From Dem to Rep for Voter in Yet Another WV County

Epidemic of ES&S iVotronic Touch-Screen Voting Machine Failures - Now in At Least Two States - Continues to Grow...

... in at least two different WV counties, and in Davidson County (Nashville), TN. Just yesterday, there was a report of votes ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6550
Posted in Categories: Election Irregularities, West Virginia, Touch-Screen Vote Flipping, Accountability
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Votes Reportedly Flipping from Repub to Dem in TN!

So NOW Can We Impound These Machines, Take Them Out of Service and Give Every Voter a PAPER BALLOT, Please?!

... we reported the problems experienced at the Davidson County (Nashville), TN polls by Election Integrity filmmakers David ... had checked the Democratic candidate instead. Like Davidson County, TN and Putnam and Jackson Counties, WV, Decatur uses the same ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6547
Posted in Categories: Election Irregularities, Tennessee, Election 2008, Touch-Screen Vote Flipping, Accountability, Democrats, Republicans
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'Daily Voting News' For October 21, 2008

... Davidson County - Vote Flipping in Davidson County, Tennessee http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00304.htm TN: Davidson County - Election Integrity Filmmaker Sees Own Vote Flipped on ESS ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 4:20 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6543
Posted in Categories: Daily Voting News
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Election Integrity Filmmaker Sees Own Vote Flipped on ESS Touch-Screens in TN

David and Patricia Earnhardt Report Their Problems During Early Voting in Nashville

Obama Vote Won't Register, Then Flips to Other Candidate, as Similarly Reported Recently in WV...

... comes the vote-flipping on touch-screen machines in Davidson County (Nashville), TN, where early voting has also begun. This time, ... 2007 we had the displeasure of attending a meeting of the Davidson County, TN, Election Commission ourselves. While the Democrats on the ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6540
Posted in Categories: Election Irregularities, West Virginia, Tennessee, Election 2008, Touch-Screen Vote Flipping, FL-13
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And It Begins Again: Touch-Screen Votes Flipping From Dem to Rep in WV

Votes for Obama Switching to McCain in Early Voting in Jackson County

UPDATE: Now Putnam County, WV Reports Votes Flipping D to R as Well...

... Votes now also flipping on ES&S iVotronic machines in Davidson County (Nashville), Tennessee. Details here... The BRAD BLOG covers ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6528
Posted in Categories: ES&S, West Virginia, Election 2008, Touch-Screen Vote Flipping
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Colorado's State Election Director Resigns

No Official Explanation Yet for Holly Lowder's Sudden and Unexpected Departure, Just 60 Days Prior to Presidential Election in a Very Important 'Swing State'

...But We Have a Few Well-Informed Guesses...

... process was begun under Republican SoS Donetta Davidson, who was replaced by Dennis after Davidson was named by George W. Bush as a commissioner of the U.S. Elections ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Friday, September 5th, 2008 at 10:31 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6359
Posted in Categories: Diebold/Premier, Colorado, Voting System Certification, Election 2008, EAC
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SEVERAL BIG VOTING RIGHTS VICTORIES ON FRIDAY!

'We the People' Win, as Thor Hearne's MO Voter Suppression Attempt Fails; von Spakovsky Withdraws FEC Nomination; TN to Require Paper Ballots; AZ Agrees to Follow Law, Perform Voter Registration at Public Facilities...

... pro-invisible/unverifiable ballot crowd there, including Davidson County's Republican Election Commissioner Lynn Greer, who once told ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 12:23 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5997
Posted in Categories: Election Reform, Arizona, Tennessee, ACVR, Missouri, Election 2008, Paper Ballots Legislation, Photo ID Laws, Voter Registration, FEC, Hans Von Spakovsky
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'Daily Voting News' For May 10 and 11, 2008

... NASED and the EAC revolving. EAC officers and employees; Davidson, Wilkey, Hancock, and consultants; Freeman; were all involved in what ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Sunday, May 11th, 2008 at 5:41 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5978
Posted in Categories: Daily Voting News
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'Daily Voting News' For April 24, 2008

... Davidson County - Indicted poll official will keep her voting privileges ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 10:35 pm PT
URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5926
Posted in Categories: Daily Voting News
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