Citizens in King Co. Washington wanted to exercise their right within state law and asked for a hand recount of two precincts in the county. They filed the proper paper work and turned over a down payment of $.50 per ballot for the 922 ballots that would be included in the recount. The county accepted the money and the paper work and then informed the citizens that they needed $2500 per day with a minimum of four days for security. These are ballots that have already been counted. The citizens are not contesting an election, just asking for their state's given right of a hand recount. The county clearly does not want that recount to take place. What is the county hiding? / One of the TGDC members who voted against "Software Independence" had this to say today; "I'm not sure that we've really proven that the processes that state election officials have used for a few decades now of testing and verifying that the systems work ... are failing," said Paul Miller, voting systems manager at the Washington state Secretary of State's Office. "Now we're adding another requirement." It seems Miller has joined the throng of vendors and elections officials who have their heads buried in the sand and ignore the election failures going on around them.

 

NAtional: Federal panel rejects extra checks on electronic voting machines

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=322986&subCategoryID=0

 

NAtional: Government rejects e-voting paper trail proposal

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=standards_legal_issues&articleId=9005632&taxonomyId=146

 

AZ: Maricopa County - Candidate seeks ballot inspection

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourly/158904.php

 

CA: Editorial - An anti-machine vote

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/12/04/EDG2IMNNFP1.DTL

 

CA: San Joaquin County - Nov. 7: Tipping point for e-voting?

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061204/A_NEWS01/612040324

 

FL: Sarasota County – Opinion - Why didn't they vote? Why not ask?

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2006/12/04/a14a_blackburncol_1204.html

 

FL: Sarasota County – Opinion - Sarasota controversy shows need for paper

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-04forum12dec04,0,1566053.story?coll=sfla-news-opinion

 

FL: Sarasota County - Rally questions machines, calls for another election

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16158224.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - Protesters demand new election for District 13 congressional seat

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061204/NEWS/612040684

 

FL: Sarasota County - Jennings: 'This is not about me'

http://www.venicegondolier.com/Newsstory.cfm?pubdate=120306&story=tp2vn3.htm&folder=NewsArchive3

 

NY: What's Wrong With My Voting Machine?

http://www.amhersttimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3546&Itemid=27

 

OH: Ashtabula County - Recount complete; Moroski adds 2 votes to win total

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_338073035

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio County Considers Shift on E-voting Systems

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=275635&intsrc=news_ts_head

 

PA: Vote watchdogs warn of system failure

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_482556.html

 

SC: Kershaw County - Candidates protest county reelection decision

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17546339&BRD=1382&PAG=461&dept_id=161822&rfi=6

 

WA: King County - Citizens group requests small 8th District recount

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Reichert_Burner_Recount.html

 

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