First I want to welcome Kim Zetter to the “blogosphere”. She has been a respected reporter for Wired News and has covered voting technology for a few years now. You can find her work at http://informedconsent.typepad.com/informed_consent/.

 

As reported by both Kim and BradBlog (http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4321 ), “(t)he private voting machine company [ES&S] who manufactured the touch-screen hardware and software used during the Sarasota Florida contested District 13 Congressional election between Christine Jennings (D) and Vern Buchanan (R) sent a letter in December of 2006 to David Drury, the chief of the state's Bureau of Voting Systems Certification, dictating the terms of the state-run audit convened to investigate the causes for massive undervote rate which seems to have tipped the election.”

 

“"David, below are ES&S source code review guidelines for the conduction of any review of source code to be performed by the Department of State and any agent acting on your behalf as a result of the under vote investigation from the Sarasota County mid-term election. It is our desire the methodology and focus of the review be performed in a manner that incorporates the items described below," the agreement begins, before including a long, bullet-pointed and very narrow litany of specific dictates concerning what may and may not be done and disclosed by the state-convened panel of investigators.”

 

NAtional: BREAKING FL-13 - New Undisclosed Letter From ES&S To State Unearthed!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4321

 

NAtional: Second ES&S Letter Shows Company Tried to Dictate What Florida Test Reports Could Say

http://informedconsent.typepad.com/informed_consent/

 

NAtional: S.A. representative part of Fla. election inquiry

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA032407.11A.Gonzo.31abfcf.html

 

CA: House bill would require paper ballots next year

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/143270.html

 

CA: Many fear 'paper trail' law moving too fast

http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/37172.html

 

CA: A recount on election savings

http://www.examiner.com/a-636868~A_recount_on_election_savings.html

 

CA: San Diego County - County looking for registrar again

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/24/news/sandiego/13_77_063_23_07.txt

 

CA: San Diego County - One of America's Worst Elections Administrators Gets a Promotion! Congratulations Mikel Haas!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4319

 

FL: Numbers shrink for League of Women Voters

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/24/Pasco/Numbers_shrink_for_Le.shtml

 

FL: Crist: Get rid of touch screens

The governor tells Congress that he will push for optical-scan ballots in Florida.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/24/State/Crist__Get_rid_of_tou.shtml

 

FL: Crist's push for paper ballots runs into resistance over funding

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/politics/16964321.htm

 

FL: Crist takes push for paper trail to Congress

Lawmakers call his state election plan a potential national model.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-acristvote2407mar24,0,1690441.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state

 

FL: Sarasota County - Jennings' case evidence could lead to new election

http://www.sun-herald.com/Newsstory.cfm?pubdate=032407&story=tp5ew8.htm&folder=NewsArchive2

 

MD: Voting Rights Advocates Applaud House Passage of Paper Trail Bill

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2346&Itemid=113

 

MS: Laurel-Jones County - NAACP working to add voters

http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_082202543.html

 

NY: Unanimous vote for scanners, paper ballots - NYC Council runs from the idea of elections using electronic touch screen voting

http://www.courierlife.net/site/news.cfm?newsid=18121456&BRD=2384&PAG=461&dept_id=560113&rfi=6

 

NY: Elections commissioners: Let judge rule on Sleepy Hollow recount

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070324/NEWS02/703240342/1026/NEWS10

 

NY: Clinton County - County needs new software for Board of Elections

http://www.pressrepublican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070324/NEWS/703240309/1001&ts=ts3

 

TX: Jefferson County - Commissioners to vote on ES&S ballots

http://www.panews.com/local/local_story_082194632.html

 

Venezuela - Questionable machines

http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/03/23/en_ing_art_questionable-machine_23A848009.shtml

 

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