The New Jersey Institute of Technology has just released the results of testing done by their Center for Information Age Technology on voter verified paper audit trail printers provided by Sequoia and Avante International. The printers from Sequoia were for their Advantage and Edge voting systems. According to the results the printers accounted for 33 flaws. All three printers ran out of paper too fast, lacked concealed printer cables, and had problems alerting poll workers to malfunctions. It is important to state again that these printers were provided by the vendors so there is no reason to expect that these were not the best of the printers the vendors could find. Anecdotal reports from users of the vvpat printers of the other vendors show that there is no difference between the failures of the Sequoia or Avante as compared to Diebold or ES&S. These printers are the same printers that will be required by federal law with the passage of any legislation that allows the continued use of Direct Recording Electronic voting machines.

 

NAtional: Accessibility Isn’t Only Hurdle in Voting System Overhaul

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/washington/21vote.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

 

NAtional: Congress puts off fixing touch-screen voting

http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/21/voting_machines/

 

NAtional: Holt Bill Death Watch: Jim Dickson Bullies His Way Through Congress Again

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4851

 

NAtional: Improving the ballot

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070722/NEWS/707220304/-1/BUSINESS

 

NAtional: Can Oregon's Alternate Form Ballot Solve the Holt Dilemma?

http://elections.caltech.edu/2007/07/can-oregons-alternate-form-ballot-solve.html

 

NAtional: There is more than enough time to fix US democracy - open letter to Sen. Feinstein

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_alastair_070722_there_is_more_than_e.htm

 

CA: State puts E-voting under microscope

Elections: Worries of tampering prompt California to conduct rigorous testing.

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6433742

 

CA: Riverside County - Supes drag feet on vote machines

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/22/opinion/jacobs/18_08_347_21_07.txt

 

NJ: Study: 2008 election paper trail unreliable

Electronic voting records can fail, NJIT says

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-7/118499337617870.xml&coll=1

 

NJ: NJIT finds problems with paper trail for N.J. voting machines

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njvotingmachinechal0721jul21,0,4526744.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey

 

OH: Franklin County - Return to paper ballots has hefty price

Provisional-voting rule to cost county $1 million

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/07/21/BOEWOE.ART_ART_07-21-07_B1_T77BD0J.html

 

PA: Bucks County - Judge OKs election results

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-07212007-1381153.html

 

TX: Fort Bend County – Opinion - Politics, Legal Problems May Have Combined To Sink Precinct Consolidation Plan

http://www.fortbendnow.com/opinion/3155/political-opposition-legal-problems-may-have-combined-to-sink-precinct-consolidation-plan

 

WA: Pierce County - Officials examine possible voter fraud

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003799262_acorn21m.html

 

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