In yesterday’s DVN I mentioned that Smartmatic had been looking for a buyer for Sequoia for “over a year”. In fact Smartmatic announced they were looking for a buyer for Sequoia on 22 Dec. 2006 so it has been 8 months. Both Sequoia and ES&S have released statements in an attempt to make lemonade from the lemons served up by Dan Rather’s Report.

 

NAtional: Sequoia Voting Systems, in Full Damage Control Mode, Contacts Us About Error, Reveals Several of Their Own in the Bargain

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4966

 

NAtional: ES&S - Statement Regarding HDNet Program

http://www.essvote.com/HTML/news_room/nr_08142007.html

 

NAtional: Sequoia Voting Systems Publishes Quality Control Documentation For 2000 Palm Beach Punch Card Ballots

http://www.sequoiavote.com/article.php?id=91

 

NAtional: 'Diebold Election Systems, Inc.’ Is No More! (At Least in Name)

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4962

 

NAtional: Why nobody wants to buy Diebold Election Systems

http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2007/08/why-nobody-wants-to-buy-diebold.html

 

NAtional: Rather looks at 2000 voting snafus

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment_old/ci_6633623

 

CA: Opinion - Secretary of state votes for voters

http://www.thevalleychronicle.com/articles/2007/08/17/opinion/06elias.txt

 

CA: Voting machine hackers - UCSB team breaks into counting device

http://www.pacbiztimes.com/index.cfm?go2=articles/wk_081607e

 

CA: San Bernardino Co. considers return to paper ballots

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_paperweb.2062c19.html

 

CO: Montrose County - Montrose nixes voting machines, may go to all-paper ballot process

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/08/17/8_17_3a_Paper_ballots.html

 

MO: Elections and Self-Promotion: The American Way

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/stlog/2007/08/elections_and_selfpromotion_th.php

 

MS: Hancock County - Requested ballot review in Senate primary begins

http://www.sunherald.com/201/story/122239.html

 

NY: Election board approves broader use of paper ballots

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070816/NEWS01/708160384

 

NY: State keeps paper ballots open to all

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS01/708170376/1018/NEWS02

 

PA: Northampton County - Lever voting machines may make a return

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_3vote.5999431aug17,0,3195097.story

 

Philippines: Firm that gave US flawed counting machines wants to automate RP polls

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/56505/Firm-that-gave-US-flawed-counting-machines-wants-to-automate-RP-polls

 

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