Here we go again with more wrong-doing by a voting machine vendor. This time ES&S (no surprise there) got caught modifying AutoMark voting machines used in many California counties by voters with disabilities. California state election law does not allow any modification to any voting system without notification to the SOS and a determination that the modification does not affect the accuracy and efficiency of that system. It seems that ES&S made a modification to hundreds of AutoMark machines used in counties across the state and they did it with no notification. The state has announced a public hearing for 20 September when specific relief will be discussed. That relief could be $10,000 per incident and/or decertification and/or banishment from the state for one to three years and/or other fines or restitution including refund of all tax payers money spent to purchase those machines. It will be interesting to see how many local election officials suddenly come to ES&S’s defense. And the burning question is whether the modification was federally approved and how many other states have machines modified by ES&S in the dark of the night?

 

NAtional: Media Finally Question the Relationship Between Elections Officials and Voting Machine Companies

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4984

 

NAtional: E-Voting Ballots May Not Be So Secret; Paper Trail Takes Away Anonymity

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070820/113332.shtml

 

NAtional: Dan Rather Report Examines Problems with Touchscreen Voting Machines

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2558&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Insider Trading at Diebold?

Mass Sell-Off by Company Officers Occurs Simultaneously Just Days Prior to Stock Price Plunge, Announcement of Jettisoning of Election Division

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4972

 

NAtional: Reply From AVS To EAC Response to AVS

http://www.eac.gov/docs/Reply%20from%20AVS%20Reply%20to%20EAC%20(%208-17-07%20)%20DOC001%20(2).PDF

 

NAtional: EAC Notice of Non-Compliance To AVS (follow-up to AVS letter above)

http://www.eac.gov/docs/EAC%20response%20to%20AVS%20email%208.21.07.pdf

 

CA: Did ES&S Sell Uncertified Voting Equipment To California Counties?

http://www.sos.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/2007/DB07_051.pdf

 

CA: ES&S Facing Massive Fines, Possible Decertification in CA for Use of Uncertified Modifications to Voting Systems

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4985

 

CA: ES&S to be Rebuked, Fined and Possibly Banned in CA?

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/ess-to-be-rebuk.html

 

CA: State contends e-voting machines weren't certified

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=government&articleId=9031938&taxonomyId=13&intsrc=kc_top

 

CA: California Hearing on Auto-Marks

http://elections.caltech.edu/2007/08/california-hearing-on-auto-marks.html

 

CA: The Vote: California Secretary of State Sets Hearing to Investigate Voting Machine Company

http://www.govtech.com/gt/132046?topic=117688

 

CA: Celebrate election transparency

http://tracypress.com/content/view/10739/2244/

 

CA: Company Accused Of Selling Uncertified Voting Machines

http://www.my58.com/politics/13943446/detail.html

 

CA: NEW: State threatens fines, ban against e-vote vendor

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_6680739

 

CA: Riverside County - County studies voting options

Leasing machines for next year's votes could save millions

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/21/news/californian/4_01_518_20_07.txt

 

CA: San Bernardino County - Ballots before board

Supervisors to decide whether vote will be on paper

http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_6675923

 

CA: San Bernardino Co. returns to paper

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_webvote22.19a2afb.html

 

CA: San Bernardino County - SB County to return to paper ballots

http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_6680232

 

CA: Solano County - County not sure what to expect as voting-machine tests continue

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_6678588

 

IN: Voting machine company appeals $360,000 fine

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/LOCAL19/708210405

 

MS: Washington County - Officials: Availability of tapes wouldn't have mattered for Knight

http://www.ddtonline.com/articles/2007/08/21/news/news2.txt

 

NY: Chautauqua County - Lever machines OK for now

http://www.observertoday.com/articles.asp?articleID=15220

 

OH: Board: rhymes with bored

http://www.cleveland.com/news/naymik/index.ssf?/base/opinion-0/1187685997149890.xml&coll=2&thispage=1

 

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