A Sequoia VP told Riverside Co California officials that the company may be willing to discuss a rebate or credit if state or federal regulators decertify their equipment. May be willing? The county, as with every county who has purchased these machines, needs to demand their money (our tax money) back from the vendors. Sequoia sold their machines as being accessible. They aren’t accessible as proven by the California “Top-To-Bottom” review. They sold their machines as meeting the voting systems standards. As proven by the source code review team Sequoia uses banned software components. May be willing? If Sequoia misrepresented their system at anytime to those who were spending our money then Sequoia needs to give our money back or go to court and prove that they haven’t misrepresented their product. And the other vendors need to do the same in other counties across the nation. Meanwhile, KY has discovered that machines used in their largest county were not state certified; more on the retirement of Conny McCormack; and the four major vendors are dragging their feet in providing information to Colorado that is necessary to allow the state to do court mandated inspections.

 

CA: Voters’ Group Declares Victory In Electronic Voting Case

Plaintiffs Applaud California Secretary of State’s Recent Action on Voting Systems

Case Challenging The Use of Diebold Electronic Voting Machines Is Withdrawn

http://www.voteraction.org/States/California/Documents/News/08-29-07_1.html

 

CA: E-Voting Systems Vendor Faces California Scrutiny

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2177362,00.asp

 

CA: Los Angeles County - BRAD BLOG POLL: Which Voting Company Will LA County's Registrar of Voters Now Go to Work For?

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5018

 

CA: L.A. County registrar to retire

Conny McCormack says the recent decision by the secretary of state to decertify several electronic voting machines played into her decision.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-registrar29aug29,1,5260525.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

 

CA: L.A. County registrar plans to retire

Politics: Decision was influenced by touch-screen voting debate.

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6745091

 

CA: L.A. County elections chief to retire

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6744937

 

CA: Riverside County to negotiate on voting system

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/29/news/californian/4_02_268_28_07.txt

 

CA: Riverside County - County balks at buying vote gear

BALLOTS: Supervisors, angry that they can't use their not-too-old touch screens, want more for their money.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_vote29.3d4948b.html

 

CA: Tehama County – Opinion - Secretary of State returning election integrity to process

http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_6749830

 

CO: State demands info from voting machine vendors

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/08/27/daily36.html

 

CO: Seeking information, Coffman threatens voting machine vendors

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5685359,00.html

 

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves $2.9 million for new voting machines

http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/132486.html

 

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves new voting system

http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/132874.html

 

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota preparing for paper voting, supervisor says

http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=3150

 

KY: Caught in a Lie: Diebold, KY's Republican SoS Found Using Uncertified Voting Systems in State

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5017

 

KY: Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo’s Electronic Voting Machine Investigation Yields Early Results

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48730456_kentucky_kentucky_attorney_general_stumbo_s_electronic_voting_machine_investigation_yields_

 

KY: Stumbo to investigate Jefferson County's voting machine use

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS01/708290900/1008/NEWS01

 

MO: Paper Tiger

When is a recount not a recount?

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2007-08-29/news/paper-tiger

 

NC: Election officials to refine rules on determining when votes are valid

http://www.newbernsj.com/news/board_36219___article.html/state_elections.html

 

OH: Brunner to test voting machines soon

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2007/08/brunner_to_test_vote_machines.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga elections board director Jane Platten aims to improve trust

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1188377781105410.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Lackawanna County - With voting software uncertain, Lackawanna looks at paper ballots

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20070829_ap_withvotingsoftwareuncertainlackawannalooksatpaperballots.html

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Election backup plan: paper ballots

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18759689&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

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