'Daily Voting News' For October 30, 2007
What is going on in Colorado? One has to wonder if the Colorado Secretary of State is truly looking out for the voters. On one hand Secretary Coffman sent a suspension letter to ES&S but on the other hand the Colorado Statesman points out that John Gardner is still employed in his old job, testing and certifying voting systems. Gardner’s lack of any experience with voting systems was one of the reasons that the court found that Colorado must test and recertify every system used in the state. Instead of being replaced by someone actually familiar with testing and certification of voting systems or other technical experience Gardner is still in his job. As a check on Gardner the state has hired two consultants to look over his shoulder and review his work. The consultants are Paul Craft who has a degree in Restaurant and Hotel Management and who was, in part, responsible for the qualification of most of the failing voting systems used in the US at this time. He was on the NASED voting systems panel that rubber stamped the reports from the ITAs that were bought and paid for by the vendors. Also a consultant is Glenn Newkirk. Newkirk reviewed and approved many systems for different states. Included in his failures are the Advanced Voting Solutions voting machines that were recently found to have 1946 anomalies in their source code. Neither consultant has met a vendors product he does not like. I ask again, “What is going on in Colorado?”
NAtional: "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_john_gid_071029__22uncounted_3a_the_new_.htm
NAtional: It's not fraud, it's alienated voters
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6598.html
NAtional: Opinion – Vote early, count often
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/opinion/30soros.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
AR: Baxter County - Election Commission requests additional funding for next year
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071030/UPDATES01/71030007/1002/NEWS01
CA: Voting rules rile area officials
Secretary of state restricts use of widely employed touch-screen machines.
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/177775.html
CA: Alameda County - Local Voters Alarmed by Letter Error
http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=26638
CA: Butte County - Grubbs: Nixing e-vote will cost county
http://www.paradisepost.com/ci_7321634
CA: Riverside County - County moves ahead with new voting system
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/30/news/californian/4_03_1810_29_07.txt
CO: Despite thorny record, Coffman retains Gardner
http://coloradostatesman.com/ads/Voting10.26.07.pdf
FL: Sarasota County - A closer look at the GAO's Florida District 13. No smoking gun...Not if but when and how often. Could Red be next?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_lani_bro_071029_a_closer_look_at_the.htm
KY: Democrats blast Grayson over provisional ballots
Others say dust-up is all about politics
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071030/NEWS01/710300416
OH: Belmont County - Paper Ballots To Replace Touch-Screen Voting In Some Locations
http://www.wtov9.com/news/14452224/detail.html
PA: Lackawanna County - Voting officials warn of pen, paper pitfalls
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18969263&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
PA: Wayne County preparing itself for a paper election
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18969266&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
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