New Mexico county taxpayers are being plundered by ES&S for maintenance and software contracts. Roosevelt Co. paid $3,500 in the past for software upgrades and they have $500 budgeted for maintenance this year. ES&S wants $15,075 for next year. The county has only 54 optical-scan machines. These money hungry, arrogant vendors will continue raping the tax payer until we finally stand-up and tell them we will not take it any more. Now is that time. New Mexico needs to run ES&S out of the state on a rail. Why can’t the state do its own maintenance? Why can’t they upgrade their own software and do their own ballot programming? Oklahoma does it all themselves and we hear very little about problems in the Sooner State. The vendors are NOT mandatory to states running successful elections. In fact, they are a detriment.

 

NAtional: In November 2006, Two Machines 'Smoked' - Only One Was Recalled

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5298

 

CA: Rancho Mirage agrees to hire private election firm

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_election16.319c880.html

 

CA: San Mateo County Elections Office to Begin 1% Manual Recount

http://www.shapethefuture.org/press/2007/111507.asp

 

CA: Santa Barbara County - Arbor Petitioners Allegedly Violate CA Election Code

http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=15152

 

CO: Decision on voting machines set next month

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/11/15/111607_10A_vote_machines.html

 

CO: All-mail vote in '08 concerns Coffman

Voters could be vulnerable, he tells lawmakers

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/nov/16/all-mail-vote-in-08-concerns-coffman/

 

CT: Opinion - Voters have reason to gripe

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2007/11/16/opinion/298346.txt

 

CT: Fairfield County - State officials to assess new scan voting process

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-polls4nov16,0,6258202.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines

 

MA: Opinion - Chads? What chads?

Why prolong the recount agony in Worcester?

http://www.telegram.com/article/20071116/NEWS/711160349/1020

 

MT: Montana Needs Tighter Election Scrutiny

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2648&Itemid=113

 

NC: Clayton - Atchison, Lawter request new election

http://www.claytonnews-star.com/news/2007111602906.html

 

NM: Voting machines cause of concern

http://www.pntonline.com/news/machines_12133___article.html/voting_contract.html

 

TX: Harris County - With Witnesses in Room, Houston Election Officials Alter Vote Tallies in Last Week's Elections

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5314

 

VA: ACLU seeks Va. voter ID material

http://www.insidenova.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=ISN/MGArticle/WPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353514549

 

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