'Daily Voting News' For April 08, 2008

 

The GEMS data base used with Diebold/Premier TSx DREs in Butler Co. Ohio last month seems to have a problem. The election board has reported to Diebold/Premier and the Ohio Secretary of State that during loading of memory cards from the DREs into the GEMS server two memory cards did not load even though the computer reported all cards had been loaded. This resulted in 105 votes being missed. It is not yet known if this is a statewide problem or if it is national. Of course, the only way news of this problem will get out is if members of the EI community do the work.

 

Six New Jersey counties have now been served with subpoenas for the Sequoia Advantage voting machines that were proven to have a problem. The machines will probably be going to Princeton for inspection. Naturally Sequoia says they are going to attempt to quash the subpoenas.

 

NAtional: Web site aims to make absentee voting easier

Survey finds 42 percent of registered military voters were unable to vote in ’06

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=61228&archive=true

 

NAtional: Road to e-voting crisis paved with money, good intentions

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080407-road-to-e-voting-crisis-paved-with-money-good-intentions.html

 

CA: Riverside County - Watchdog to give report on elections mishaps

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080407/NEWS03/80407035/-1/newsfront

 

CA: Riverside County - Officials: SAVE R VOTE's report misleading

SAVE R VOTE: More training, security needed

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/NEWS0301/804080312/1006/news01

 

FL: Broward County - Secretary of state visits Broward elections office, gives Snipes good marks

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/04/secretary_of_state_visits_broward_elections_office_gives_snipes_good_marks.html

 

FL: Pasco County - After today, Pasco can wave goodbye to touch screen voting

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article447050.ece

 

IN: Ind. counties see jump in voter registration

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8137379&nav=0Ra7

 

MS: Voter ID requirement falls short

Lawmaker says there's not enough support in House

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/NEWS/804080338/1001/news

 

MS: Secretary of state says voter fraud hurts poor people

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/NEWS01/804080311/1002

 

NJ: Subpoenas issued to re-examine voting machines

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/subpoenas_issued_to_reexamine.html

 

NJ: Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines Subpoenaed in NJ

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5880

 

NY: Jaco Electronics Wins Order to Manufacture 4,500 Voting Machines for New York State

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080408005243&newsLang=en

 

NY: Jaco wins large contract for optical scan voting machines

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzjaco0409,0,3720354.story

 

OH: Butler County - Voting machines have problems

http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/04/08/hjn040908boe.html

 

OH: Butler County missed 105 votes

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/NEWS01/304080092

 

OH: Butler County - Failed Again: Widely-Used Diebold Touch-Screens Systems Dropped Votes in Recent Ohio Primary

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5879

 

PA: Lackawanna County - E-vote rejects could pay off

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19462423&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

TN: Paper Ballots for TN Voters

http://www.wztv.com/newsroom/top_stories/vid_1433.shtml

 

TX: Fort Bend County - Fort Bend Voters Could Opt For Paper Ballots By November Election

http://www.fortbendnow.com/pages/full_story?article-Fort-Bend-Voters-Could-Opt-For-Paper-Ballots-By-November-Election%20=&page_label=home&id=56808-Fort-Bend-Voters-Could-Opt-For-Paper-Ballots-By-November-Election&widget=push&instance=home_news_lead_story&open=&

 

WI: Vote recount overturns City Council race result

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/280640

 

WI: Bypassing of fed rules on vote counting system considered in Wis.

http://wcco.com/wisconsinwire/22.0.html?type=local&state=WI&category=n&filename=WIVoteCounting.xml

 

Brazil: Open source election machines in Brazil

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/4847

 

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