'Daily Voting News' For July 4 and 5, 2008

 

New York state has a very real problem with the new voting machines they must have state tested and certified and county tested and ready for Nov. The state is getting the ballot marking devices to be used by voters with disabilities from Sequoia. The state is rejecting 50% of the machines they are testing. One county, Nassau, has rejected 85% of the machines they’ve received from the state. Either the state has failed to catch flaws when testing the machines or the machines were damaged in shipping. Either way, unless the shipping process is set-up to man-handle and damage the machines, the vendor is responsible. Sequoia’s quality control seems to be lacking totally if 50% of what the state receives is rejected. Sequoia’s product is poorly designed if shipping from one place in New York to another causes damage to 85% of the machines received. Of course, Sequoia will blame it all on everyone else. It is never Sequoia’s problem.

 

NAtional: "Paper ballots" not "paper trails"

http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2008/07/paper-ballots-not-paper-trails.html

 

AL: Group wants voting records

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080704/NEWS/807040322/-1/COMMUNITIES

 

AL: Group requests election records

King advises registrars not to respond

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080705/NEWS/137868950/1007/NEWS02&title=Group_requests_election_records

 

CA: SF Grand Jury Says Election Facilities 'Unsafe'

http://cbs5.com/local/san.francisco.elections.2.763523.html

 

CA: San Francisco County - Vote tallying could present another fiasco

http://www.examiner.com/a-1472574~Vote_tallying_could_present_another_fiasco.html

 

FL: Compare Florida Elections To USDA Beef

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Compare-Florida-Electionsby-Susan-Pynchon-080702-886.html

 

FL: Brevard County - Officials promise: Ballots in the mail

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/NEWS01/807050319/1006

 

FL: Brevard County - Specific ballots prove workable

Personalization cuts down costs

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/NEWS01/807050329/1006

 

FL: Palm Beach County elections supervisor apologizes for miscount

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpelex0704pnjul04,0,3910602.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Optical scan machines get first test in West Palm election

http://www.bocaratonnews.com/news/local/1250-optical-scan-machines-get-first-test-in-west-palm-election.php

 

GA: [SOS] Handel blasts move to halt voter ID for July 15

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/07/03/voter_id.html

 

IL: Kane County - Kane board divided on splitting precincts

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1040056,3_1_EL04_A3VOTE_S1.article

 

IN: Johnson County - County might lease voting machines to replace ones lost in flood

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/LOCAL04/807050319/1023/LOCAL04

 

NM: Cibola County - Tallying halted by court order

http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2008/07/03/news/news1.txt

 

NY: 85% of Nassau voting equipment needs repair

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-poelec0705,0,2675281.story

 

TX: Henderson County - Voting machine rental cost may go up

http://www.athensreview.com/local/local_story_186124659.html

 

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