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'Daily Voting News' For July 14, 2008

 

In this evening’s “Featured Article”, Kim Zetter of “Threat Level Blog” at Wired reports about the failure of new Sequoia voting machines to get through state and local testing. So far about 50 percent of the voting machines delivered to the state have problems. Doug Kellner, co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, is quoted as saying something that the Election Integrity community has known for a long time. He said, “There's no way the vendor could be adequately reviewing the machines and having so many problems. What it tells us is that the vendor just throws this stuff over the transom and does not do any alpha- or beta-testing of their own before they apply for certification testing. Then they expect that we'll identify technical glitches and then they'll correct those glitches. But correction of those glitches is an extraordinarily time-consuming process. And it’s very disappointing that this equipment is not ready for prime time.” The vendors have used real elections to beta test their products without regards for the voters and this has been an ongoing process for years.

 

Featured Article: NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/ny-50-percent-o.html

 

National: Are You Tech-Savvy, Young and Politically Inclined? Be a Volunteer Poll Worker on Election Day

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/pollworkerssought714

 

National: Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny: Part 1

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00133.htm

 

National: Senators: VA should allow voter drives at hospitals

Ohio's secretary of state signed protest letter

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/NEWS01/807130308/1002

 

National: Sneak Preview of "Count My Vote - A Citizen's Guide to Voting" by Steven Rosenfeld

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/17/2008/3157

 

National: "Count My Vote" Issues and Solutions

http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Count-My-VoteIssues-and-by-Steven-Rosenfeld-080714-492.html

 

AZ: Pima County – Opinion - End doubts, suspicions with recount of RTA votes

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/opinion/90842.php

 

CO: Mail-in voting goes mainstream

More voters are choosing absentee ballots for a variety of reasons, and the increase could have some surprising consequences.

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_9872024

 

CO: Denver - Denver elections office up for count

City officials say they're pleased about overhaul

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/14/denver-elections-office-up-for-count/

 

FL: Trouble Predicted in Counting Florida's New Ballots - Again

http://www.theledger.com/article/20080714/NEWS/807140420/1134&title=Trouble_Predicted_in_Counting_Florida_s_New_Ballots___Again

 

GA: Opinion - Fettered franchise

Restrictive voter ID law will be enforced at polls, a not-so-pretty picture of partisan bullying

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/07/14/voted.html

 

MO: Editorial - Flood preparations

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/editorialcommentary/story/15508c86e9862a2d862574840000224b?OpenDocument

 

PA: Centre County - Centre Co. Voting Machines Update

http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/?cid=15361

 

TX: El Paso County - County OK's purchase of new voting machines

http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=8671646&nav=menu193_2

 

International: FedEx, voter group hope to ease ballot shipping woes

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/fedex-voter-group-hope-to-ease-ballot-shipping-woes-2008-07-12.html

 

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