Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
One week ago today California SoS Debra Bowen sent ES&S a letter and informed them that they basically have one more chance to provide information before their version 2.4.3.1 is decertified and their version 3.0.1.1 is finally denied state certification. By April 8 ES&S must provide updated Use Procedures that satisfy the conditional recertification of version 2.4.3.1. One week later they must provide satisfactory Use Procedures for version 3.0.1.1. This may directly affect 13 California counties. Has there been any MSM reporting of this? None….
- NAtional: Chicago “magic pen†snafu illustrates deeper problem for electronic voting
http://www.methodsreporter.com/2008/02/05/chicago-voting-magic-pen-primary/ - NAtional: Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections
http://www.pjvoice.com/v34/34003uncounted.aspx - CA: Sacramento County – Machine vendor miscalibrated vote scanners, county officials say
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/806732.html - CO: Paper ballots are top pick
Several counties will offer a choice
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8672912 - CT: Editorial – Protecting Poll Privacy
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-votenext.artmar24,0,3440535.story - MN: Instant runoff election idea goes to St. Paul Charter Commission
http://www.twincities.com/ci_8673952 - NJ: N.J. County Clerks Call for Probe of Primary E-Voting
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=17&articleId=315376&intsrc=hm_topic - NJ: Sequoia threatens lawsuit over security testing
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200812/494/Sequoia-threatens-lawsuit-over-security-testing - NJ: Sequoia and e-voting: The best government money can buy
http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/03/sequoia_and_evo.html?source=rss - NJ: Sequoia Voting Thwarts New Jersey Investigation
http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20080324SequoiaVotingThwartsNewJerseyInvestigation.html - NJ: New Jersey Clerks Want Sequoia E-Voting Investigated
http://www.crn.com/government/206905445 - OR: Opinion – Oregonians are right; Lou Dobbs is wrong
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/BLOGS13/80322024/1046/OPINION
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Ohio to do a “recount” on “electronic touch-screen” votes. They still don’t get it.
“They would recheck at least 7 percent of the vote by hand. Paper ballots counted by optical scan machines and votes cast on electronic touch-screen machines would be recounted.”
Ohio