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-Elections–by-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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