Daily Voting News For August 2, 2006
Three disability advocacy groups have filed suit in California against the SoS and five counties for using voting
systems that are not accessible, according to the groups. The list of systems includes AutoMark and Hart eSlate and
Diebold TSx but not Sequoia Edge / "We have lousy voting machines and no results. When I voted this afternoon, there
were three men standing behind me who could've seen how I voted." said Park City, Kansas Mayor Dee Stuart about Sedgwick
Counties ES voting system. / Shelby Co. Tennessee sent their Diebold voting machines home with election workers for the night
tonight, ignoring the federal certification memorandum....
National: Democracy In Crisis: An Interview with Mike Papantonio
An Explanation of the Qui Tam Cases Filed Against Some Electronic Voting Machine Companies LINK
National: Whistleblower lawsuit filed against e-voting industry LINK
National: Blowing the whistle on Diebold (Kennedy Qui Tam) LINK
National: Lawmaker urges residents to exercise vote LINK
National: EAC Requests Public Comment On Draft of 2006 Election Survey LINK
National: Election Monitoring Shows Commitment to Democracy LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Our Opinion: Security of vote machines still in doubt. Before Pima County commits to using
touchscreen voting machines, it must know that the system is totally secure. LINK
California: State, Alameda County sued over voter access LINK
California: Lawsuit Filed Against Voting Machines LINK
California: Disabled voters sue five counties, state over access LINK
California: San Diego County - County sued over handling of primary: Lawsuit asks court to order recount of
Bilbray-Busby race LINK
Colorado: Morgan County - Calling all voters Sheriff, assessor races to highlight primary elections (Hart Intercivic) LINK
Kansas: Computer glitch stalls some election results (VoTech) LINK
Kansas: Labette County - 16% of voters cast ballots LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - Voting reforms pass their first test (ES iVotronic) LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - County 4th District candidates left hanging LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - Glitches mark new voting system LINK
Missouri: Boone County - Poll workers learn to use newfangled election gear LINK
New Mexico: Columnist - Safe and secure. Paper ballots will give New Mexico uniform voting procedures LINK
Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Calming voters' fears. County Commissioners attempt to ease residents' concerns about using
new voting machines in the upcoming election LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - County OKs voting system contract. But opponents of the touch-screens say protest not over
(ES iVotronic) LINK
Tennessee: Veterans Fired On Corrupt Politicians To Prevent Election Fraud. Some Little-Known American History For Your
Reading Pleasure, from Athens, Tennessee, August 1/2, 1946. LINK
Tennessee: Don't wait until the last minute to vote LINK
Tennessee: Hamilton County - Kick the Rats Out! Election results may take a little longer to process Thursday – but
they’ll be escorted by both parties (Diebold) LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Diebold says voting machines are ready for Thursday's election LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Justice Department to have observers at the polls LINK
Washington: Federal Judge Protects Eligible Voters In Washington. Court Blocks Law Creating New Obstacles to Voter
Registration LINK
Washington: Judge bars state from enforcing new voter registration law LINK
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Daily Voting News For August 3, 2006
Chris Zachmeyer, executive director of the Catskill Center For Independence, said Tuesday that voting-machine
manufacturers have tried to contribute money to her organization, which has given testimony on which voting machines
Otsego County should buy. / The final results of the Connecticut primary, on Aug. 8, may not be reported until Aug. 25
depending on how close the races are. The reason is an agreement between the state and the DoJ over late mailing, or
lack of mailing, of ballots to the military voters. / A federal judge agreed with the DoJ and stripped voter
registration duties from the Alabama SoS and gave them to the Gov. This was done because the state does not yet have a
viable voter registration data base. When will the same happen in other states where there is no viable data base, i.e.
Washington, California, Maine, New York? / Tennessee Governor Phil Brednesen when asked about the new voting machines he
used for the first time today, "I'll probably hear about that from whoever makes the machines, but I voted this morning.
I have to be honest, I didn't care for it that much. The machines were complicated. I'm fairly computer-literate, and
there were a couple issues that I found confusing, and I think there's going to be some elderly people who have trouble
with it. More than that, I didn't like the lack of privacy. I was just standing there, kind of in the middle of the
floor voting at my voting place. At one point, one of the poll workers walked behind me and certainly could see whatever
I had on the screen at that point. I really believe in the secret ballot, and people are entitled to that. I think
that's very fixable, but something I didn't like about it this morning"....
National: Control Alt Delete Democracy LINK
National: Election Monitoring Shows Commitment to Democracy LINK
Alabama: Judge Denies Motions to Intervene by Dems and Appoints Riley Special Master LINK
Alabama: Editorial - Strong-Arming the Vote LINK
Arkansas: Committeee Accepts Election Report's Recommendations LINK
Arizona: Security of Vote Machines Still In doubt LINK
California: Voting Security Attacked In Court Again LINK
California: Do The Secretary of State's Voter Registration Database Restrictions Violate Federal Law LINK
California: Kern County - Locals appear before state elections panel, discuss primary voting woes LINK
Connecticut: State Tries To Avoid Florida-Type Chaos LINK
Indiana: 1 million voters may not live at registered address LINK
Indiana: Nearly 5,000 duplicate voter registrations eliminated LINK
Indiana: Wayne County - Pilot program would reduce polling places from 31 to 4 LINK
Kansas: Crawford County - Things go 'very well' with new voting machines (AutoMark) LINK
Kansas: Douglas County - New voting machines perform well on first test LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - Provisional votes delay decisions in four races LINK
Maine: Maine Chooses UVS Vote-By-Phone LINK
Michigan: Ingham County - Officials Warn There May be Problems During Voting (ES and AutoMark) LINK
New York: Are Electronic Voting Machine Vendors Paying Disabilities Advocates Under The Table In New York? And
Elsewhere? LINK
New York: Otsego County - Advocate for disabled says group didn’t take voting-machine money LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - What if we aren't ready for an election? LINK
Tennessee: Governor Doesn't Like New Voting Machines LINK
Tennessee: Waiting For "The Perfect Storm" On Primary Day LINK
Tennessee: Davidson County - Longest ballot in state history awaits voters (13 screens) LINK
Tennessee: Knox County - Lengthy ballots greet voters at polls today (12 screens) LINK
Tennessee: Rutherford County - Voters introduced to new machines (MicroVote Infinity)(12 screens) LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - How To Speed Up Voting On Election Day (17 to 21 screens) LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Agents probe election wrinkle LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Stolen ballot box a mixup (See above) LINK
Tennessee: Sullivan County - County may not put live election returns on Internet - computer security issue may also
mean no precinct totals until 10 p.m. LINK
Tennessee: Williamson County - Voters face glitches with new voting machines in at least one Williamson precinct (ES iVotronic) LINK
Washington: Voter Rolls: Pesky citizen rights LINK
Washington: Federal Judge Strikes Down Restrictive Registration Rules LINK
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Daily Voting News For August 4, 2006
Carteret County, North Carolina is selling their old Unilect Patriot voting machines back to the vendor for $3000 total
for over 200 machines. / Tennessee counties faced an overly long ballot of up to 21 screens and a projected large
turnout of voters yet many polling places had as few as two DREs resulting in two hour waits to vote. / Next Tuesday is
Primary Election Day in Colorado, Connecticut, Michigan and Missouri. / Pima Co. Arizona Board of Supervisors voted 3 to
1 to use Diebold TSx machines for accessibility along with a 100% hand count audit of the vvpat / It looks like
Williamson Co., Tennessee may have gotten bit by the ES Ballot Programming bug where votes swapped between candidates....
Alabama: Barbour County - Reimbursement iffy for voting machines LINK
Arizona: Pima County - County Supervisors OK Use Of Diebold Touch Screen Voting Machines LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Diebold voting machines subject of Friday morning supervisors meeting LINK
Arizona: Pima County - County supervisors authorize touch-screen voting machines for disabled (Diebold) LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Supervisors approve use of Diebold touch-screen machines LINK
California: New Voters With Disabilities Suit in California LINK
California: Mendocino County - Elections office clarifying changes LINK
California: San Diego County - E-voting security under fire in San Diego lawsuit LINK
Colorado: Boulder County - Electronic election LINK
Colorado: Prowers County - County Clerk clarifies LINK
Connecticut: News and notes from the campaign trail (Diebold Op-scan and IVS for accessibility) LINK
Florida: Miami-Dade County - Officials: Technology Will Make Early Voting Faster, More Accurate LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Secure ballots fuel races LINK
Kansas: Butler County - Voters ask for more privacy - New voting machines get favorable grade after primary election LINK
Maine: Disabled voters get new help (IVS Vote-By-Phone) LINK
Michigan: Voting machines bring mixed reviews LINK
Michigan: Chippewa County - New auto-mark voting machines set for primary LINK
Michigan: Detroit - Detroit announces new election policies LINK
Michigan: Detroit - New voting system won't be glitch-free (ES) LINK
Michigan: Midland County - Some upset by non-voter letter LINK
Missouri: Suit Seeks to Block Mo. Voter ID Law LINK
Missouri: Kansas City and Jackson County - Step right up to your new voting future (Jackson County – InkaVote; Kansas
City – Diebold OpScan and TSx for accessibility) LINK
North Carolina: Carteret County - UniLect to buy voting system LINK
Ohio: Activists: Advisory proves Blackwell suppressing vote LINK
Ohio: Court affirms Blackwell owes $65,000 in legal fees LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - County won't hang curtains around voting machines LINK
Tennessee: Long ballot and longer lines frustrate voters LINK
Tennessee: Rutherford County - Long waits for Rutherford voters. County stops giving out paper ballots (MicroVote) LINK
Tennessee: Rutherford County - Long lines causing delay at polls (2.5 hour wait – two machines) LINK
Tennessee: Sullivan County - Long ballots, long lines ... late results LINK
Tennessee: Williamson County - Glitches may result in changes to original election results (ES) LINK
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Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Information Manager www.votetrustusa.org