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Daily Voting News For August 23, 2006

Published: Thu 24 Aug 2006 03:42 PM
Daily Voting News For August 23, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
ES denies any wrong-doing for it's failures in Indiana while agreeing to pay $245,000 to the state and provide other services such as training through 2007. Total cost to ES $753,130. Sounds to me like they are admitting they were wrong. / Cuyahoga Co. Ohio paid $342,000 for an investigation into the failures of their May primary. The report from the investigators, ESI, is scathing and shows an error riddled, difficult to administer voting system (Diebold TSx). The county didn't hear what they wanted to hear so they are now joining with Diebold to attack ESI. / Teton Co. Wyoming reported a ballot programming error. Another ES failure. / Diebold machines failed in Alaska requiring hand counting and manual uploading of results....
National: Americans Concerned About Election Transparency and Security LINK
National: ZOGBY: 92% of Americans Oppose Secret Vote Counting Machines LINK
National: Ray Martinez, Former EAC Vice Chairman Joins Overseas Vote Foundation LINK
National: Roy Saltman Writes New Paper On Voting Integrity LINK
AK: Problems with touchscreen machines slow vote count (Diebold) LINK
CA: Nevada County - County to lease Diebold voting machines LINK
California: San Diego County - Secrecy a problem in politics, elections LINK
California: San Mateo County – Editorial - An accurate count will require strong controls LINK
California: San Mateo County – Opinion - A skeptic's approach to e-voting. With a mandate to upgrade its voting machines, San Mateo County reluctantly goes high-tech LINK
Connecticut: Officials Get Look At Vote Scanners (Diebold) LINK
Florida: Martin County - Early voting 'running smoothly' in Martin County LINK
Illinois: Voter ID law to be introduced in Illinois LINK
Indiana: Company to pay for election problems. Nebraska-based firm also will provide extra support and training for fall voting LINK
Indiana: Settlement ends voting investigation LINK
Indiana: Porter County - Rokita announces settlement with voting machine provider. County to receive $13,050 in instructional materials LINK
Massachusetts: Write-in candidates face tougher time on paper ballots LINK
Nevada: Lyon County - Clerk says she didn’t hear of any major voting problems despite the rumors LINK
New York: A New Way To Vote (Avante) LINK
Ohio: Candidate seeks audit of voting machines LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - The Real Threat. A Deeper Look at ESI’s Report of the Discrepancy-Ridden Vote Counts In Diebold Touchscreen Voting Machines LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - ESI Report Bastardized By Anti-VVPAT Pundits LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Voting machines pass review LINK
Pennsylvania: Fayette County - Seniors will be taught how to use voting machines LINK
Pennsylvania: Franklin County - Our view: Voting machines must be reliable LINK
Pennsylvania: Lancaster County - County to buy used voting machines (Hart Intercivic) LINK
Wisconsin: Clerks set to meet voter list mandate. Computer database to be in place for September primary LINK
Wyoming: State reports few problems with new voting machines LINK
Wyoming: Teton County - County “recalculates” election results (ES) LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Information Manager www.votetrustusa.org

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