Daily Voting News For December 18, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
If there was ever any reluctance to point a finger at Sequoia Voting for the disenfranchisement of thousands of voters
in Denver Colorado last month then the time to admit the failure is now. A recently released by city-officials 32-page
report found enough blame for county and state officials but pointed the finger squarely at Sequoia. The report blasted
Sequoia for “decidedly subprofessional architecture and construction” work on the ePollBook software. “The ePollBook is
a poorly designed and fundamentally flawed application that demonstrates little familiarity with basic tenets of Web
development,” consultants Fred Hessler and Matt Smith wrote. Is there any reason at all to believe that their voting
machine software is any better?...
National: Opinion - Coalition Paper Ballot Call Spares Vote Villains LINK
Colorado: Denver County - Software Blamed for Voting Woes
Report says design flaws, lack of tests on new app led to delays in Denver LINK
Florida: Opinion - If touch screens work, open 'brain' and prove it LINK
Florida: Miami-Dade County - Miami Dade Election Reform Coalition Issues Position Paper on Florida Voting Systems LINK
Florida: Miami-Dade County - 2007 Position Paper on Florida Voting Systems LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - 1,000 Rally for Revote in Sarasota County FL-13 Race LINK
Georgia: The Cox legacy: Who "owns" our votes? LINK
Missouri: Boone County - Unauthorized spending miffs commissioner LINK
Utah: High-tech voting comes with big price tag LINK
Vermont: Recount in auditor’s race complete, Democrat now in lead LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and
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Daily Voting News For December 19, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
All US citizens who have not been otherwise disqualified, have the right to vote for President? Not if you live in the
US Virgin Islands. They are citizens but residents have no right to vote for President. / "If you needed any more
evidence to counter the argument that it would be "too expensive" to dump all the shitty, unreliable, inaccurate,
hackable, disenfranchising touch-screen (DRE) voting systems in favor of paper ballots, just take a look at Utah.
They're the state which pushed out heroic 23-year Emery County Election Clerk Bruce Funk because he had the temerity to
allow independent computer security experts to test the Diebold touch-screen systems the state was forcing him to use.
(The experts found massive security flaws described as "the most serious" ever discovered)."...
NAtional: Comparing Testing Costs of DRE and Paper Ballot Systems LINK
California: Riverside County – Opinion - Is electronic voting safe and secure? LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Election dispute continues in court today LINK
Florida: FL-13 - MoveOn Calls for New Election in Florida Voting Machine Meltdown LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - State audit says voting machines worked in Buchanan-Jennings election LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Jennings camp expert testifies on first day of election suit hearing LINK
Illinois: Kane County - Cunningham says much work needed before '08 election LINK
Indiana: Delaware County - Lasater wins recount by 10 votes
Her opponent wanted to throw out thousands of ballots, but a judge found no fraud, tampering or misconduct. LINK
North Carolina: Person County - Person OKs $160K for new elections building LINK
Utah: Election Costs Doubled in Utah Due to Use of Diebold Touch-Screen Voting Systems LINK
Vermont: Unofficially, it's Salmon LINK
US Virgin Islands - After six year delay the denial of voting rights of U.S. citizens in the Virgin Islands to be heard
by appellate court 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.**
John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org