Daily Voting News For January 3, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"The manufacturer of voting machines under scrutiny in Sarasota County accused a House Democrat Tuesday of trying to
''intimidate'' and ''unduly influence'' a Florida appeals court. The move by Election Systems & Software comes days after Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Administration Committee,
wrote a letter to the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. She said she was ''concerned'' that a lower court
judge had declined to give Democrats access to the software used in voting machines in the contested District 13
congressional election." // "Voting equipment suppliers built faulty machines and election officials failed to test it
properly, say studies released Tuesday about the slow vote count in November's election.
A laptop-sized piece of equipment at each polling place that was supposed to total up and transmit the results from each
precinct apparently had multiple problems" say reports from Cook Co. Illinois....
National: Chairman of Barred Election Testing Lab Dumped Stock LINK
National: Voting System Certification: Who’s Minding the Store? LINK
Alabama: U.S. Justice Department in tug of war with Alabama Supreme Court over Voting Rights Act enforcement LINK
Alabama: Shelby County - County reimbursed for voting machines LINK
California: CA-50 - Update on Busby/Bilbray CA50 Election Contest Appeal LINK
Colorado: Report on Denver Electronic Pollbook Problems LINK
Florida: Opinion - The no-vote option LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Arguments to Void Florida-13 Congress Election LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Voting-machine maker blasts politician
The dispute over the race to replace Rep. Katherine Harris continued with a voting machine manufacturer accusing a
congresswoman of trying to intimidate the courts. LINK
Florida: FL-13 - ES urges court to ignore letter from congresswoman LINK
Florida: FL-13 - ES Moves to Strike U.S. House Admin Committee Letter LINK
Illinois: Cook County - Equipment problems and bad testing lead to vote delays LINK
Mississippi: Opinion - Early voting: Help average voter participate LINK
Utah: Orem Council votes for paper ballots LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org