Daily Voting News For October 18, 2007 Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Last week the Netherlands did away with e-voting and their DREs made by a company called “NEDAP”. These same machines
were sold to Ireland under the brand name “Liberty”. “Liberty” is now being marketed in New York. Ireland paid 51.3m
Euros to purchase their machines then they found out they were insecure and had many problems. The machines have been in
storage since they were purchased. They have never been used. Instead of taking NEDAP to court for restitution, or
scrapping the machines; the Irish have now decided to take out 25-year rental leases for storage facilities. The
government has taken a lease for the 288 machines in storage in County Monaghan for over 27,000 Euros a year.
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NAtional: Gripping New Novel Exposes America's Vulnerability to Election Sabotage LINK
National: Tech The Vote LINK
California: Opinion - Elections overkill LINK
California: Riverside County - Knee Deep in the Hoopla LINK
Mississippi: The Politics of Voter ID LINK
New York: Editorial - Don't overspend on quick voting fixes LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Tests of electronic voting key to Cuyahoga's plans for 2008 LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Reliability of touch-screen voting remains big concern The director of elections in Cuyahoga
County gets ready for the 2008 elections LINK
Pennsylvania: Editorial - Hold vendor liable for voting machine snafu LINK
Ireland: Costly storage of e-voting machines slammed as 'lunacy' LINK
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