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Daily Voting News For October 31, 2007

Daily Voting News For October 31, 2007


Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

What is going on in Colorado? One has to wonder if the Colorado Secretary of State is truly looking out for the voters. On one hand Secretary Coffman sent a suspension letter to ES&S but on the other hand the Colorado Statesman points out that John Gardner is still employed in his old job, testing and certifying voting systems. Gardner’s lack of any experience with voting systems was one of the reasons that the court found that Colorado must test and recertify every system used in the state. Instead of being replaced by someone actually familiar with testing and certification of voting systems or other technical experience Gardner is still in his job. As a check on Gardner the state has hired two consultants to look over his shoulder and review his work. The consultants are Paul Craft who has a degree in Restaurant and Hotel Management and who was, in part, responsible for the qualification of most of the failing voting systems used in the US at this time. He was on the NASED voting systems panel that rubber stamped the reports from the ITAs that were bought and paid for by the vendors. Also a consultant is Glenn Newkirk. Newkirk reviewed and approved many systems for different states. Included in his failures are the Advanced Voting Solutions voting machines that were recently found to have 1946 anomalies in their source code. Neither consultant has met a vendors product he does not like. I ask again, “What is going on in Colorado?”...

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  • NAtional: "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections" LINK
  • National: It's not fraud, it's alienated voters LINK
  • National: Opinion – Vote early, count often LINK
  • Arkansas: Baxter County - Election Commission requests additional funding for next year LINK
  • California: Voting rules rile area officials Secretary of state restricts use of widely employed touch-screen machines. LINK
  • California: Alameda County - Local Voters Alarmed by Letter Error LINK
  • California: Butte County - Grubbs: Nixing e-vote will cost county LINK
  • California: Riverside County - County moves ahead with new voting system LINK
  • Colorado: Despite thorny record, Coffman retains Gardner LINK
  • Florida: Sarasota County - A closer look at the GAO's Florida District 13. No smoking gun...Not if but when and how often. Could Red be next? LINK
  • Kentucky: Democrats blast Grayson over provisional ballots Others say dust-up is all about politics LINK
  • Ohio: Belmont County - Paper Ballots To Replace Touch-Screen Voting In Some Locations LINK
  • Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County - Voting officials warn of pen, paper pitfalls LINK
  • Pennsylvania: Wayne County preparing itself for a paper election 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 Co-Director and Information Manager VotersUnite.Org

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    John Gideon Co-Director and Information Manager VotersUnite.Org http://www.votersunite.org

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