Daily Voting News For November 17, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
New Mexico county taxpayers are being plundered by ES for maintenance and software contracts. Roosevelt Co. paid $3,500 in the past for software upgrades and they have $500
budgeted for maintenance this year. ES wants $15,075 for next year. The county has only 54 optical-scan machines. These money hungry, arrogant vendors will
continue raping the tax payer until we finally stand-up and tell them we will not take it any more. Now is that time.
New Mexico needs to run ES out of the state on a rail. Why can´t the state do its own maintenance? Why can´t they upgrade their own software and
do their own ballot programming? Oklahoma does it all themselves and we hear very little about problems in the Sooner
State. The vendors are NOT mandatory to states running successful elections. In fact, they are a detriment. ...
NAtional: In November 2006, Two Machines 'Smoked' - Only One Was Recalled LINK
California: Rancho Mirage agrees to hire private election firm LINK
California: San Mateo County Elections Office to Begin 1% Manual Recount LINK
California: Santa Barbara County - Arbor Petitioners Allegedly Violate CA Election Code LINK
Colorado: Decision on voting machines set next month LINK
Colorado: All-mail vote in '08 concerns Coffman Voters could be vulnerable, he tells lawmakers LINK
Connecticut: Opinion - Voters have reason to gripe LINK
Connecticut: Fairfield County - State officials to assess new scan voting process LINK
Massachusetts: Opinion - Chads? What chads? Why prolong the recount agony in Worcester? LINK
Montana: Montana Needs Tighter Election Scrutiny LINK
North Carolina: Clayton - Atchison, Lawter request new election LINK
New Mexico: Voting machines cause of concern LINK
Texas: Harris County - With Witnesses in Room, Houston Election Officials Alter Vote Tallies in Last Week's Elections LINK
Virginia: ACLU seeks Va. voter ID material LINK
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