Daily Voting News For November 20, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The city of San Francisco filed their lawsuit against ES today. The city charges the vendor with a panoply of misdeeds including fraud, breach of contract, negligent
misrepresentation and multiple violations of California's Elections Code, False Claims Act and Unfair Competition Law.
In a press release concerning this lawsuit the City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, had this to say, "San Francisco's
experience with ES raises extremely troubling questions, not simply about the integrity of this company's technology, but about the
integrity of this company itself," said Herrera. "There can be no more important duty in a representative democracy than
to conduct elections, and it is a travesty to see that duty so flagrantly undermined by the fraudulent conduct of an
election systems vendor. This is an injustice that cries out for a strong response, and I intend to aggressively
litigate the City's interests under our contract and under the law." This lawsuit is on top of the suit filed yesterday
by the state against ES for nearly $15M.
Diebold’s memory card failures have happened in Connecticut as well as in Florida. How many more states will have the
same problems?...
NAtional: Provisional Ballot Problems Widely Reported in 2006, New Report Finds; Administrative Errors, Poor Training,
Voter Roll Problems Urged to Be Fixed Before Election 2008 LINK
California: Bowen seeks nearly $15 million from voting machine company LINK
California: E-Vote: Secretary of State Sues Company Over Sale of Unauthorized Voting Equipment to California Counties LINK
California: Bowen Sues Over Voting Machines LINK
California: California suing Nebraska voting machine maker for $15 million LINK
California: State sues over voting equipment Lawsuit alleges 972 uncertified machines were sold for use in five counties LINK
California: Suit claims voting units illegally sold LINK
California: California sues voting machine maker LINK
California: Calif. secretary of state sues e-voting vendor over hardware changes The state believes design mods mean
devices must be recertified LINK
California: Voting machine maker sued by Secretary of State LINK
California: Los Angeles County - County wants state OK for vote-count system LINK
California: "Extremely troubling questions" Herrera sues voting systems company LINK
California: San Francisco sues voting machine vendor LINK
California: San Francisco - S.F. sues voting-machine vendor LINK
Connecticut: Diebold Optical-Scan Failures Reported in Florida May be Affecting Connecticut As Well LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Florida's newest ballot issue LINK
Georgia: Clayton County - Transgender candidate misled voters, suit alleges City clerk is also accused of tampering with
vote machines LINK
Montana: Flathead County - Hand Count Shows McGrew and Askew Even Whitefish Council a Tie LINK
New Hampshire: Town clerks await primary date; Delay affects ballots, budgets and poll workers LINK
New York: Premature switch Green against federal voting machine change LINK
Washington: King County - All-mail elections could face a delay LINK
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