Daily Voting News For April 15, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The news from New Jersey is a bit distressing though probably not at all surprising. The Secretary of State, who just
this month took over control of elections from the Attorney General, is backing Sequoia Voting Systems against concerned
counties and the voters of the state. In a press release from last week and resulting news articles they have misstated
the facts with regards to recent court decisions and have tried to make it appear that Princeton Professor Ed Felten
rushed to judgment and made inaccurate statements. Let’s hope that Hart Intercivic will be a more ethical, honest vendor
when they take over Sequoia. Any improvement is a pipe dream but it’s nice to dream occasionally....
NAtional: What’s Easier to Rig—the U.S. Presidential Elections or a Slot Machine? LINK
National: The Myth of Verified Voting: How GOP strategists & J. Abramoff transformed America's elections and the reform movement itself LINK
Colorado: Electronic voting machines get OK for this year, but future's iffy LINK
Florida: Pasco County - Is 3rd System The Charm? LINK
Illinois: Illinois Paper: 'The BRAD BLOG - The Little Blog That Did' LINK
Illinois: Kane County - The Hart InterCivic Federal Fraud Complaint 'Under a Microsope' in Kane County, IL LINK
Illinois: Kane County - Fight over eSlates LINK
Illinois: Kane County - The little blog that did For four years, Bradblog.com has reported on voting machine problems LINK
Maryland: Two-party choke hold prohibits true democracy LINK
Mississippi: Lawmaker: Voter ID dead for session LINK
New Jersey: New Jersey Department of State Disputes Vote Findings LINK
New Jersey: N.J. voting technology in question after discrepancies in February vote LINK
New York: Albany County - Help at polls for disabled voters County lawmakers expected to OK $1.6 million plan to buy 210
ballot-marking machines LINK
New York: Orange County - Lawmakers OK $100,000 to store voting machines LINK
West Virginia: Kanawha County - County clerk's office bulging with bigger-than-usual ballots LINK
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