Daily Voting News For April 29, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In a laughable blog item Sequoia’s Michelle Shafer takes snippets of news articles that make Sequoia’s machines look
good while she ignores all of the reports of problems. It must be harder and harder for Shafer to find good things to
write about. Just last week she was attempting to make a point that Sequoia’s intellectual property (IP) must be
protected from independent review in New Jersey. Then details of a company-wide phone call were released that revealed
that not only does Sequoia not own any IP but that President Jack Blaine made statements about how good it was that they
didn’t have any IP....
NAtional: Voter ID law upheld LINK
National: Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States LINK
National: Diebold Accuvote Voting System Now on Sale at eBay! LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - After Records Reveal E-Voting Glitches, Election Official Jokes She'll Stop Keeping Records LINK
Indiana: How to Cast a Ballot in Indiana if You Don't Have State-Issued Photo ID... LINK
Maryland: Attorney General’s Task Force on Voting Irregularities Submits First Report
Includes 13 Recommendations for Policy Changes LINK
Maryland: Md. Task Force Calls for More Voting Machines LINK
Maryland: Task force aims to ease voting problems, delays LINK
Mississippi: Miss. attempts at voter ID law have failed LINK
New Jersey: Editorial - Ballot ruling doesn't quell all concerns LINK
New Jersey: Editorial - Wise decision LINK
New Jersey: Court Muddies Sequoia E-voting Evaluation LINK
New Jersey: Hard evidence presented in New Jersey e-voting discrepancies LINK
New York: Polling sites, too, must be accessible LINK
Pennsylvania: Keystone state succes[sic] LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - County seeks comment on voting machines LINK
Utah: Weber County - ACLU investigation criticizes '07 Ogden election LINK
West Virginia: Early voting remains popular in southern W.Va. LINK
West Virginia: Greenbrier County - Greenbrier won’t be posting precinct results LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
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democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008