Daily Voting News For June 22, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Recently in this space I reported that a report from the Ohio SoS to the Governor and Legislature glossed over the fact
that, among other issues, four of eleven counties who did hand-count audits found discrepancies and had to change the
results of their certified elections based on the audit results. Three of those counties were DRE counties and the vvpat
paper tapes were the source of the hand-count. Why was there a difference in the count of the vvpats as compared to the
count of the machines? If the vvpats cannot be hand-counted accurately then why are some satisfied that DREs with a
vvpat are good enough? If the vvpat count was accurate then why are some satisfied with the use of DREs that are flawed?
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IL: Sangamon County - Voting Machines: A Million Dollar Problem [Note: You have to watch the video to understand what
this article says] LINK
Indiana: Secretary of State Todd Rokita Statement on New Photo ID Lawsuit LINK
Indiana: Johnson County - 478 voting machines waterlogged
Cost to replace touch screens in Johnson County is $1.67M; lease would be about $335,000 LINK
New Jersey: Voting machine test results will be released to the public LINK
New Jersey: Public can now check voting machines LINK
New Jersey: Hudson County - 2 getting recount in freeholder race LINK
New Mexico: Cibola County - Ballots From Primary Missing LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
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democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008