Daily Voting News For July 14, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In this evening’s “Featured Article”, Kim Zetter of “Threat Level Blog” at Wired reports about the failure of new
Sequoia voting machines to get through state and local testing. So far about 50 percent of the voting machines delivered
to the state have problems. Doug Kellner, co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, is quoted as saying
something that the Election Integrity community has known for a long time. He said, “There's no way the vendor could be
adequately reviewing the machines and having so many problems. What it tells us is that the vendor just throws this
stuff over the transom and does not do any alpha- or beta-testing of their own before they apply for certification
testing. Then they expect that we'll identify technical glitches and then they'll correct those glitches. But correction
of those glitches is an extraordinarily time-consuming process. And it’s very disappointing that this equipment is not
ready for prime time.” The vendors have used real elections to beta test their products without regards for the voters
and this has been an ongoing process for years....
Featured Article: NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed LINK
National: Are You Tech-Savvy, Young and Politically Inclined? Be a Volunteer Poll Worker on Election Day LINK
National: Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny: Part 1 LINK
National: Senators: VA should allow voter drives at hospitals Ohio's secretary of state signed protest letter LINK
National: Sneak Preview of "Count My Vote - A Citizen's Guide to Voting" by Steven Rosenfeld LINK
National: "Count My Vote" Issues and Solutions LINK
Arizona: Pima County – Opinion - End doubts, suspicions with recount of RTA votes LINK
Colorado: Mail-in voting goes mainstream More voters are choosing absentee ballots for a variety of reasons, and the
increase could have some surprising consequences. LINK
Colorado: Denver - Denver elections office up for count City officials say they're pleased about overhaul LINK
Florida: Trouble Predicted in Counting Florida's New Ballots - Again LINK
Georgia: Opinion - Fettered franchise Restrictive voter ID law will be enforced at polls, a not-so-pretty picture of
partisan bullying LINK
Missouri: Editorial - Flood preparations LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - Centre Co. Voting Machines Update LINK
Texas: El Paso County - County OK's purchase of new voting machines LINK
International: FedEx, voter group hope to ease ballot shipping woes LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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