Daily Voting News For September 1, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
A friend and fellow Election Integrity activist and Florida voter reminded me that in this space yesterday I neglected
to mention that the two counties I discussed, Indian River and Palm Beach, were the only two customers in the state for
Sequoia Voting Systems. Now, I’m not saying that Sequoia is to blame for the problems of the past week. Unlike Sequoia I
don’t set blame until I have evidence to back it up. Besides the Indian River plan of testing a modem down-load system
in the middle of a real election was bone-headed and seems to be the fault of the administrators. On the other hand the
situation is Palm Beach County is still up in the air. The media can’t seem to get all of the facts correct and that is
probably the fault of the county and probably the media representatives who just don’t know enough to ask the right
questions like; what happened to over 3,000 ballots? Were they physically lost? Is anyone trying to find them? Or, is
the whole problem a difference in how the poll site optical scans work as compared to the central optical scan machines?
Hopefully we will get a true accounting for this problem. After all, only 12% of the registered voters turned-out for
the primary last week; what is going to happen when there is a 60 to 70% turnout? I shudder to imagine....
CT: Greenwich - Voting audit hits town LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Circuit judge wins recount, but controversy shrouds vote LINK
North Dakota: Editorial - In North Dakota, we're counting votes the right way LINK
Virginia: Push for Poll Workers As Election Nears LINK
Guam: Electronic voting machines idle: Election Commission hopes to use them again in 2010 LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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