Article: 'Daily Voting News' For October 30, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org What is going on in Colorado? One has to wonder if the Colorado Secretary of State is truly looking out for the voters. On one hand Secretary Coffman sent a suspension letter to ES&S but on the other hand the Colorado Statesman points out that John Gardner is still employed in his old job, testing and certifying voting systems. Gardner's lack of any experience with voting systems was one of the reasons that the court found that Colorado must test and recertify every system used in the state. Instead of being replaced by someone actually familiar with testing and certification of voting systems or other technical experience Gardner is still in his job. As a check on Gardner the state has hired two consultants to look over his shoulder and review his work. The consultants are Paul Craft who has a degree in Restaurant and Hotel Management and who was, in part, responsible for the qualification of most of the failing voting systems used in the US at this time. He was on the NASED voting systems panel that rubber stamped the reports from the ITAs that were bought and paid for by the vendors. Also a consultant is Glenn Newkirk. Newkirk reviewed and approved many systems for different states. Included in his failures are the Advanced Voting Solutions voting machines that were recently found to have 1946 anomalies in their source code. Neither consultant has met a vendors product he does not like. I ask again, "What is going on in Colorado?"...

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AR: Baxter County - Election Commission requests additional funding for next year LINK

CA: Voting rules rile area officials Secretary of state restricts use of widely employed touch-screen machines. LINK

CA: Alameda County - Local Voters Alarmed by Letter Error LINK

CA: Butte County - Grubbs: Nixing e-vote will cost county LINK

CA: Riverside County - County moves ahead with new voting system LINK

CO: Despite thorny record, Coffman retains Gardner LINK

FL: Sarasota County - A closer look at the GAO's Florida District 13. No smoking gun...Not if but when and how often. Could Red be next? LINK

KY: Democrats blast Grayson over provisional ballots Others say dust-up is all about politics LINK

OH: Belmont County - Paper Ballots To Replace Touch-Screen Voting In Some Locations LINK

PA: Lackawanna County - Voting officials warn of pen, paper pitfalls LINK

PA: Wayne County preparing itself for a paper election LINK

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