Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
The Illinois Democratic and Republican parties announced that they were jointly filing a federal lawsuit today alleging improprieties in the ballot counting. ES&Ss inability to deliver paper ballots on time is now being blamed on consolidation that the company did last year when they closed a Chicago office and moved their functions in with the Omaha office. Meanwhile Indiana SoS Rokita has decided that it is time to hold hearings into the failure of ES&S to provide contractual services and to learn more about reports that MicroVote has provided uncertified software to some customers in the state. The fines to ES&S could be as much as $300,000 per incident....
IN: Train Wreck - Rokita targets voting machine suppliers (ES&S and MicroVote) LINK
IN: Train Wreck - Indiana Sec. of State Announces Hearings, Subpeonas, Possible Fines against ES&S Voting Machine Company LINK
IN: Train Wreck - Indiana to probe voting system problems LINK
IN: Train Wreck - Secretary of State to Hold Hearings on Voting Machine Issues (ES&S and MicroVote) LINK
IN: Train Wreck - Counties shifting polling places (ES&S) LINK
IN: Johnson County - Train Wreck - Voting snags persist in county (ES&S) LINK
NC: Forsyth County - Train Wreck - New machines not ready for early vote (ES&S) LINK
PA: Train Wreck - Election officials hope to pull in help. Shortage linked to new machines. Some workers balked, registrar says. LINK
PA: Train Wreck - Centre County - Hawaii eases primary concern. County's election machines on loan from Aloha State (ES&S) LINK
PA: Northampton County - Train Wreck - Northampton County needs poll workers; classes scheduled on new machines: Some people have quit to avoid dealing with touch-screen equipment. LINK
WV: Train Wreck - New voting machines expected active by primary (ES&S) LINK
WV: Editorial - Train Wreck - Hold Company To the Contract LINK
AR: Arkansas County - County tests new voting machines LINK
AR: Carroll County - Beaver resident pleads case for hand-counting of ballots LINK
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