Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
ES&S denies any wrong-doing for it's failures in Indiana while agreeing to pay $245,000 to the state and provide other services such as training through 2007. Total cost to ES&S $753,130. Sounds to me like they are admitting they were wrong. / Cuyahoga Co. Ohio paid $342,000 for an investigation into the failures of their May primary. The report from the investigators, ESI, is scathing and shows an error riddled, difficult to administer voting system (Diebold TSx). The county didn't hear what they wanted to hear so they are now joining with Diebold to attack ESI. / Teton Co. Wyoming reported a ballot programming error. Another ES&S failure. / Diebold machines failed in Alaska requiring hand counting and manual uploading of results....
NAtional: Americans Concerned About Election Transparency and Security LINK
NAtional: ZOGBY: 92% of Americans Oppose Secret Vote Counting Machines LINK
NAtional: Ray Martinez, Former EAC Vice Chairman Joins Overseas Vote Foundation LINK
NAtional: Roy Saltman Writes New Paper On Voting Integrity LINK
AK: Problems with touchscreen machines slow vote count (Diebold) LINK
CA: Nevada County - County to lease Diebold voting machines LINK
CA: San Diego County - Secrecy a problem in politics, elections LINK
CA: San Mateo County Editorial - An accurate count will require strong controls LINK
CA: San Mateo County Opinion - A skeptic's approach to e-voting. With a mandate to upgrade its voting machines, San Mateo County reluctantly goes high-tech LINK
CT: Officials Get Look At Vote Scanners (Diebold) LINK
FL: Martin County - Early voting 'running smoothly' in Martin County LINK
IL: Voter ID law to be introduced in Illinois LINK
IN: Company to pay for election problems. Nebraska-based firm also will provide extra support and training for fall voting LINK
IN: Settlement ends voting investigation LINK
IN: Porter County - Rokita announces settlement with voting machine provider. County to receive $13,050 in instructional materials LINK
MA: Write-in candidates face tougher time on paper ballots LINK
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