Article: 'Daily Voting News' For November 22, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org We at VotersUnite.Org want to express our hopes that you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our best wishes to all. / We warn anyone who will listen that our election system is being privatized. Private companies use private software to count our votes. There is very little transparency in the system. So it is extremely disconcerting to learn that some counties in Indiana have hired MicroVote to tabulate their votes for them. The counties buy MicroVote's machines, software, technical support and now even MicroVote employees to do the vote counting. MicroVote is the same company that knowingly installed illegal software on the machines in Indiana, and possibly in other states, prior to the primary. MicroVote is that same company that is being investigated for their practices in the state and has been investigated for illegal business practices and successfully sued for selling faulty equipment in the past. And yet this company is still being trusted to count votes? ...

NAtional: HR-2239, HR-550, What Now? 2007 Federal Election Reform Legislation - VotersUnite.Org's Recommendation LINK

NAtional: Whistleblower Stephen Heller Says 'Diebold Cannot be Trusted to Run Elections in America' LINK

NAtional: E-voting 'hero' pleads guilty to computer crime in Diebold case LINK

NAtional: Is the election over? Not in every race LINK

NAtional: 'Vote-flipping' is real, but the cause is still unclear Vote-flipping is a user-interface problem, not a technical flaw, says co-director of the Voting Technology Project LINK

NAtional: Wyden: 15 Reasons 'Vote by Mail' is the best for America LINK

CA: Riverside County - Menifee race now down to one vote; about 20,000 ballots remain to be counted in Riverside County LINK

CA: San Diego County - Paper ballots not big draw on Election Day; 1 voter in 10 used paper LINK

CA: San Diego County - Complaint lodged about vote count LINK

CA: Ventura County - Ballot-counting improvements vowed Elections chief says 14,000 votes still uncounted LINK

CO: Denver County - Vote Centers are a disaster LINK

CO: Pueblo County - No fraud in local election, says county clerk LINK

CO: Pueblo County - Editorial - Absentee ballot problems LINK

FL: FL-13 - Legal Fight in Florida's 13th Could Stretch Into 2007 LINK

FL: FL-13 - Experts say revotes rare, but possible LINK

FL: FL-13 - More Questions Arise About Competence and Impartiality of Sarasota Voting Machine Auditors LINK

FL: FL-13 - Audit Finds Dems Would Have Won if all Votes Had Been Recorded in Sarasota's FL-13 U.S. House Race LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Candidate denied access to vote machines' insides LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Check of touchscreens needs more credibility LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Candidate can't check voting machines yet LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Losing Sarasota Democrat denied voting machine access LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Judge won't speed up testing of voting machines in contested congressional race LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Analysis: Ballots favored Dems LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Florida lawsuit targets electronic voting machines in close race LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota Voters File Lawsuit for Re-vote in Congressional Race LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Jennings asks that machines actually used in voting be tested LINK

GA: Follow the paper trail LINK

GA: The Future of Democracy Will Be Determined from the Bench...Whether Judges Like it or Not LINK

IN: Indiana Election Not Over LINK

IN: Mahern asks for recount in House race LINK

IN: Delaware County - Recount sought in recorder's race LINK

MN: Minneapolis begins work on multiple choice voting system LINK

NC: NC-8 - 8th District race tightens slightly as recount continues LINK

NY: New Voting Machine Options Concern Citizens LINK

NY: Vote Groups Screaming At Screens LINK

NY: Advocacy groups fault touch-screen vote machines LINK

OH: Belmont County - Officials Seeking Funds For Elections LINK

OH: OH-15 - Pryce's lead over Kilroy grows with 2 counties' totals LINK

TX: Fort Bend County - Elections Chief Wants E-scan Machines, Better Phones To Avoid Past Election Pitfalls LINK

UT: Salt Lake County - Vote canvass bolsters Democrats LINK

UT: Utah County - Election analysis detects database problem LINK

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