Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Pinellas Co Florida had an open house of all certified Optical Scan Systems for the public to test, view and evaluate. They are also creating a Citizen Selection Committee to decide which system they want to purchase. Meanwhile Broward Co has issued a no-bid, sole source contract to ES&S. No open house. No citizen involvement in the decision. One county official claims that there are no choices because there is only Diebold/Premier, ES&S and Sequoia. However, they have overlooked the fact that a fourth player is in the process of getting their op-scans certified for use in the state; Dominion Voting Systems, a Canadian company with sales all over Canada. Of course part of the story may be the fact that one of the Broward Co Commissioners is married to a former lobbyist for ES&S. All of this makes Broward Co Florida officials today's winner of the "Enemy of Democracy" award....
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FL: Broward County - Broward vote machine deal a no-bid outrage LINK
KS: Federal voting bill could be costly for Kansas counties LINK
MI: Board opposes changes in voting LINK
NJ: Voting machines will lack paper trail
Judge grants an extension on election technology LINK
OH: Ohio to Test Vote Systems Before March LINK
OH: Controlling Board Unanimously Approves Voting Machine Study LINK
PA: Centre County - Machines, finances spark heated debate LINK
PA: Westmoreland County - Old voting machines going ... going ... LINK
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UT: Dopp sues Summit County in federal court
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Netherlands: Dutch government abandons e-voting for red pencil LINK
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