Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
A Premier Election Solutions spokesman, Chris Riggall, has finally spoken about the California Secretary of State's report on the discovery of violations of the accuracy standards required by federal law and violations of the voting systems standards. In our featured article Riggall shrugs off their violations by minimizing the report. "I think it's fair, from our perspective, to say that the report editorializes in a number of ways that don't reflect the sort of even-handedness that one would like to see," Riggall said, adding that he sees the software error simply as a "contributing factor" to Humboldt County's inaccurate election results. "To say it caused it and to solely attribute that discrepancy to the software is, in our judgment, not accurate and not objective." I say balderdash. Diebold knew they had a problem back in 2004 and they issued "work arounds". If they had a problem and knew it why did they not recall the software and provide good software in its place? Why did they not provide warnings and instructions in their operator's manual? Why did they only send an email with a two paragraph attachment that didn't even have the company's logo on it? What did/does the company have to hide? How many elections nationally were affected before Diebold discovered the problem? How many elections were affected after Diebold sent their unofficial "work around"? ...
CA: Humboldt County - SOS report: Numerous 'deficiencies' in elections software LINK
CA: California finds e-voting software had errors, data deletion functions LINK
CA: Report: Premier/Diebold Voting Machines Deleted Ballots LINK
CO: Editorial - Modern times, modern ballots
This is the 21st century. The Election Reform Commission is wrong to move Colorado back to all-paper ballots by 2014. LINK
CO: Rep. Coffman first to face Colo. ethics panel LINK
GA: Voters would have to prove citizenship LINK
IL: Chicago board wants mail-in special elections LINK
MN: Franken asks judges to toss Minn. Senate lawsuit LINK
MN: Franken's team to ask judges to partially dismiss Coleman's case LINK
MN: Senate recount trial: Mistakes were isolated, Franken team contends LINK
MN: Franken asks court to throw out Coleman's case in U.S. Senate election trial LINK
MN: Franken Moves To Throw Out Coleman's Lawsuit -- Or At Least Some Of It LINK
MN: Franken asks judges to throw out Coleman suit LINK
MN: Poll: Voters think Franken won LINK
MS: Fillingane hopes for Voter ID ballot initiative LINK
MS: Opinion - Voter ID: Supporters missed opportunity LINK
NY: NY Still Lagging In Voting Machine Upgrades LINK
NY: Schuyler County - Schuyler vote machine conversion costs more
Officials say new machines need up to $100,000 in software LINK
SC: Opinion - Photo ID bill unnecessary LINK
TX: Senator wants feds to intervene in Voter ID debate LINK
TX: Opinion - Suppressing Your Vote in Texas LINK
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