Kim Zetter writes in her "Threat Level" blog on Wired.com [Featured] that while ES&S touch screens in West Virginia were flipping voters votes the Secretary of State was busy giving an ex-official of that company, and a WV resident, Gary Greenhalgh, a "Medallion Award" from the National Association of Secretaries of State. Greenhalgh sold the machines used in the state to the state. While he no longer works for ES&S, his wife is now the companies representative in WV. Secretary of State Betty Ireland, just two years ago, filed a formal complaint against ES&S with the federal Election Assistance Commission, the body that oversees federal testing and certification of voting machines. She called for an audit of the company's contractual performance. She has now turned to a supporter of the company. Not covered by Zetter is that at one time Greenhalgh worked for MicroVote as their national sales director. This NASS "Medallion Award" winner was sued by his employer for what MicroVote says is "trade secret violations". According to James Ries Jr., the president of MicroVote, Greenhalgh's actions were "Probably the most damaging, he was actually selling the equipment being released from Montgomery County to our customers on the side. And it violated his working contract with us that he was selling outside of MicroVote's jurisdiction"....
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'Daily Voting News' For October 27, 2008 |
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8 days until Election Day. Featured - WV: W. Virginia Gave E-Voting VP an Award While Machines Were Malfunctioning LINK
National: How Bad Are Electronic Voting Machines?
Do they really fail one out of five times? LINK
National: Opinion - Election fraud fears: the cure
States need better machinery and better registration procedures. LINK
National: Early e-voting results in vote flipping in three states so far LINK
National: Reform Institute Partners in Assisting Voters
Reform Institute a Key Partner in 877-GO-CNN-08 Voter Hotline LINK
National: 1936: Counting America's 40,000,000 Votes LINK
National: 7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day LINK
National: Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls LINK
National: Camps Lawyer Up For High-Pressure Election Day LINK
National: Futurist: One Click, One Vote LINK
National: Election officials, election watchers brace for Nov. 4 LINK
National: Opinion - Denounce dirty tricks: Ensuring a fair vote is a responsibility, too LINK
National: Election Day Trouble on the Way? LINK
National: Open source: How e-voting should be done LINK
National: Popularity of mail-in voting surges in California, elsewhere LINK
National: More felons learning -- to their surprise -- that they can vote LINK
National: Stealing the Vote: GOP Voter Suppression is McCain's Last Chance to Win LINK
National: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom As 2008 Election Approaches, New Report Finds LINK
National: Policy Center Demos Publishes Election Primer for Journalists LINK
National: Monitor Election Problems Nationwide with OurVoteLive.org
Search by State or County for Real-Time Voter Reports on Election Day LINK
National: Voting Rights Watch: One company's machine behind vote-switching reported in early balloting across the South LINK
National: Messy Elections: Can They Be Trusted? LINK
National: Pollwatcher Toolkit LINK
National: Princeton report rips N.J. e-voting machines as easily hackable
Vendor challenges research, says its machines are safe and reliable LINK
National: Study: Large Counties in Swing States May Face Election Day Problems--Lack of Preparation, Uniformity Could Cause Long Lines on Election Day LINK
National: Far from perfect
With election days away, Stewart charts progress of U.S. voting security LINK
National: E-Voting Complaints Heat Up With Early Voting LINK
National: Electronic Voting Machines Leave Room For Manipulations, Warns Europe's Biggest Hacker Group LINK
CA: Paskus: I want my vote to count, but will it? LINK
CO: Oh Where Oh Where is My Mail-In Ballot? LINK
CO: Denver Elections Division promises delivery of delayed ballots LINK
CO: Colorado Secretary of State sued over voter purges LINK
CO: Voting rights group sues Colorado secretary of state over purges LINK
CO: Weld County - Mail-in ballots have quirks LINK
FL: Ballots picked up, then disappear
The disappearance of some absentee ballots, picked up under unusual circumstances, has raised some serious questions. LINK
GA: CNN: Error purges 50,000 Georgia voters from rolls LINK
GA: Court: 'Flagged' citizens may vote LINK
IN: Film, panel highlight errors in electronic voting machine software LINK
MD: After push, voter registration jumps LINK
MI: Tribe looks to boost voting LINK
MO: Missouri ripe for voting snags
Among 12 states where conditions spark concerns LINK
NC: Confusing North Carolina Ballot Leaves off Votes for President LINK
NJ: Opinion - Less than confident our votes really count LINK
NJ: Morris County - Voter rolls at center of clerk's race LINK
NM: New Mexico GOP Sued For Voter Intimidation LINK
OH: STAY OUT of Ohio, lawmakers tell DoJ! LINK
OH: Counties count on counters
Election board workers picked by parties LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County voting, vote-counting likely to be slow LINK
PA: Following Widespread Complaints, New Lawsuit Seeks Paper Balloting in Pennsylvania LINK
PA: Judges of elections learn to handle voting problems, problem voters LINK
PA: Philadelphia - Online voting results coming LINK
TX: Bexar County - Quick and early balloting LINK
UT: Summit County - Glitch reported in early voting in Park City LINK
VA: Let Virginia voters cast early ballots LINK
VA: Va. NAACP sues governor over election readiness LINK
VA: NAACP lawsuit alleges Virginia scrimped on preparations for huge election turnout LINK
VA: Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days LINK
WV: Voting machine complaints continue
Voters encouraged to review ballots before confirming LINK
WV: Secretary of State Hosts Update on Touch Screen Voting Machines LINK
WV: W.Va.: Testing OKs touch screen voting machines LINK
WV: ES&S Touch-Screens Keep Flipping in WV, Now in At Least 6 Counties LINK
WV: W.Va.: Testing OKs touch screen voting machines LINK
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