Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
From Arkansas today we learn that ES&S is selling vvpat thermal paper rolls for $8.50 per roll and each roll will handle around 100 voters. A quick search of paper suppliers shows that the same paper can be purchased retail for $50 to $60 for a case of 50 rolls. ES&S wants to milk and bilk every single penny they can from their customers. A large majority of the news from Pennsylvania was in praise of the myriad of new voting machines being used throughout the state. I'm not sure if this is because everything worked well or because the media has not been given all of the facts. Let's hope it is the former and not the later. There were few voting machine problems reported from Kentucky today. However, some local election officials seem to have found a new way to scam the machines as they tell voters not to finalize their votes. Voters walked away from the machines and poll workers then may have gone in and changed the votes....
NAtional: Diebold - Latest Security Vulnerability in Paperless Electronic Voting
Underscores Urgent Need for Paper Trail; Auditing LINK
MD: Diebold - Worries mount about voting machine security. Critic says new software problem is so bad that he won't detail the vulnerability LINK
NAtional: Train Wreck - More E-voting Concerns Surface with State Primaries Underway LINK
NAtional: Train Wreck - Cold Shoulder for E-voting Whistleblowers LINK
AR: Train Wreck - Voting machines should be ready by Tuesday primary LINK
KY: Garrard County - Train Wreck - Garrard incumbent mulling recanvass request LINK
PA: Train Wreck - Suburbs slow in tabulating totals. Philadelphia had about 100 cases of its 3,500 voting devices malfunctioning early in the day. LINK
PA: Train Wreck - Electronic voting debuts 'smoothly,' though not error-free LINK
PA: Allegheny County - Train Wreck - Problems reported with electronic voting machines LINK
PA: Crawford and Erie Counties - Train Wreck - Electronic Voting Machines Cause Some Problems LINK
PA: Luzerne County - Train Wreck - New voting system brings its share of problems for Luzerne County primary LINK
TX: Jefferson County - Train Wreck - PAISD Board Members Question Integrity Of Electronic Voting LINK
TX: Tom Green County - Train Wreck - Recount sought. Veribest district: Machines didn't count some votes (ES&S) LINK
AL: Worley: Chapman plan is a 'stunt' LINK
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