Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"The manufacturer of voting machines under scrutiny in Sarasota County accused a House Democrat Tuesday of trying to ''intimidate'' and ''unduly influence'' a Florida appeals court. The move by Election Systems & Software comes days after Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, wrote a letter to the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. She said she was ''concerned'' that a lower court judge had declined to give Democrats access to the software used in voting machines in the contested District 13 congressional election." // "Voting equipment suppliers built faulty machines and election officials failed to test it properly, say studies released Tuesday about the slow vote count in November's election.
A laptop-sized piece of equipment at each polling place that was supposed to total up and transmit the results from each precinct apparently had multiple problems" say reports from Cook Co. Illinois....
NAtional: Chairman of Barred Election Testing Lab Dumped Stock LINK
NAtional: Voting System Certification: Who's Minding the Store? LINK
AL: U.S. Justice Department in tug of war with Alabama Supreme Court over Voting Rights Act enforcement LINK
AL: Shelby County - County reimbursed for voting machines LINK
CA: CA-50 - Update on Busby/Bilbray CA50 Election Contest Appeal LINK
CO: Report on Denver Electronic Pollbook Problems LINK
FL: Opinion - The no-vote option LINK
FL: FL-13 - Arguments to Void Florida-13 Congress Election LINK
FL: FL-13 - Voting-machine maker blasts politician
The dispute over the race to replace Rep. Katherine Harris continued with a voting machine manufacturer accusing a congresswoman of trying to intimidate the courts. LINK
FL: FL-13 - ES&S urges court to ignore letter from congresswoman LINK
FL: FL-13 - ES&S Moves to Strike U.S. House Admin Committee Letter LINK
IL: Cook County - Equipment problems and bad testing lead to vote delays LINK
MS: Opinion - Early voting: Help average voter participate LINK
UT: Orem Council votes for paper ballots LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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