Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Michael Richardson, in an article posted to BradBlog, writes, "Hours after reports last week on threatened subpoenas against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and its banned voting machine test laboratory, CIBER, Inc., by the New York State Board of Elections, the company supplied information concerning its lack of accreditation to New York officials. Enraged NY State Election Commissioner Doug Kellner called the secret reports "soiled laundry" that both the company and EAC had been trying to hide. Friday, the EAC reacted to the disclosure by CIBER of confidential EAC documents by releasing the assessment reports upon which last summer's decision for non-accreditation of CIBER was based. The documents, kept secret by the EAC for half a year, reveal a shocking level of incompetence and negligence by the "independent testing authority" (ITA) lab which tested electronic voting machines used by 68.5% of the registered voters in the November 2006 election."...
NAtional: Secret EAC Reports Reveal Sloppy, Incomplete and Non-Existent Testing by Federal Test Lab for Voting Machines Used Across the Country Last November LINK
NAtional: Feds to Let Two Firms Test E-voting Machines
NIST certifies iBeta, SysTest Labs under latest requirements guidelines LINK
NAtional: New York Halts E-voting Machine Testing LINK
NAtional: Assessment of Labs Reveals Flawed Voting System Testing LINK
NAtional: Diebold Key Hack Story Updates... LINK
CA: Election issues beset new secretary of state
She faces early primary push, high-tech machine problems LINK
FL: Legislators plan a fresh look at election reform
To avoid voting glitches, new machines that leave paper trails could be part of the solution for 2008. LINK
FL: FL-13 - Attention to Florida's Disputed 13th District Wanes Even As Jennings' Inquiry Presses On LINK
FL: Sarasota County - One race per page
Sarasota aims to improve electronic voting LINK
NY: Editorial: Another delay in N.Y. voting LINK
NY: Dobbs Ferry revisits November balloting LINK
OH: First criminal convictions from Ohio's stolen 2004 election confirm recount was rigged LINK
PA: Northampton County - Voters can be confident in Norco election process LINK
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