Article: 'Daily Voting News' For February 22, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, "San Francisco supervisors told representatives of a voting machine company Wednesday that the firm will need to publicly display details of the software it uses to count ballots in order to win a $12.6 million, four-year contract with the city. At a Budget and Finance Committee hearing, Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly urged representatives of Sequoia Voting Systems of Oakland to place software codes for touch-screen voting devices and paper ballot-scanning machines on the Internet or in another public forum, so the public can review how the machines tabulate votes." "Steven Bennet, a Sequoia representative, said Sequoia won't agree to public disclosure [of source code on voting machines] since it would "jeopardize the security to all of our customers in California and across the country.-- ...

NAtional: Ask Congress to amend Holt Bill - HR 811 LINK

NAtional: John Bonifaz makes the case for amending Holt's HR 811 LINK

NAtional: Beyond the Voting Machine: Stealth Barriers to Voter Participation LINK

CA: Riverside County - Committee looks into Riverside County's electronic-voting system LINK

CA: San Francisco - Software fight delays use of high-tech ballots LINK

CA: San Francisco - Supes want to know how voting machines count Company balks at public disclosure, offers alternative LINK

CA: San Francisco - Sequoia Voting Systems Spokes**** Laugh Line of the Moment... LINK

FL: Her job is to improve Florida's voting woes Elections Director Amy Tuck will lead the change to optical-scan machines. LINK

FL: Volusia County - Diebold Examines Volusia Voting Machines LINK

GA: Concern growing for voters LINK

IL: Chicago - Lesson learned: Get more pens LINK

IL: Chicago - New procedures, tools should make election day glitch-free LINK

IL: Chicago - Board of Elections: Low voter turnout expected LINK

IL: Chicago - City Election Officials Say Voting Problems Fixed LINK

IN: Centers bring flexibility for voters Casting ballots in Richmond won't be Election Day-only option LINK

KS: Kansas Senate Passes Controversial Voter ID Bill LINK

NC: Buncombe County - Princeton professor buys Buncombe's old voting machines LINK

NJ: Voting activists demand constitutional paper trail: Sequoia vows to install voting-machine printers by next January LINK

OH: Editorial - Making sure votes count LINK

PA: Northampton County - Panel demands answers on voting machines LINK

RI: Bill would allow public to see rejected ballots LINK

RI: After election confusion, R.I. lawmakers unveil reform bill LINK

SC: S.C. coalition to take on electronic voting machines LINK

TX: Cost may stall ballot paper trail LINK

VA: GOP amendment to require ID for provisional ballot voters fails LINK

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