Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Luzerne Co Pennsylvania is going to battle against ES&S over maintenance contracts and annual fees. The county has a plan that will save them $200,000 and they want annual contracts. ES&S wants a three year contract and they claim that they are not bound by any promises made by their sales staff because they think that's a "little unfair". ES&S has also told the county that they are going to raise their cost for machine coding and ballot preparation by up to six percent. ES&S has given the voters and tax payers of Luzerne Co. a gift that keeps on taking; sucking tax payer's money away from the county. ES&S; today's "Enemy of Democracy". Clearly Ohio state's Republican lawmakers are going to do all they can to put up roadblocks to stop SoS Brunner from doing any inspection of the state's voting machines. Payback for Brunner firing the state Republican Chair and County Board of Elections boss, Bennett?...
NAtional: How to steal an election...How do we stop it? LINK
NAtional: New Voting Machines Can Save Our Democracy LINK
NAtional: Touch-screen machines may be voted out
Proposed federal law looks to add paper trail, force change in equipment LINK
AK: Parnell asks for review of state voting machines
Flaws with the system? LINK
CO: Election integrity sold down the river in Colorado LINK
CO: The letter of the law is not enough LINK
CT: Cromwell vote to be audited LINK
CT: New voting system to be audited in 11 precincts LINK
CT: State Will Perform Manual Checks On Voting System LINK
CT: Doubts Cast On Voting Machines LINK
NC: Johnson County - State Foils Attempt To Access Voting Records
Unauthorized person tried to hack into Johnston County voter registration data. LINK
NJ: For presidential primary in N.J., the votes won't have paper trail LINK
NJ: New Jersey Voters Must Trust Machines in Primary LINK
NJ: N.J. to miss voting deadline LINK
NY: St. Lawrence County - Voting machine aids those with disabilities LINK
OH: Sens. Carey, Stivers Ask Ohio's Brunner 23 Questions on Voting Test Project LINK
OH: Opinion - Test Election Machines Fairly LINK
OH: Summit County - Absentee ballots arrive late in Summit
Votes won't be counted; Postal Service probing late delivery of 200-plus LINK
PA: Luzerne County - Voting machine warranty debated
Election bureau chief proposes change to firm that would cut over $200,000. LINK
PA: Luzerne County - Voting privacy still an issue LINK
PA: Luzerne County - Election board focuses on touchscreen machines LINK
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