Article: 'Daily Voting News' For February 20, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Today New Jersey media reported that some Sequoia Advantage voting machines used in that state's primary election on February 5 were not accurately reporting vote totals. The totals found in the memory were not the same as the totals reported on the internal paper-record. According to the media this was found in at least 5 counties. Sequoia tried to pass this off as an anomaly but one official would not accept this minimization of the problem as she corrected Sequoia --Initially, when I called Sequoia they said it was an anomaly. And I said, 'Excuse me. It's not. It's an error,'" she said. ...

NAtional: Diebold Names Senior Diebold Officials to 'New Independent' Diebold Election Division Board LINK

CA: Riverside County - Local Super Tuesday Votes Long from Being Completely Counted LINK

FL: Hillsborough County - Photo IDs Lead To Credible Elections LINK

FL: Hillsborough County - Decision Due On Vote System Disabled Haven't Vetted LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Vote Centers idea seems unnecessary LINK

NJ: Primary election raises new questions about electronic voting LINK

NJ: Machines get vote of no confidence after errors in primary LINK

NJ: Sequoia E-Voting Machines Reporting Inaccurate Totals in New Jersey LINK

NM: Anne Kass Guest Blog: The NM Caucus & Privatized Elections LINK

NM: A top state Democratic Party official resigns after NM election snafus LINK

NY: DREs Lose Round Two LINK

NY: NYC Recount Underway For Democratic Primary LINK

NY: Mike Bloomberg Claims Vote 'Fraud' LINK

OH: Judge Who Sided with Ohio SOS in Paper Ballot Authority Scuffle May Be in Violation of Judicial Conduct Code LINK

OH: Judge: Paper Is A Must LINK

OH: Ohio Secretary of State looks into voting machines LINK

OH: Experts to visit OU, hear public's voting concerns LINK

OH: Butler County - Study finds county voting system vulnerable LINK

PA: Centre County - Editorial - College voters need Nov. paper trail LINK

PA: Lackawanna County - County sticks to e-vote plan LINK

PA: Somerset County - Somerset gears up to count absentee ballots LINK

TX: Bell County - Voting machine helps handicapped voters LINK

TX: Fort Bend County's election chief quits His resignation comes a week after he criticized voting machines LINK

TX: Fort Bend County - Election head steps down LINK

TX: Waller County - Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights LINK

WA: King County - Few trail into the polls; some irritated at party oaths LINK

WI: Wisconsin primary marked by busy day at local polling locations LINK

WI: Turnout is robust 35% would be best since '88; Milwaukee has strong showing LINK

WI: Winnebago County - Confusion rankles voters who fail to cast presidential vote LINK

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