Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
It has just been revealed that an investigation is taking place in Franklin Co Ohio stemming from problems noticed by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on her DRE voting machine last Nov. 6. Brunner claims that when she got to a municipal court race a gray banner appeared over one candidates name to let her know that he had withdrawn from the race. In fact that candidate had withdrawn the day after the machines were programmed. The problem is that her husband voted on a machine next to hers and he had no warning. Voters in other precincts have now reported the same thing to investigators so it appears that not everyone had the same ballot. Investigators have also found that it appears that ES&S, the county's vendor, told election workers that it was not necessary to do pre-election testing on every voting machine so only one machine per precinct was tested. They have also found that ES&S instructed the county's "board programmer" in how to turn off the "audit logs" on the machines while doing any work on them. This act hinders any investigation into what was done with software changes. How will these bad-acts by ES&S affect what seems to be a good relationship between Brunner and the vendor?...
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CO: Lawmakers consider paper ballot elections LINK
CO: Panel passes on paper ballots LINK
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IL: Kane County - Could Kane precincts be split soon? LINK
IN: Rokita Supports Vote Center Legislation LINK
KS: Crawford County Clerk's office eyeing election software purchase LINK
KY: House opening door to early voting LINK
NC: Man alerts state to ID-theft risk
Elections board changes Web site that gave access to voters' birth dates LINK
NY: Open letter to NY citizens, election workers and election commissioners LINK
OH: Opinion - Primary election was result of heroic efforts by many LINK
OH: Opinion - Don't waste money on paper ballots LINK
OH: Opinion - Post-election audit would improve voter confidence LINK
OH: Foolish law treats voters like suspects
Law turns poll workers into pseudo-detectives LINK
OH: Franklin County - County's voting machines examined
Brunner triggers state probe by reporting that fall ballot apparently masked a name LINK
OH: Pickaway County - Absentee ballots not counted yet LINK
OH: Warren County - Story behind the 2004 lockdown
Even amid terror warnings, secret count was 'wrong move' LINK
PA: Opinion - Electronic ballots require a paper backup LINK
TX: Recount necessary in close Dist. 73 race LINK
VA: Remedy in doubt for poll problem
No remedy by Nov. 4 for mispronunciations by Richmond machines LINK
VA: Lynchburg's dual voting process a strain on poll workers LINK
WI: Report shows ID is bad idea LINK
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