a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

The Illinois Democratic and Republican parties announced that they were jointly filing a federal lawsuit today alleging improprieties in the ballot counting. ES&Ss inability to deliver paper ballots on time is now being blamed on consolidation that the company did last year when they closed a Chicago office and moved their functions in with the Omaha office. Meanwhile Indiana SoS Rokita has decided that it is time to hold hearings into the failure of ES&S to provide contractual services and to learn more about reports that MicroVote has provided uncertified software to some customers in the state. The fines to ES&S could be as much as $300,000 per incident....

IN: Train Wreck - Rokita targets voting machine suppliers (ES&S and MicroVote) LINK

IN: Train Wreck - Indiana Sec. of State Announces Hearings, Subpeonas, Possible Fines against ES&S Voting Machine Company LINK

IN: Train Wreck - Indiana to probe voting system problems LINK

IN: Train Wreck - Secretary of State to Hold Hearings on Voting Machine Issues (ES&S and MicroVote) LINK

IN: Train Wreck - Counties shifting polling places (ES&S) LINK

IN: Johnson County ? Train Wreck - Voting snags persist in county (ES&S) LINK

NC: Forsyth County ? Train Wreck - New machines not ready for early vote (ES&S) LINK

PA: Train Wreck - Election officials hope to pull in help. Shortage linked to new machines. Some workers balked, registrar says. LINK

PA: Train Wreck ? Centre County - Hawaii eases primary concern. County's election machines on loan from Aloha State (ES&S) LINK

PA: Northampton County ? Train Wreck - Northampton County needs poll workers; classes scheduled on new machines: Some people have quit to avoid dealing with touch-screen equipment. LINK

WV: Train Wreck - New voting machines expected active by primary (ES&S) LINK

WV: Editorial ? Train Wreck - Hold Company To the Contract LINK

AR: Arkansas County - County tests new voting machines LINK

AR: Carroll County - Beaver resident pleads case for hand-counting of ballots LINK

CA: Humboldt County - 'Chad isn't even in the building' LINK

CA: Marin County - County to buy 130 voting machines with disabled access LINK

CO: Montezuma County - County will cast e-votes in 2006 LINK

IL: Chicago/Cook County - Election system reform likely to cost taxpayers LINK

IL: Chicago/Cook County - County clerk making changes to prevent voting problems LINK

IL: Chicago/Cook County - Call For Ballot Recount Comes From Both Sides Of Aisle LINK

MS: Federal commissioners to examine Miss. coast voting needs LINK

OH: Franklin County - Voters fear for privacy LINK

PA: Allegheny County - Lawsuit Filed In Allegheny County Seeks To Stop Purchase of iVotronics LINK

PA: Allegheny County - Suit would ban new voting machines (ES&S) LINK

PA: Allegheny County - County voters try to bar new machines. Lawsuit cites lack of training, accessibility LINK

PA: Allegheny County - Lawsuit cites lack of training, accessibility LINK

PA: Beaver County - County gets just two bids to buy outdated voting machines (Patriots) LINK

PA: Lebanon County - Voting-machine demonstration causes flap LINK

TN: Madison County - Early voting goes high-tech in Madison County (Hart eSlate) LINK

TX: Whitesboro council votes against voting machines LINK

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John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org