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

Nevada County (California) Registrar of Voters/County Clerk-Recorder Kathleen Smith recommended against contracting with ES&S for AutoMark deployment for the June 6, 2006, election, at the Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday. Mr. Tom O'Brien of ES&S said ES&S would not agree to the County's request for contract terms regarding shared cost of upgrades or specific trade-in terms on future improved equipment. Now, 41 days before California's Primary Election, Lou Dedier of ES&S refuses to provide services to Nevada County (software coding for optical scan ballot tabulation equipment) for the June 6 election without a service agreement. A typically arrogant act by a company that does not care if they lose business because they have much more than they can possibly handle....

AR: Pulaski County ? Train Wreck - Readying of voting machines is lagging LINK

CA: Nevada County ? Train Wreck - County may miss voting law compliance LINK

IN: Porter County ? Train Wreck - Incorrect ballots will be replaced. But many problems remain unresolved for next week?s primary. LINK

OH: Summit County ? Train Wreck - Summit vote system to debut. ES&S has extra memory cards on hand; elections board LINK

OH: Summit County ? Train Wreck - E-VOTE TRAIN WRECK '06: ES&S Memory Cards Continue to Fail in Ohio as Primary Kicks off Next Tuesday. But ES&S Has a Brilliant New Plan for Technical Support! LINK

PA: Allegheny County ? Train Wreck - New Allegheny County voting machines criticized in court hearing (ES&S) LINK

PA: Allegheny County ? Train Wreck - Expert warns of voting chaos LINK

CA: Seven Counties Dismissed From California Voters Lawsuit to Block Use or Purchase of Electronic Voting Machines LINK

FL: Leon County - County will get voting machines LINK

GA: DeKalb County - DeKalb voters need to watch the mail LINK

IN: Elections panel to OK use of new voting equipment (MicroVote) LINK

IN: Voting software likely to get state?s OK Friday LINK

IN: Delaware County - Delaware election officials expect voting machines to be approved LINK

IN: Randolph County - Randolph ready to vote electronically (Voting Technologies International) LINK

MS: Madison County - Study: County voting precincts in compliance LINK

NE: Dawes County - Election features new voting machines (AutoMark, ES&S M-650) LINK

NJ: Belmar - Tie in Belmar leads to recount LINK

PA: Pa. lawmakers want voting-device break LINK

PA: Westmoreland County - Westmoreland will save on moving voting machines LINK

TN: Sumner County - Early voting ends Thursday LINK

WV: Lawrence County - New voting system goes countywide LINK

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