Voters in five California counties will have to wait a couple weeks, at least, for a decision from the Secretary of State as to what action the state will take against ES&S for selling the counties uncertified AutoMark ballot markers. My guess is that with primary season so close the state will provisionally certify the machines the counties have and then severely fine the vendor for violating state law. That’s just my guess though.

 

In another indication that the voting machine vendors are gouging their customers and the tax payer, Luzerne Co Pennsylvania signed a four-year contract with ES&S to provide warranty services. The contract is for $60,550. Originally ES&S offered the county a three-year contract for $320,000. The difference? The county will pay shipping and labor costs for whatever breaks. It just took county officials willing to stand-up to ES&S and tell them “NO! We aren’t going to be gouged”.

 

CA: State accuses voting machine firm of selling an unapproved model

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/16/BAPMSQCP4.DTL

 

CA: Elections chief may bar voting machine provider from California

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7217683&nav=9qrx

 

CA: California probes whether firm sold unauthorized voting machines

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7187326

 

CA: State targets voting machine supplier

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/state_55346___article.html/voting_supplier.html

 

CA: Merced County - Non-Certified Voting Machines Sold to Five Counties

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=5708595

 

CA: Riverside County absentee ballots require ballpoint pen, period

http://www.pe.com/columns/danbernstein/stories/PE_News_Local_D_dan16.3c9942d.html

 

CA: San Diego County – Media Release – Tell Supervisors No Vote-By-Mail

http://psephos-us.org/Citizen%20Rally%20Psephos%20COPS(2).pdf

 

CA: San Francisco County - SF Gears Up for Weeks of Around the Clock Ballot Counting

http://www.kcbs.com/SF-Gears-Up-for-Weeks-of-Around-the-Clock-Ballot-C/1096017

 

CO: Clerks facing blackout on election information

State cuts off communication over litigation worries

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58167

 

CT: Party's changes in ballots stress election chiefs

http://www.newbritainherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18920501&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=595283&rfi=6

 

FL: Lee County – Editorial - Voters must know their ballots will be counted

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/OPINION/71015055/1015

 

OH: Ohio brings in experts to review troubled e-voting systems

Ahead of the 2008 elections, it's hoping to head off problems

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=12&articleId=9042919&intsrc=hm_topic

 

PA: Luzerne County - Elections bureau finalizes warranty deal for voting machines

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18923124&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=618523&rfi=6

 

PA: Monroe County - Monroe to provide audio voting samples online for the blind

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NEWS/710160324

 

Switzerland: Superior Voting Security?

http://www.betanews.com/article/Switzerland_Superior_Voting_Security/1192497318

 

Switzerland: Swiss Armored Cars and Voting

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2610&Itemid=26

 

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