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"A laboratory that has tested most of the nation's electronic voting systems has been temporarily barred from approving new machines after federal officials found that it was not following its quality-control procedures and could not document that it was conducting all the required tests" according to the New York Times and the EAC forgot to mention it. Ciber Inc., apparently up until last summer, was one of three Independent Test Authority (ITA) labs that were allowed to hire themselves out to voting machine manufacturers for inspection and testing and ultimate certification of those voting machines. Ciber, along with SysTest and Wyle, held a very lucrative position in what has become the boondoggle of certifying of voting systems. They get test procedures written by the vendors and a hefty check from those same vendors and, apparently in Ciber's case, they don't do the paperwork or testing required and pass the voting systems on to the voters.

NAtional: Report Exposes Excessive E-Voting Machine Malfunctions in Mid-term Elections

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3978

NAtional: U.S. Bars Lab From Testing Electronic Voting

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04voting.html?hp&ex=1167973200&en=02b1a2cf02dc5f00&ei=5094&partner=homepage

NAtional: U.S. halts electronic vote tests by lab-newspaper

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2007-01-04T044728Z_01_N03435160_RTRIDST_0_ELECTIONS-VOTING.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna

NAtional: NY Times Front Page Stunner: Feds Shut Down E-Vote 'Testing' Lab Last Summer For Failure To Follow Procedures, Lack of Evidence That All Required Tests Were Perfromed!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3982

NAtional: Electronic voting machine tests halted

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/politics/16383870.htm

NAtional: Two Media Releases Issued On the Conditional Seating of U.S. House Candidates

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3986

CA: Company that Certified Diebold Voting Machines in California Loses Federal Certification Because of Lax Procedures

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/01/company_that_ce.html

CA: Orange County - Probation Given to Two GOP Operatives Found Guilty of Switching Democratic Voter Registration Forms to Republican

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3983

CO: Montrose County - Montrose still studying election problems

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/01/04/1_4_3a_Montrose_elections.html

CT: Connecticut test of voting devices charts new course

http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stamford_templates/stamford_story/358191004094517.php

FL: Report details 'failure' of e-voting systems

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16378048.htm

FL: FL-13 – Opinion - Time to move on

Jennings should accept court ruling

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/opinion/16376701.htm

FL: FL-13 - The Newest Florida "Voting Fraud" Fraud

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26278

FL: FL-13 - Voters' reports are still evidence

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/COLUMNIST36/701040468

FL: FL-13 – Opinion - Running out of time

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/OPINION/701040635/1030

FL: FL-13 - Jennings wants re-vote, Buchanan sworn in

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=46602

FL: FL-13 - The Loser Who Won’t Concede

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWNhMWVhMWUyOThmMjU1ZjFhMTc0NzdlMWZhMmMyN2M=

FL: FL-13 - Jennings wants re-vote, Buchanan sworn in

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS01/301040012/1075

FL: FL-13 - Statement on the Provisional Seating of Vern Buchanan

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0104-18.htm

FL: Sarasota County - Professor testifies for defense in Sarasota voting lawsuit

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2007010401060

FL: Sarasota County - Vote-machine ruling appealed

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/16378529.htm

FL: Sarasota County - Jennings appeals ruling on code access

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/LOCAL/701030366/-1/news

FL: Sarasota County - GOPer's Wife Had Voting Troubles

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002281.php

LA: Challenge to McCrery election is 1 of 3 House may consider

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS01/701040323/1002

MT: Sheridan County - Dems plan recount of ballots

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/04/news/wyoming/45-recount.txt

NY: Paper ballots vs. touch screen voting

http://www.bayridgecourier.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=17672019&BRD=2384&PAG=461&dept_id=552851&rfi=6

OH: Groups fault electronic voting machines

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/116790343573500.xml&coll=2

PA: Electronic voting errors detailed in area counties

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_486962.html

TX: Kolkhorst bill would require ‘paper ballot’

http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2007/01/04/news/news00001.txt

TX: Anderson County - Lawsuit filed in Precinct 2 race

http://www.palestineherald.com/homepage/local_story_004103141.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

WI: Editorial: Voting holiday would go nicely with poll-worker recruitment project

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/OSH06/701040351/1190/OSHopinion

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