According to an article in the Albany [NY] Times Union, Ciber has decided to give to the NY State Board of Elections, under the threat of subpoena, paperwork that shows why they were denied interim accreditation by the EAC. Even as the EAC obfuscates and stonewalls all efforts to get this paperwork, Ciber turned it over to officials yesterday. According to the article the paperwork shows that Ciber was understaffed and failed to correctly document its testing. What is the EAC hiding? Is it that both Executive Director Wilkey and Commissioner Davidson served together on the same National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) board that had previously certified Ciber’s work? A board that had an “ex-officio” member, Shawn Southworth, who is the only Ciber staff? // Then today the EAC, having been shown-up by Ciber, posted all of their documents on their website. The documents include a letter from the EAC to Ciber, dated today, that clearly chides Ciber for providing the documents to New York. The documents can all be found here http://www.eac.gov/eac_vsc3_s.htm

 

NAtional: Diebold Compromised Its Own Voting Machine Security

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197000676

 

NAtional: 2006 election irregularities scare us for 2008

http://cjonline.com/stories/012607/opi_141711606.shtml

 

National: Subpeonas May be Issued by NY State After 'Outrageous' Snub by U.S. Elections Assistance Commission

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4077

 

CA: Riverside County - Is it high time for an e-voting test in California?

http://www.ridgecrestca.com/articles/2007/01/26/news/columnists/colo02.txt

 

CT: Old Machines Cast Out

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-wetvote0126.artjan26,0,2872215.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking

 

CT: New Voting Machines Arrive in February

http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/16006/

 

FL: Opinion - Count every vote

Our Opinion: Ballot Miscues Are Unacceptable When Fix Is Possible

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/16548678.htm

 

KS: Douglas County - County pushing for statewide satellite voting

New bill would allow individual counties to make decision

http://www.kansan.com/stories/2007/jan/26/satellite_voting/?news

 

NY: Voting machine debate

http://www.carrollgardenscourier.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17766362&BRD=2384&PAG=461&dept_id=560113&rfi=6

 

NY: Elections official takes federal panel to task

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=557420&category=REGION&newsdate=1/26/2007

 

NY: Voting Machine The Four Finalists

http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/voting/20070126/17/2087/

 

NY: Voting machines switch likely to be put off till 2009

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/NEWS01/701260377/1002/NEWS

 

NY: New voting machine delays continue

http://www.tonawanda-news.com/newtoday/gnnnewtoday_story_026134816.html?keyword=topstory

 

NY: Don't expect new voting machines for this fall or next

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/01/26/news/doc45ba5dbecd9c7105225768.txt

 

NY: Federal approval of firm testing NY’s voting machines in jeopardy

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/26/federal-approval-of-firm-testing-nys-voting-machines-in-jeopardy/

 

OH: Hot air from politicians - and cows

http://www.timesgazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=142292

 

OH: Was There a Third-Rate Burglary in Cuyahoga County, Ohio? (Or, Something Smells in Cleveland)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-oates-palmer/was-there-a-thirdrate-bu_b_39665.html

 

PA: Fayette County - Commissioners set uniform election compensation costs

http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17766700&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6

 

VA: Bill on touch-screens backed

It would require phaseout of the voting machines, with optical-scans as replacement

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192857722&path=!news!politics

 

WV: Charleston - Absentee voters welcome

http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/Today/2007012532

 

**Articles included in “Daily Voting News” may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. These articles are all included for the information of the subscribers of “Daily Voting News” though we realize that the subscribers may not agree with the opinions given in all articles**
 
*******************************************************************
If you receive Daily Voting News directly from John Gideon and VotersUnite and wish to unsubscribe, please send an email to jgideon@votersunite.org requesting that you be removed from circulation. If you get the email forwarded from someone else you must contact them to be unsubscribed.
*******************************************************************