Last year Luzerne County, PA spent $2.4M on 750 ES&S iVotronic DREs and a one-year warranty. Now that the first warranty is to expire ES&S wants $300,000 for a three-year warranty. The county Director of Elections has written the state and told them, in part, “In addition to not being able to meet the financial burden that ES&S is asking us to meet, we cannot individually deal with such a large, multi-national corporation and the mix of deception this company promulgates.” And he asked the state to ensure “that voting-system vendors doing business here do not have the opportunity to threaten the democratic process with such unsavory business practices that vendors, such as ES&S, seemingly have a deep commitment to employing.”

 

NAtional: Senator Clinton to Testify on Voting Machine Integrity Bill

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/senator-clinton.html

 

NAtional: Michael Collins: First One’s Free... Then You Pay

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00336.htm

 

NAtional: The Fate Of Electronic Voting Is Being Debated In Washington: Your Testimony is Urgently Needed

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2007/07/24/the-fate-of-electronic-voting-is-being-debated-in-washington-your-testimony-is-urgently-needed/

 

NAtional: Our Most Important Voice: My letter on S1487

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2007/07/24/our-most-important-voice/

 

CA: Paper ballots the only way to be sure

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/24/opinion/commentary/21_15_057_23_07.txt

 

CO: Dinosaur - Dinosaur voting center may change

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2007/jul/24/dinosaur_voting_center_may_change/

 

FL: Martin County voters to get paper trail

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/tcoast/epaper/2007/07/24/0724MCPAPER.html

 

IN: Marion County - Voting machine suit to proceed, judge says

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070724/LOCAL18/707240388

 

NJ: Public hearings to be held on voting machines

http://blog.nj.com/timess/2007/07/public_herarings_to_be_held_on.html

 

OH: Tuscarawas County - Meaning business at polls - Board of Elections hopes to recruit workers from area companies

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=70602&r=0

 

PA: Luzerne County - County calls for help

http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18619928&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6

 

PA: Luzerne County - PA County Election Director Decries 'Unsavory Business Practices, Deception' of ES&S and Other Voting System Vendors

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4862

 

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