It appears that Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS), vendor for the WinVote DREs, may be in financial trouble. A report from PA, where WinVote is widely used, relates that AVS has failed to pay their bill for testing of their newest version of system. The testing lab has stopped testing and will not certify the system until they are paid. AVS is the same vendor who was just warned by the EAC for swapping out the motherboard in the new system without notifying either the test lab or the EAC. That notification is mandatory. If you have not seen the Dan Rather Report on voting issues the full program is now on-line. It is a powerful indictment of the vendors.
NAtional: Voter Action Calls For A Full Congressional Investigation Of Voting Systems Companies
http://www.voteraction.org/
NAtional: DAN RATHER REPORTS VIDEO: The Trouble with Touch Screens
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4960
NAtional: First in the "Fooled Again" Series: Interview with Nancy Tobi
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_joan_bru_070814_first_in_the__22fooled.htm
NAtional: Sequoia Voting Systems Responsible for 2000 Presidential Debacle?
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/sequoia-voting-.html
NAtional: EAC Issues Voting System Certification Guide
http://www.eac.gov/news_081507.asp
NAtional: President Urges Effective Election Audits
http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2007/08/president-urges-effective-election.html
AZ: Tucson - Touchscreen Voting Machines Won't Be Part of City Elections
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=6932823
CA: Alameda County - State rules risk to early voting
Security requirements threaten county's advance ballot casting
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_6627931
CA: Nevada County - Diaz: All-mail ballot possible
Foresees voting machines ready for 2008 primary
http://www.theunion.com/article/20070815/NEWS/108150140
CA: Siskiyou County - Voting machine changes mandated
http://www.mtshastanews.com/articles/2007/08/15/news/01votingmachines.txt
FL: Sarasota County - Finally, an election victory
Approval of voting system gives Sarasota County voters a break
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070815/OPINION/708150477/1030
MS: Natchez - Malfunction postpones vote certification
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2007/aug/15/malfunction-postpones-vote-certification/
NH: Is it constitutional to outsource the state's vote counting?
Lawyer objects to optical scan machines
http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/OPINION/708150302/1028/OPINION02
NY: Editorial: Push plan on new voting machines
http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/NEWS05/708150305/1013
OR: Jackson County - County unveils state-of-the-art voting equipment
It will take the guesswork out of which pencil to use
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/NEWS/708150336
PA: Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties - TV report questions Westmoreland, Allegheny voting machines
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_522254.html
PA: Northampton County - Electronic voting machines might be out for some Nov. races
http://www.pennlive.com/lehighvalley/index.ssf/2007/08/electronic_voting_machines_mig.html
WV: Kanawha County - More Uncounted Ballots Found
http://www.whsv.com/westvirginiaap/headlines/9159341.html
WV: Kanawha County - Public confidence wavering after more bags of ballots found
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/2007081517/Public-confidence-wavering-after-more-bags-of-ballots-found/
Philippines: ‘Defective’ machine supplier in U.S. also figured in past ARMM polls
http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=1903
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