As reported by Kim Zetter in her Wired Blog and yours truly on OpEdNews, ES&S has responded to the EAC’s rebuke for not disclosing that they were manufacturing voting machines in Manila, The Philippines. ES&S arrogantly acted like a spoiled child in their response to the EAC. In the end they provided a list that included factories in Manila, Taiwan and China, but not before trying to blame the EAC for their corporate reporting failures. Have you ever noticed that these vendors take no ownership of any problems? Vote-flipping is always the voters fault. Machine failure is always the poll workers fault.
NAtional: ES&S Pouts, Stamps Foot, Complies Anyway, After Minor Spanking by the EAC
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_jgideon_070827_es_26s_pouts_2c_stamps_f.htm
NAtional: ES&S Discloses Full List of Manufacturers
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/ess-discloses-f.html
NAtional: Opinion - Elections must have integrity
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070827/OPINION01/708270321/1014/OPINION
NAtional: Election system attracts criticism, concerns voters
http://graphic.pepperdine.edu/perspectives/2007/2007-08-27-diebold.htm
NAtional: William Jackson | E-voting machines still not reliable
Commentary: Electronic voting systems still have too many holes to be trusted.
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_22/44948-1.html
CA: California Charges ES&S Illegally Sold E-vote Machines
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=government&articleId=301436&taxonomyId=13&intsrc=kc_top
CO: County unravels snags for mail election
State order to recertify voting equipment will not affect the November mail-ballot vote.
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1188194669/3
FL: Florida: Screwing up elections since 2000
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2007/08/27/opinion/columns/070827col1.txt
PA: Allegheny County panel still reviewing voting machines
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07239/812427-181.stm
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