A Sequoia VP told Riverside Co California officials that the company may be willing to discuss a rebate or credit if state or federal regulators decertify their equipment. May be willing? The county, as with every county who has purchased these machines, needs to demand their money (our tax money) back from the vendors. Sequoia sold their machines as being accessible. They aren’t accessible as proven by the California “Top-To-Bottom” review. They sold their machines as meeting the voting systems standards. As proven by the source code review team Sequoia uses banned software components. May be willing? If Sequoia misrepresented their system at anytime to those who were spending our money then Sequoia needs to give our money back or go to court and prove that they haven’t misrepresented their product. And the other vendors need to do the same in other counties across the nation. Meanwhile, KY has discovered that machines used in their largest county were not state certified; more on the retirement of Conny McCormack; and the four major vendors are dragging their feet in providing information to Colorado that is necessary to allow the state to do court mandated inspections.
CA: Voters’ Group Declares Victory In Electronic Voting Case
Plaintiffs Applaud California Secretary of State’s Recent Action on Voting Systems
Case Challenging The Use of Diebold Electronic Voting Machines Is Withdrawn
http://www.voteraction.org/States/California/Documents/News/08-29-07_1.html
CA: E-Voting Systems Vendor Faces California Scrutiny
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2177362,00.asp
CA: Los Angeles County - BRAD BLOG POLL: Which Voting Company Will LA County's Registrar of Voters Now Go to Work For?
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5018
CA: L.A. County registrar to retire
Conny McCormack says the recent decision by the secretary of state to decertify several electronic voting machines played into her decision.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-registrar29aug29,1,5260525.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
CA: L.A. County registrar plans to retire
Politics: Decision was influenced by touch-screen voting debate.
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6745091
CA: L.A. County elections chief to retire
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6744937
CA: Riverside County to negotiate on voting system
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/29/news/californian/4_02_268_28_07.txt
CA: Riverside County - County balks at buying vote gear
BALLOTS: Supervisors, angry that they can't use their not-too-old touch screens, want more for their money.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_vote29.3d4948b.html
CA: Tehama County – Opinion - Secretary of State returning election integrity to process
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_6749830
CO: State demands info from voting machine vendors
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/08/27/daily36.html
CO: Seeking information, Coffman threatens voting machine vendors
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5685359,00.html
FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves $2.9 million for new voting machines
http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/132486.html
FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota approves new voting system
http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/132874.html
FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota preparing for paper voting, supervisor says
http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=3150
KY: Caught in a Lie: Diebold, KY's Republican SoS Found Using Uncertified Voting Systems in State
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5017
KY: Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo’s Electronic Voting Machine Investigation Yields Early Results
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48730456_kentucky_kentucky_attorney_general_stumbo_s_electronic_voting_machine_investigation_yields_
KY: Stumbo to investigate Jefferson County's voting machine use
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS01/708290900/1008/NEWS01
MO: Paper Tiger
When is a recount not a recount?
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2007-08-29/news/paper-tiger
NC: Election officials to refine rules on determining when votes are valid
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/board_36219___article.html/state_elections.html
OH: Brunner to test voting machines soon
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2007/08/brunner_to_test_vote_machines.html
OH: Cuyahoga elections board director Jane Platten aims to improve trust
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1188377781105410.xml&coll=2
PA: Lackawanna County - With voting software uncertain, Lackawanna looks at paper ballots
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20070829_ap_withvotingsoftwareuncertainlackawannalooksatpaperballots.html
PA: Lackawanna County - Election backup plan: paper ballots
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18759689&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
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