The 2006 elections cost the tax payers of Cuyahoga Co Ohio $47.86 per voter. Franklin Co paid $16.04 and Hamilton Co paid $21.30 per voter. Part of the cost for Cuyahoga Co is that every election they must spend $800,000 for 6000 new memory cards. The cards from the previous elections have to stay in storage for 22 months. Blackwell sold these systems to the counties based on the fact that they were supposed to be inexpensive and easy to use. He lied. Meanwhile the state legislature has told SOS Brunner that she will have to wait for two more weeks before they can announce whether they will release the funds she needs to complete a review of the state’s voting systems. Last Nov. ES&S had a lot of problem with delivering paper ballots for their op-scans and electronic ballots for their voting simulators (DREs) to their customers on time. The excuse? Too much work to do all at one time. Now, St. Francis Co Arkansas wants to do a school election and begin early voting tomorrow. ES&S has delivered no paper or electronic ballots. What’s your excuse this time, ES&S??

 

NAtional: Sorting Out Election Reform

Will House Democrats Seize the Opportunity Before Them?

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5048

 

NAtional: Ballot is in at vote-count firm: Divestiture wins

http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/REG/70906021/1036

 

AR: St. Francis County - Early voting may be delayed again in SFC

Commission waiting to hear from ES&S

http://www.thnews.com/article.php?id=3355

 

CT: New voting machines ready for Tuesday's primary

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=7052679&nav=menu29_2

 

KY: Jefferson County - Upgrading of voing machines begins

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/NEWS01/70910030

 

MD: Opinion - Do we need another federal election overhaul?

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/09_10-03/OPN

 

NV: Heller says verified paper ballots bill too costly

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/NEWS19/709100321/1321/NEWS

 

OH: Ohio voting machines to be tested before primary

Brunner to use U.S. funds for dry run

http://www.cleveland.com/open/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/11894148564850.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Brunner's retesting idea has skeptics

$1.8 million plan to test voting machines: Savvy or wasteful?

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/09/10/machines.ART_ART_09-10-07_B1_8T7S0DL.html?sid=101

 

OH: GOP-led board puts off Democrat's request for voting machine tests

http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=7052842

 

OH: Cuyahoga County commissioners want presidential primary postponed

Voting machines source of worry

http://www.cleveland.com/community/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/11894141794850.xml&coll=2

 

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