The utter arrogance of ES&S has been revealed again with the revelation of a letter from the Colorado SOS to the company. It seems that ES&S is dragging its feet and obstructing the court ordered recertification of their system used by two Colorado counties. One paragraph from that letter says it all about ES&S and its lack of any partnership with its customers. "In addition, it is my understanding that there is a history of coordination issues with your company. Those issues include the following: changing project managers multiple times since April, providing incorrect programming of required databases for testing, providing incorrect ballots for testing, failing to provide required documentation of Federal testing, and test failures requiring extensive machine servicing."

 

Today’s quotation is from an Editorial in the Redding (CA) Record Searchlight: “In person or by post, though, it's more and more obvious that the smartest way to run elections is with dumb technology. Your ink might run dry, but nobody has ever hacked a pen.”

 

NAtional: Senate Battle Over FEC Nominee May Hamper Agency's Ability to Act

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502489.html

 

NAtional: A case of the wrong technology applied incorrectly

http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2007/10/case-of-wrong-technology-applied.html

 

CA: Nevada County awaits voting machine verdict

Placer County can afford to feel confident

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/SS/20071025/NEWS/71025023/-1/REGION

 

CA: Nevada County - Regional Op-Ed | Gregory Diaz: An Open Letter To Nevada County Voters

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_68895.shtml

 

CA: San Francisco - Absentee ballots trickling in for S.F. election

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/26/BAQTT09UG.DTL

 

CA: Shasta County – Editorial - ‘Smart’ voting is a costly flop for California

http://www.redding.com/news/2007/oct/26/smart-voting/

 

CA: Shasta County - Taxpayers to pay $73K for changes

http://www.redding.com/news/2007/oct/25/taxpayers-to-pay-73k-for-changes/

 

CO: Exclusive: ES&S Certification Testing Suspended In Colorado

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5210

 

MI: Officials work to ease fear at polls

Cities train workers on ins, outs of new ID law

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/NEWS06/710260427

 

MS: Sabine Parish - Malfunctioning machine prompted uncertainty in Sabine election

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/BREAKINGNEWS/71026024

 

PA: Pa. won't release list of polling places

http://www.macon.com/nation/story/169959.html

 

WA: Kitsap County - Votemobile Brings Polling Station to the People

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/oct/25/votemobile-brings-polling-station-to-the-people/

 

WA: Whatcom County - Bar-code error on some ballots not serious

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/256/story/216842.html

 

WV: Mineral County - Optical-scan ballots approved for Mineral bond levy election

http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_299092532.html

 

Guam: E-Vote: Voting Machines Prohibited in Guam

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/159440

 

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