'Daily Voting News' For April 29, 2008

 

In a laughable blog item Sequoia’s Michelle Shafer takes snippets of news articles that make Sequoia’s machines look good while she ignores all of the reports of problems. It must be harder and harder for Shafer to find good things to write about. Just last week she was attempting to make a point that Sequoia’s intellectual property (IP) must be protected from independent review in New Jersey. Then details of a company-wide phone call were released that revealed that not only does Sequoia not own any IP but that President Jack Blaine made statements about how good it was that they didn’t have any IP.

 

NAtional: Voter ID law upheld

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-scotus29apr29,0,4357699.story

 

NAtional: Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/us/29states.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

NAtional: Diebold Accuvote Voting System Now on Sale at eBay!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5935

 

FL: Sarasota County - After Records Reveal E-Voting Glitches, Election Official Jokes She'll Stop Keeping Records

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/florida-electio.html

 

IN: How to Cast a Ballot in Indiana if You Don't Have State-Issued Photo ID...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5934

 

MD: Attorney General’s Task Force on Voting Irregularities Submits First Report

Includes 13 Recommendations for Policy Changes

http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2008/043008.htm

 

MD: Md. Task Force Calls for More Voting Machines

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042901345.html

 

MD: Task force aims to ease voting problems, delays

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-voting0429,0,4512959.story

 

MS: Miss. attempts at voter ID law have failed

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/520355.html

 

NJ: Editorial - Ballot ruling doesn't quell all concerns

http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/04/28/the_princeton_packet/opinions/doc48166c4f12fc9325639125.txt

 

NJ: Editorial - Wise decision

http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1209441973192500.xml&coll=5

 

NJ: Court Muddies Sequoia E-voting Evaluation

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government/Court-Muddies-Sequoia-EVoting-Evaluation/

 

NJ: Hard evidence presented in New Jersey e-voting discrepancies

http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9931593-57.html

 

NY: Polling sites, too, must be accessible

http://www.uticaod.com/archive/x292024832

 

PA: Keystone state succes[sic]

http://www.sequoiavote.com/blog.php?ID=48

 

PA: Centre County - County seeks comment on voting machines

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/554729.html

 

UT: Weber County - ACLU investigation criticizes '07 Ogden election

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695274789,00.html

 

WV: Early voting remains popular in southern W.Va.

http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_119201342.html

 

WV: Greenbrier County - Greenbrier won’t be posting precinct results

http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_119230000.html

 

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