'Daily Voting News' For July 3, 2008

 

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In today’s featured article one Palm Beach Co Florida commissioner wants to see about contracting with Sequoia to provide review and assistance in the voting-counting process. Is this where we are at now? Sequoia added some security software to the system and the county workers were not trained on that software change so they failed to count 700 votes. Now the county wants to pay Sequoia to have a more active part in counting votes. Rather than fixing the problems and hiring people who understand the system counties appear ready to out-source our elections. The problem is with the vendors. When we get them out of the process we will be much better off. And, the county plans on disabling the security feature that was installed. Amazing.

 

Featured Article: FL: Palm Beach County - County commissioner calls for inquiry into 'mishaps and irregularities in vote tabulation'

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-0703countyvotes,0,6840356.story

 

NAtional: Vendor misinformation in the e-voting world

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6139

 

NAtional: Three key ways YOU can help protect the 2008 election

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3152

 

NAtional: Q&A: E-voting activist more optimistic about voting systems

Most states have switched to paper records, Rubin notes

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9106338&pageNumber=1

 

FL: Florida could see tight Congressional races

http://www.jcfloridan.com/jcf/news/politics/article/florida_could_see_tight_congressional_races/25935/

 

FL: Palm Beach County - County elections chief blames software feature for vote miscount

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/07/03/0703anderson.html

 

HI: Disputed voting machines go ahead

http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=15262

 

IL: Kane County - Kane struggling with vote center plan

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1037614,2_1_AU03_VOTE_S1.article

 

IN: Johnson County - County to replace voting machines

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080703/LOCAL04/807030439/1023/LOCAL04

 

IN: Johnson County - Flooded machines: Now who do you trust?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Flooded-machinesNow-whoby-Bev-Harris-080703-507.html

 

MD: Baltimore - City Preparing For Huge Presidential Turnout

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/16773574/detail.html

 

MS: Election Report Meant to Be an Eye Opener

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8612353&nav=menu119_2

 

NC: Expensive runoffs with dismal turnout: What's the solution?

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A260523

 

NY: NY Loves Its Levers as New Voting Systems Fail

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6133

 

PA: Schuylkill County - Voting machine costs on rise

http://www.republicanherald.com/articles/2008/07/03/news/local_news/pr_republican.20080703.a.pg3.pr03commissioners_s1.1787338_loc.txt

 

TX: Texas sticks with electronic voting

Several states shifting back to paper ballots.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/07/04/0704evoting.html

 

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