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'Daily Voting News' For July 14, 2008
In this evening’s “Featured Article”, Kim Zetter of “Threat Level Blog” at Wired reports about the failure of new Sequoia voting machines to get through state and local testing. So far about 50 percent of the voting machines delivered to the state have problems. Doug Kellner, co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, is quoted as saying something that the Election Integrity community has known for a long time. He said, “There's no way the vendor could be adequately reviewing the machines and having so many problems. What it tells us is that the vendor just throws this stuff over the transom and does not do any alpha- or beta-testing of their own before they apply for certification testing. Then they expect that we'll identify technical glitches and then they'll correct those glitches. But correction of those glitches is an extraordinarily time-consuming process. And it’s very disappointing that this equipment is not ready for prime time.” The vendors have used real elections to beta test their products without regards for the voters and this has been an ongoing process for years. Featured Article: NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/ny-50-percent-o.html National: Are You Tech-Savvy, Young and Politically Inclined? Be a Volunteer Poll Worker on Election Day http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/pollworkerssought714 National: Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny: Part 1 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00133.htm National: Senators: VA should allow voter drives at hospitals http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/NEWS01/807130308/1002 National: Sneak Preview of "Count My Vote - A Citizen's Guide to Voting" by Steven Rosenfeld http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/17/2008/3157 National: "Count My Vote" Issues and Solutions http://www.opednews.com/articles/-Count-My-VoteIssues-and-by-Steven-Rosenfeld-080714-492.html AZ: http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/opinion/90842.php CO: Mail-in voting goes mainstream More voters are choosing absentee ballots for a variety of reasons, and the increase could have some surprising consequences. http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_9872024 CO: City officials say they're pleased about overhaul http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/14/denver-elections-office-up-for-count/ FL: Trouble Predicted in Counting GA: Opinion - Fettered franchise Restrictive voter ID law will be enforced at polls, a not-so-pretty picture of partisan bullying http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/07/14/voted.html MO: Editorial - Flood preparations PA: http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/?cid=15361 TX: http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=8671646&nav=menu193_2 International: FedEx, voter group hope to ease ballot shipping woes http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/fedex-voter-group-hope-to-ease-ballot-shipping-woes-2008-07-12.html **Articles and commentary included in “Daily Voting News” may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. The articles are all included for the information of the subscribers of “Daily Voting News” though we realize that the subscribers may not agree with the opinions given in all articles or in the commentary** |
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