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'Daily Voting News' For October 27, 2008
8 days until Election Day.
Kim Zetter writes in her “Threat Level” blog on Wired.com [Featured] that while ES&S touch screens in West Virginia were flipping voters votes the Secretary of State was busy giving an ex-official of that company, and a WV resident, Gary Greenhalgh, a “Medallion Award” from the National Association of Secretaries of State. Greenhalgh sold the machines used in the state to the state. While he no longer works for ES&S, his wife is now the companies representative in WV. Secretary of State Betty Ireland, just two years ago, filed a formal complaint against ES&S with the federal Election Assistance Commission, the body that oversees federal testing and certification of voting machines. She called for an audit of the company's contractual performance. She has now turned to a supporter of the company. Not covered by Zetter is that at one time Greenhalgh worked for MicroVote as their national sales director. This NASS “Medallion Award” winner was sued by his employer for what MicroVote says is “trade secret violations”. According to James Ries Jr., the president of MicroVote, Greenhalgh’s actions were “Probably the most damaging, he was actually selling the equipment being released from Featured - WV: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/w-virginia-give.html National: How Bad Are Electronic Voting Machines? Do they really fail one out of five times? http://www.slate.com/id/2203147/ National: Opinion - Election fraud fears: the cure States need better machinery and better registration procedures. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-stewart27-2008oct27,0,4622227.story National: Early e-voting results in vote flipping in three states so far http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/10/27/early_voting/ National: Reform Institute Partners in Assisting Voters Reform Institute a Key Partner in 877-GO-CNN-08 Voter Hotline http://www.reforminstitute.org/DetailNews.aspx?nid=1425&cid=2 National: 1936: Counting http://www.opednews.com/articles/1936-Counting-America-s-4-by-Rady-Ananda-081026-561.html National: 7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1853246_1853243_1853233,00.html?imw=Y National: Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/ National: Camps Lawyer Up For High-Pressure Election Day http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/rg_20081027_6276.php National: Futurist: One Click, One Vote http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=weeklyreport-000002979078 National: Election officials, election watchers brace for Nov. 4 National: Opinion - Denounce dirty tricks: Ensuring a fair vote is a responsibility, too National: Election Day Trouble on the Way? http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/10/27/election-day-trouble-on-the-way.htm National: Open source: How e-voting should be done http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/27/44FE-e-voting-security_1.html National: Popularity of mail-in voting surges in http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mailvote27-2008oct27,0,2952582.story National: More felons learning to their surprise that they can vote http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-felon27-2008oct27,0,6784867.story National: Stealing the Vote: GOP Voter Suppression is McCain's Last Chance to Win http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=10411 National: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom As 2008 Election Approaches, New Report Finds National: National: Monitor Election Problems Nationwide with OurVoteLive.org Search by State or County for Real-Time Voter Reports on Election Day http://7thspace.com/headlines/296223/monitor_election_problems_nationwide_with_ourvoteliveorg.html National: Voting Rights Watch: One company's machine behind vote-switching reported in early balloting across the South http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-one-companys.asp National: Messy Elections: Can They Be Trusted? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Messy-Elections-Can-They-by-Kevin-Zeese-081027-833.html National: Pollwatcher Toolkit http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pollwatcher-Toolkit-by-ruth-081027-682.html National: Vendor challenges research, says its machines are safe and reliable http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118204 National: Study: Large Counties in Swing States May Face Election Day ProblemsLack of Preparation, Uniformity Could Cause Long Lines on Election Day http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/10/study_large_cou.html National: Far from perfect With election days away, Stewart charts progress of http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/election-vote-1027.html National: E-Voting Complaints Heat Up With Early Voting http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600865 National: Electronic Voting Machines Leave Room For Manipulations, Warns http://blogs.dw-world.de/acrossthepond/michael/1.7275.html CA: Paskus: I want my vote to count, but will it? http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/27/i-want-my-vote-to-count-but-will-it/ CO: Oh Where Oh Where is My Mail-In Ballot? http://community.myfoxcolorado.com/blogs/Jon_Bowman/2008/10/26/Oh_Where_Oh_Where_is_My_MailIn_Ballot CO: http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=102683&catid=339 CO: Colorado Secretary of State sued over voter purges http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x1589514438/Colorado-Secretary-of-State-sued-over-voter-purges CO: Voting rights group sues http://coloradoindependent.com/12872/voting-rights-group-sue-colorado-secretary-of-state-over-purges CO: FL: Ballots picked up, then disappear The disappearance of some absentee ballots, picked up under unusual circumstances, has raised some serious questions. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/740834.html GA: CNN: Error purges 50,000 http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/10/cnn_error_purge.html GA: Court: ‘Flagged’ citizens may vote IN: Film, panel highlight errors in electronic voting machine software http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=63924&comview=1 MD: After push, voter registration jumps MI: Tribe looks to boost voting http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2008/10/27/news/srv0000003882961.txt MO: Among 12 states where conditions spark concerns http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/10/27/missouri_ripe_for_voting_snags/ NC: Confusing North Carolina Ballot Leaves off Votes for President http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/confusing-north-carolina_b_138073.html NJ: Opinion - Less than confident our votes really count http://blog.nj.com/njv_fran_wood/2008/10/less_than_confident_our_votes.html NJ: http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/33344799.html NM: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/new-mexico-gop-sued-for-v_n_138199.html OH: STAY OUT of Ohio, lawmakers tell DoJ! http://www.opednews.com/articles/STAY-OUT-of-Ohio-lawmaker-by-Jason-Leopold-081026-473.html OH: Counties count on counters Election board workers picked by parties http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081027/NEWS0106/810270303 OH: http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/cuyahoga_county_voting_votecou.html PA: Following Widespread Complaints, New Lawsuit Seeks Paper Balloting in http://i2.democracynow.org/2008/10/24/following_widepsread_complaints_new_lawsuit_seeks PA: Judges of elections learn to handle voting problems, problem voters http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1225067112114090.xml&coll=1 PA: http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/Online_voting_results_coming/14096.html TX: http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/victor_landa/33334689.html UT: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4631731 VA: Let http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/let-virginia-voters-cast-early-ballots VA: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTdy6-2Gfd3EfLv9c0daJKhP3_rgD9433K6O0 VA: NAACP lawsuit alleges VA: Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/phony-flier-says-virginians-vote-different-days WV: Voting machine complaints continue Voters encouraged to review ballots before confirming http://wvgazette.com/News/200810270020?page=1&build=cache WV: Secretary of State Hosts Update on Touch Screen Voting Machines http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=46058 WV: http://www.dailymail.com/News/200810270488 WV: ES&S Touch-Screens Keep Flipping in WV, Now in At Least 6 Counties http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6572 WV: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x1125636459/W-Va-Testing-OKs-touch-screen-voting-machines **Articles and commentary included in “Daily Voting News” may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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