By
John Gideon on 3/13/2006, 5:13pm PT
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Two important reports surfaced today. First, from VoteTrustUSA, is a study on reliability of voting machines and the reliability of those machines that were batch tested by the Calif. SoS. Second is the coming forward of another whistleblower, this time from Hart InterCivic. Also, another failure in last weeks Texas primaries was announced. In a hand count audit of ballots in Jefferson Co. they found a large discrepancy in the number of votes counted vs. the number of votes cast. ES&S will pay for a recount to be accomplished....
NAtional: Touch screens fail test of reliability LINK
NAtional: EXCLUSIVE: Hart InterCivic Whistleblower Warned of Texas, Ohio E-Voting 'Fraud' Concerns in 2004! LINK
CA: One man's hero is another's thief (Steven Heller) LINK
CA: Alameda County - County shops for new elections chief (and voting system) LINK
CA: Alameda County � Press Release - CA Election Activists Reveal Naked Truth about Diebold and Sequoia Machines LINK
IL: Secret ballot LINK
IL: Stephenson County - Election to feature new voting system (ES&S M-100 and AutoMark) LINK
IN: Vanderburgh County - Wheels turning for May election (A county with problems with ES&S) LINK
MD: Rock, Paper or Scissors: Locating the best ballot for 2006 LINK
NY: Update on the Department of Justice vs. New York State Lawsuit LINK
NY: LTTE - Paper ballots were found in studies to be the most reliable voting system LINK
OH: Summit County - Election board in Akron reports problems with new equipment LINK
PA: Allegheny County - What Can They Possibly Be Thinking In Allegheny County? LINK
PA: Allegheny County - County officials, voters group want paper trails LINK
PA: York County - York ready for vote trouble LINK
TN: Greene County - County Receives About $400,000 For Replacement Of Local Voting Machines LINK
TX: Jefferson County - County to Recount Votes Monday Afternoon (ES&S will be paying for this recount) LINK
TX: Jefferson County - Jefferson County election recount (ES&S iVotronic) LINK
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