By John Gideon on 1/23/2007, 4:19pm PT  

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

According to a Michael Richardson article posted at OpEdNews [see below]; “Although the public was not informed by the Election Assistance Commission about its decision to not issue interim accreditation to Ciber, Inc., one of the nation's three previously certified test laboratories for electronic voting machines, the company executives were very aware they had lost a hold on the lucrative testing business. While unknowing election officials around America continued to incorrectly claim their voting machines were properly tested and certified in the months leading up to the November 2006 elections several Ciber honchos quietly began a stock sell-off. // And according to a newspaper in St. Louis [see below], an Illinois state representative has filed a bill that calls for the state of Illinois to study the idea of using Internet voting as early as 2010....

  • NAtional: Insider trading stock sell-off by Ciber execs during EAC secrecy over voting machine test lab ban http://www.opednews.com/...sider_trading_stoc.htm\" target="_blank">LINK
  • NAtional: Georgia's Unusual 'Electoral College' http://chronicle.com/tem...5xmNqdqPwWtnxrKvcgBc4T\" target="_blank">LINK
  • NAtional: Democrats may resist bill to restrict state elections officials’ campaigning http://www.hillnews.com/...tpage/011807/bill.html\" target="_blank">LINK
  • CA: Riverside County - Hearing on voting practices set for Tuesday http://www.signonsandieg...439-electionpanel.html\" target="_blank">LINK
  • CO: Colorado Secretary of State Takes Public Comment on Electronic Voting Machines http://www.govtech.net/m...annel_story.php/103482\" target="_blank">LINK
  • CO: Denver - Denver's voter registration list in question http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5064577\" target="_blank">LINK
  • FL: Secretary of state grades 2006 elections http://www.tallahassee.c...CAPITOLNEWS06/70123015\" target="_blank">LINK
  • FL: FL-13 - Jennings will be Tauscher SOTU guest http://www.thehill.com/t...e/012307/jennings.html\" target="_blank">LINK
  • IL: Illinois lawmaker's online voting bill sparks myriad of opinions http://www.stltoday.com/...C00183219?OpenDocument\" target="_blank">LINK
  • IL: IL House may consider Internet voting http://government.zdnet.com/index.php?p=2866\" target="_blank">LINK
  • IN: Tippecanoe County – Opinion - Vote centers may increase local turnout http://www.jconline.com/...23/OPINION01/701230303\" target="_blank">LINK
  • ME: Compliance with election reforms on track http://bangordailynews.c...145489&zoneid=500\" target="_blank">LINK
  • NY: Old voting machines lingering http://www.thedailystar..../23/tgvoting01221.html\" target="_blank">LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County - Jury debates whether workers mishandled presidential vote recount http://www.ohio.com/mld/...ews/state/16527136.htm\" target="_blank">LINK
  • PA: Centre County voters challenge new machines http://www.collegian.psu...c/01-23-07dnews-04.asp\" target="_blank">LINK
  • PA: Northampton County - Panel vying for less-vexed voters in area http://www.nj.com/news/e...274010.xml&coll=2\" target="_blank">LINK
  • WY: Sheridan County - Sheridan vote count uncovers iffy ballots http://www.billingsgazet...wyoming/35-ballots.txt\" target="_blank">LINK
  • WY: Sheridan County - Recount confirms Cubin win http://www.casperstartri...90f78e4cf600778868.txt\" target="_blank">LINK
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