Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The utter arrogance of ES&S has been revealed again with the revelation of a letter from the Colorado SOS to the company. It seems that ES&S is dragging its feet and obstructing the court-ordered recertification of their system used by two Colorado counties. One paragraph from that letter says it all about ES&S and its lack of any partnership with its customers:
Today’s quotation is from an Editorial in the Redding (CA) Record Searchlight: “In person or by post, though, it's more and more obvious that the smartest way to run elections is with dumb technology. Your ink might run dry, but nobody has ever hacked a pen.”
Those stories, and today's other notable voting news items, all linked below...
- NAtional: Senate Battle Over FEC Nominee May Hamper Agency's Ability to Act
http://www.washingtonpos.../25/AR2007102502489.html - NAtional: A case of the wrong technology applied incorrectly
http://avi-rubin.blogspo...-technology-applied.html - CA: Nevada County awaits voting machine verdict
Placer County can afford to feel confident
http://www.nevadaappeal..../NEWS/71025023/-1/REGION - CA: Nevada County - Regional Op-Ed | Gregory Diaz: An Open Letter To Nevada County Voters
http://www.yubanet.com/a...lish/article_68895.shtml - CA: San Francisco - Absentee ballots trickling in for S.F. election
http://www.sfgate.com/cg...2007/10/26/BAQTT09UG.DTL - CA: Shasta County – Editorial - ‘Smart’ voting is a costly flop for California
http://www.redding.com/n...007/oct/26/smart-voting/ - CA: Shasta County - Taxpayers to pay $73K for changes
http://www.redding.com/n...-to-pay-73k-for-changes/ - CO: Exclusive: ES&S Certification Testing Suspended In Colorado
https://bradblog.com/?p=5210 - LA: Sabine Parish - Malfunctioning machine prompted uncertainty in Sabine election
http://www.shreveporttim...26/BREAKINGNEWS/71026024 - MI: Officials work to ease fear at polls
Cities train workers on ins, outs of new ID law
http://www.freep.com/app...0071026/NEWS06/710260427 - PA: Pa. won't release list of polling places
http://www.macon.com/nation/story/169959.html - WA: Kitsap County - Votemobile Brings Polling Station to the People
http://www.kitsapsun.com...g-station-to-the-people/ - WA: Whatcom County - Bar-code error on some ballots not serious
http://www.bellinghamher...om/256/story/216842.html - WV: Mineral County - Optical-scan ballots approved for Mineral bond levy election
http://www.times-news.co...cal_story_299092532.html - Guam: E-Vote: Voting Machines Prohibited in Guam
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/159440
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