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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 Montgomery County to our customers on the side. And it violated his working contract with us that he was selling outside of MicroVote's jurisdiction”....

• Featured - WV: W. Virginia Gave E-Voting VP an Award While Machines Were Malfunctioning
  http://blog.wired.com/27.../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/n...008oct27,0,4622227.story
• National: Early e-voting results in vote flipping in three states so far
  http://machinist.salon.c...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.reforminstitu...aspx?nid=1425&cid=2
• National: 1936: Counting America's 40,000,000 Votes
  http://www.opednews.com/...y-Ananda-081026-561.html
• National: 7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day
  http://www.time.com/time...43_1853233,00.html?imw=Y
• National: Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/...10/26/voter.suppression/
• National: Camps Lawyer Up For High-Pressure Election Day
  http://www.nationaljourn...ine/rg_20081027_6276.php
• National: Futurist: One Click, One Vote
  http://www.cqpolitics.co...eeklyreport-000002979078
• National: Election officials, election watchers brace for Nov. 4
  http://www.philly.com/in...rs_brace_for_Nov__4.html
• National: Opinion - Denounce dirty tricks: Ensuring a fair vote is a responsibility, too
  http://www.philly.com/in...responsibility__too.html
• National: Election Day Trouble on the Way?
  http://usgovinfo.about.c...y-trouble-on-the-way.htm
• National: Open source: How e-voting should be done
  http://www.infoworld.com...e-voting-security_1.html
• National: Popularity of mail-in voting surges in California, elsewhere
  http://www.latimes.com/n...008oct27,0,2952582.story
• National: More felons learning --- to their surprise --- that they can vote
  http://www.latimes.com/n...008oct27,0,6784867.story
• National: Stealing the Vote: GOP Voter Suppression is McCain's Last Chance to Win
  http://www.opednews.com/.../diarypage.php?did=10411
• National: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom As 2008 Election Approaches, New Report Finds
  http://tinyurl.com/5qarx9
• National: Policy Center Demos Publishes Election Primer for Journalists
  http://tinyurl.com/6gc92x
• National: Monitor Election Problems Nationwide with OurVoteLive.org
  Search by State or County for Real-Time Voter Reports on Election Day
  http://7thspace.com/head...with_ourvoteliveorg.html
• National: Voting Rights Watch: One company's machine behind vote-switching reported in early balloting across the South
  http://southernstudies.o...s-watch-one-companys.asp
• National: Messy Elections: Can They Be Trusted?
  http://www.opednews.com/...in-Zeese-081027-833.html
• National: Pollwatcher Toolkit
  http://www.opednews.com/...-by-ruth-081027-682.html
• National: Princeton report rips N.J. e-voting machines as easily hackable
  Vendor challenges research, says its machines are safe and reliable
  http://www.computerworld...c&articleId=9118204
• National: Study: Large Counties in Swing States May Face Election Day Problems--Lack of Preparation, Uniformity Could Cause Long Lines on Election Day
  http://www.californiapro.../10/study_large_cou.html
• National: Far from perfect
  With election days away, Stewart charts progress of U.S. voting security
  http://web.mit.edu/newso.../election-vote-1027.html
• National: E-Voting Complaints Heat Up With Early Voting
  http://www.informationwe...html?articleID=211600865
• National: Electronic Voting Machines Leave Room For Manipulations, Warns Europe's Biggest Hacker Group
  http://blogs.dw-world.de...pond/michael/1.7275.html
• CA: Paskus: I want my vote to count, but will it?
  http://www.redding.com/n...te-to-count-but-will-it/
• CO: Oh Where Oh Where is My Mail-In Ballot?
  http://community.myfoxco...here_is_My_MailIn_Ballot
• CO: Denver Elections Division promises delivery of delayed ballots
  http://www.9news.com/new...id=102683&catid=339
• CO: Colorado Secretary of State sued over voter purges
  http://www.koaa.com/aaaa...e-sued-over-voter-purges
• CO: Voting rights group sues Colorado secretary of state over purges
  http://coloradoindepende...ary-of-state-over-purges
• CO: Weld County - Mail-in ballots have quirks
  http://www.greeleytribun...0ballots%20have%20quirks
• 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.c...n-2008/story/740834.html
• GA: CNN: Error purges 50,000 Georgia voters from rolls
  http://www.boston.com/ne.../10/cnn_error_purge.html
• GA: Court: ‘Flagged’ citizens may vote
  http://www.ajc.com/metro...lid=homepage_tab_newstab
• IN: Film, panel highlight errors in electronic voting machine software
  http://www.idsnews.com/n...?id=63924&comview=1
• MD: After push, voter registration jumps
  http://media.www.diamond...tion.Jumps-3507372.shtml
• MI: Tribe looks to boost voting
  http://www.themorningsun...ews/srv0000003882961.txt
• MO: Missouri ripe for voting snags
  Among 12 states where conditions spark concerns
  http://www.boston.com/ne...i_ripe_for_voting_snags/
• NC: Confusing North Carolina Ballot Leaves off Votes for President
  http://www.huffingtonpos...h-carolina_b_138073.html
• NJ: Opinion - Less than confident our votes really count
  http://blog.nj.com/njv_f...confident_our_votes.html
• NJ: Morris County - Voter rolls at center of clerk's race
  http://www.northjersey.c...njpolitics/33344799.html
• NM: New Mexico GOP Sued For Voter Intimidation
  http://www.huffingtonpos...sued-for-v_n_138199.html
• OH: STAY OUT of Ohio, lawmakers tell DoJ!
  http://www.opednews.com/...-Leopold-081026-473.html
• OH: Counties count on counters
  Election board workers picked by parties
  http://news.cincinnati.c...81027/NEWS0106/810270303
• OH: Cuyahoga County voting, vote-counting likely to be slow
  http://blog.cleveland.co...unty_voting_votecou.html
• PA: Following Widespread Complaints, New Lawsuit Seeks Paper Balloting in Pennsylvania
  http://i2.democracynow.o...laints_new_lawsuit_seeks
• PA: Judges of elections learn to handle voting problems, problem voters
  http://www.pennlive.com/...12114090.xml&coll=1
• PA: Philadelphia - Online voting results coming
  http://philly.metro.us/m...esults_coming/14096.html
• TX: Bexar County - Quick and early balloting
  http://www.mysanantonio....ctor_landa/33334689.html
• UT: Summit County - Glitch reported in early voting in Park City
  http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4631731
• VA: Let Virginia voters cast early ballots
  http://hamptonroads.com/...oters-cast-early-ballots
• VA: Va. NAACP sues governor over election readiness
  http://ap.google.com/art...Lv9c0daJKhP3_rgD9433K6O0
• VA: NAACP lawsuit alleges Virginia scrimped on preparations for huge election turnout
  http://www.startribune.c..._Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
• VA: Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days
  http://hamptonroads.com/...ians-vote-different-days
• WV: Voting machine complaints continue
  Voters encouraged to review ballots before confirming
  http://wvgazette.com/New...?page=1&build=cache
• WV: Secretary of State Hosts Update on Touch Screen Voting Machines
  http://www.statejournal....story&storyid=46058
• WV: W.Va.: Testing OKs touch screen voting machines
  http://www.dailymail.com/News/200810270488
• WV: ES&S Touch-Screens Keep Flipping in WV, Now in At Least 6 Counties
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6572
• WV: W.Va.: Testing OKs touch screen voting machines
  http://www.herald-dispat...h-screen-voting-machines

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