Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Today has been a very busy day as you can see from the length of this list. It was announced that the lawsuit in New Mexico is being joined by 6 more plaintiffs and then the Governor announced that he wants to do away with all of the paperless DREs and move to optical-scan only. Boulder Co., Colorado decided to scrap their plans to purchase new voting machines because there is nothing out there that can be trusted to do as advertised. The Montgomery Co., PA lawsuit has been sent to state court. The DoJ has announced that they may be filing a suit against the state of New York for not complying with HAVA. And the Georgia House passed, in a heated floor debate, another voter ID bill. Those of you who have responded to the Action Alert from VoteTrustUSA have sent 15,242 emails to the EAC along with 1875 letters demanding the ITA be made to do their job….
NAtional: Accessibility For All Voters – Has It Arrived? LINK
NAtional: It’s been a long trek since Nov. 2, 2004 — now getting shorter LINK
NAtional: In some cases, it’s not the voters who count, it’s the counters LINK
AL: Dallas County – Voting machine cost an issue LINK
AL: Marengo County – Polling places could change LINK
AR: Ballots secrecy concerns board LINK
AZ: Computer Scientist Releases Report on Maricopa County Voting Machine Problems LINK
CA: Bay Area – Counties push for mail-only vote. Machine problems causing anxiety as June election nears LINK
CA: California Secretary of State Releases Report on Voting System Monitoring LINK
CO: Boulder County – Election about-face LINK
CO: Boulder County – County delays voting machine purchase LINK
CO: El Paso County – County releases election ‘autopsy’ with few specifics LINK
CT: Connecticut State Officials Attempt To Change the Subject LINK
FL: Osceola County – Editorial: Change not needed LINK
GA: House approves new voter ID requirements LINK
IA: Franklin County Gets $100,455 for New Voting Machines LINK
MA: State voting decree irks small towns LINK
MA: Cheshire – State voting decree irks small towns LINK
NC: Voting machine race in full swing LINK
NC: Duplin County – Duplin voting machine cost might be lower LINK
NC: Orange County – Voters unsure of electronic machines LINK
NM: Gov. Wants Standardized Paper Ballots Statewide LINK
NM: Richardson Calls For Paper Ballots Statewide LINK
NM: PACE New Mexico and others join the Lopategui vs. Vigil-Giron lawsuit. LINK
NY: Speak Now or Forever Question Your Vote LINK
NY: U.S. Threatens to Sue Albany Over Voting LINK
NY: Feds threaten to sue state over voting machine delay LINK
NY: HAVA failings imperil state LINK
NY: Officials head to Rochester LINK
OH: An Electoral System You Can Count On LINK
PA: Court’s voting device ruling to affect state LINK
PA: Bucks County – League of Women Voters to host voting machine forums LINK
PA: Westmoreland County – Statewide rule sought on voting machines LINK
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Today has been a very busy day as you can see from the length of this list. It was announced that the lawsuit in New Mexico is being joined by 6 more plaintiffs and then the Governor announced that he wants to do away with all of the paperless DREs and move to optical-scan only. Boulder Co., Colorado decided to scrap their plans to purchase new voting machines because there is nothing out there that can be trusted to do as advertised. The Montgomery Co., PA lawsuit has been sent to state court. The DoJ has announced that they may be filing a suit against the state of New York for not complying with HAVA. And the Georgia House passed, in a heated floor debate, another voter ID bill. Those of you who have responded to the Action Alert from VoteTrustUSA have sent 15,242 emails to the EAC along with 1875 letters demanding the ITA be made to do their job….
Go New Mexico, Colorado, New York!!!! Kick those damn machines out!
Oh hell just convert to the AutoMark paper ballot system and throw all the trouble away!
Don’t let the FAKE VOTING advocates such as Von Spakovsky and other neocons tell YOU How to vote!!!! To the battle hatches, bring your video cameras and fists!
Doug E.
Bill Richardson has the right idea
Must have been reading a green and yellow blog somewhere 🙂
"Swiss Voting System, Freedom of Voting ®(SwissVS), meets the obvious need of the U.S. and other democratic states for consistent, secure, dependable voting procedures.
By incorporating the time tested infallibility of the Paper Ballot based voting systems in Switzerland, and catering these techniques to the specific needs of the voting consumer…."
http://www.swissvs.org/
Funny I never heard of Swiss before..
Regarding the Jeff Fisher story about election hacking, I got an interesting response from someone I trust:
"If is true it is a little heavy
handed on the part of officials. Can not help much with knowing if any of the info has validity.
When I met him he was in the company of a lady named Jennifer (Last
name unknown but she seemed to be well known by everyone in the room). She might be able to help.
Clint"
Anyone here ever heard of Jennifer before? The search for the truth continues…
Doug E.