By John Gideon on 4/6/2006, 5:09pm PT  

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

"I have no idea what happened in Pennsylvania or Chicago. I don't read about any of that." Essex Co., New Jersey Superintendent of Elections Carmen Casciano when asked about recent problems with Sequoia machines. "I am not happy about the outcome, or the state of the industry. I think that something needs to be done. I'm not sure what it is, it probably doesn't include AccuPoll at this point, but I do not feel that any of the vendors has a system that voters can trust. I think that vendors outright misrepresent the robustness, stability, and security of their systems. You just have to look at the litany of problems and it points at one thing, bad fundamental design, and not enough checks and balances. I also wonder why the other vendors were so adamant in fighting a VVPAT system requirement. They spent much more in fighting it than in implementing it." Ex-AccuPoll CEO Dennis Vadura. Eleven Indiana counties were forced to suspend absentee voting when they found out that the ballots they were provided could not be read by their Diebold optical-scan machines....

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  • MD: Ehrlich fears voter fraud (This is fear mongering at its worst) LINK
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  • MO: Phelps County - Gaddy to ask for recount of election results LINK
  • MO: St. Louis - City Elections Board says machines fast, people still slow LINK
  • MO: Scotland County - New Technology Ensuring Every Scotland County Vote Counts (Diebold TSx and Optical-scan) LINK
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  • OH: Shocking Diebold conflict of interest revelations from Secretary of State further taint Ohio's electoral credibility LINK
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  • OH: Miami County - Elections deputy resigns LINK
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  • PA: Allegheny County - County to utilize iVotronic voting machines LINK
  • PA: Bucks County - Bucks trying to find new voting machines LINK
  • PA: Chester County - New voting machines coming to Chesco polls LINK
  • PA: Fayette County - All 268 voting machines have arrived (eSlate) LINK
  • PA: Montgomery County - County to test voting system LINK
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  • TX: Judicial candidate files challenge LINK
  • UT: Emery County - Former Emery County clerk still fighting to keep job LINK
  • WI: Columbia County - Election counting goes low-tech LINK

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