Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Today a report from West Virginia with the headline “Voters trust touch screens” begins with a paragraph or two about comments from voters in Morgantown; all complimentary, according to the author, of the iVotronic machines those voters used. The article then proceeds to three paragraphs describing how a ‘glitch’ kept any vote count being taken off of the PEBs in Taylor County. Also from West Virginia is the news that SoS Betty Ireland has filed a formal complaint against ES&S with the EAC. Essex County New York announced that they would be using lever machines for all elections this year. The Diebold security vulnerability was written about by Ian Hoffman and a lawsuit in Arizona against Diebold and Sequoia was announced. …
NAtional: Train Wreck – Voting glitch said to be ‘dangerous’ (Diebold) LINK
AR: Train Wreck – Voting in retro fashion LINK
AR: Train Wreck – Early voting continues on paper ballots (ES&S) LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Opinion � Train Wreck – Primary post-mortem (ES&S) LINK
OH: Summit County � Train Wreck – Postage error keeps votes out of count. 83 absentee ballots held at post office past date LINK
VA: Accomack County � Train Wreck � LTTE – Disappointed in voting options for the blind (AVS WINvote) LINK
WV: Train Wreck – Ireland Files Complaint Over Voting Machines LINK
WV: Train Wreck – Several Counties Have Vote Counting Problems (ES&S) LINK
WV: Editorial � Train Wreck – Penalize Company For Election Woes LINK
WV: Train Wreck – Voters trust touch screens (ES&S) LINK
WV: Train Wreck – Primary election results from selected counties (ES&S) LINK
WV: Train Wreck – Frustration accompanies machines’ debut (ES&S) LINK
WV: Berkeley County � Train Wreck – Berkeley vote tally hits snag LINK
WV: Mercer County � Train Wreck – Paper slows Mercer polls (ES&S) LINK
WV: Ohio County � Train Wreck – Few Problems at Ohio County Polls (ES&S) LINK
WV: Putnam County � Train Wreck – Putnam library levy appears likely to fail (ES&S Op-scan failure) LINK
WV: Putnam County � Train Wreck – Putnam Election Problems. Glitch in new scanning machine slows process LINK
WV: Wayne County � Train Wreck – New voting machines blamed for slowness of Wayne’s returns (ES&S) LINK
NAtional: Diebold investigated for manipulating data (and these aren’t even election related) LINK
NAtional: SEC probing how voting-machine maker Diebold reports revenue LINK
AR: Pulaski County – Machines to undergo testing for primaries LINK
AZ: Voting machine tryout fails to quiet critics of Diebold LINK
AZ: Press Release – Arizona Voters File for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Purchase and Use of Diebold and Sequoia Electronic Voting Systems LINK
AZ: Lawsuit targets voting machines (Diebold and Sequoia) LINK
AZ: Lawsuit Filed Against AZ Sec. of State to Halt Use, Purchase of Diebold, Sequoia Touch-Screen Systems in State! LINK
AZ: Columnist – Don’t reward people too lazy to vote LINK
AZ: Lawsuit questions legality of ID rules for elections LINK
CA: Diebold Reveals New ‘Security Vulnerability’ With It’s Touchscreen Voting Machines LINK
CO: Boulder County – County leases voting machines (Hart eSlate) LINK
MI: Editorial – Special machines will aid voters with disabilities LINK
NC: Craven and Pamlico Counties – No major changes are reported in vote tally LINK
NC: Durham – Primary elections certified; Sandy Ogburn calls for House runoff LINK
NY: Essex County – No new voting machines this year LINK
PA: Voting machines to debut Tuesday LINK
PA: Allegheny County – Voting machine takes licking, keeps ticking (ES&S) LINK
PA: Chester County – Chesco to debut 2 voting machines for primary (ES&S) LINK
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Today a report from West Virginia with the headline “Voters trust touch screens” begins with a paragraph or two about comments from voters in Morgantown; all complimentary, according to the author, of the iVotronic machines those voters used. The article then proceeds to three paragraphs describing how a ‘glitch’ kept any vote count being taken off of the PEBs in Taylor County. Also from West Virginia is the news that SoS Betty Ireland has filed a formal complaint against ES&S with the EAC. Essex County New York announced that they would be using lever machines for all elections this year. The Diebold security vulnerability was written about by Ian Hoffman and a lawsuit in Arizona against Diebold and Sequoia was announced. …
John
If this year’s elections were made into a movie, perhaps the name could be "Sounds of Silence", "Silence of the Goats", or as you favor "The Great Train Wreck".
I know you are trying different techniques to gain attention so people can help themselves.
I would certainly be glad if you are wrong, and I think you would be too. But how can all this smoke show up when there is no fire?
I will try another stab at making it simple, like you do.
Take counties A thru Z. Counties A – G use Diebold, H – K use Sequoia, and L – Z use ES & S.
They are all mass produced. Some are mass produced in China. But they are all mass produced.
Meaning they are the same (like a Corvair of the same year, make, model, and design).
Imagine a Ralph Nader type telling everyone these things are not safe at any speed. Then imagine some dealers or owners complaining, but that a significant number do not complain.
Same with electronic voting machines.
We notice complaints from counties C, H, and M. But none of the other counties.
Do we conclude that the lack of complaints are evidence that no defects exist, after we have demonstrated that they do in fact exist?
Or do we conclude that some people can not deal with the issue because of what it portends?
Some people must believe you just like to stir up trouble and make people feel insecure. Well, the fact is, your work gives us the choice to correct the problem. If we want to.
Without your work we would only be in a play pretend country that imagined itself a democracy free from problems. By ignoring the problems.
Thanks for the chance to correct things … by knowing that problems exist … and what those problems are.
If each phone conversation within the United States is being monitored (link here), it would seem that working voting machines could be mastered.
Right?
Dredd #2
What are you trying to say. What’s that supposed to mean!
Larry Bergan #3
That it takes a lot of skill to monitor every citizen’s phone calls each day.
I am sure the count of those phone calls is accurate. Hell they even know to whom it went, at what time, and how long it lasted.
But we vote far, far less than we make phone calls, and thus the logistics for voting machines is minor by comparison.
Now that I answered your question, care to answer my question: What does it mean, then?
Sorry Dredd, I should have included a laughing emoticon on my message. I understood your post. I was just trying to be funny.
Of course these voting machines should work while tabulating dozens of votes on a ballot as opposed to trillions of detailed phone logs!