Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Yesterday I pointed out a problem in Luzerne County. Unfortunately I moved that county from it’s home state, Pennsylvania, to Ohio. My apologies to both states and the people of Luzerne County. Over 200 Danaher 1242 DREs are now reported to have failed on primary day in Philadelphia, PA. These are the same machines that Bucks County PA has now announced they want to buy, except they want used ones. As far as Arkansas goes, yesterday’s primary election was a complete disaster for elections officials, poll workers and most of all for the voters in the state. iVotronic machines did not work properly, would not start, and would not shut down on time. Some precincts just ignored the machines and used paper ballots because the machines were not working. Paper ballots could not be read by some optical-scan machines due to lack of proper software. Some voters were turned away from the polls because they ran out of paper ballots. Yes, they were denied their right to vote because of a lack of paper ballots….
AR: Train Wreck – Election Day Opens With Touch-Screen Voting Machines LINK
AR: Train Wreck – ES&S MELTDOWN: Tabulators Fail in Arkansas on Election Day, SoS Announces Inquiry LINK
AR: Train Wreck – E Voting Zaps Quick Totals LINK
AR: Train Wreck – Glitches bug machine vote LINK
AR: Train Wreck – Voting machine problems (ES&S) LINK
AR: Train Wreck – Growing Number Of Counties Report Tabulation Problems (ES&S) LINK
AR: Train Wreck – Touch-screen glitches mar Ark. vote LINK
AR: Benton County � Train Wreck – Election-day problems many LINK
AR: Benton County � Train Wreck – County Officials Promise Policy Changes Before Runoff LINK
AR: Clark County – Train Wreck � Ballot problem could prolong count tonight LINK
AR: Lonoke County � Train Wreck – Lonoke counting in disarray (ES&S) LINK
AR: Phillips County � Train Wreck – Phillips County Reports Problems; Sec. of State to Review Contract (ES&S) LINK
AR: Phillips County � Train Wreck – Ballot woes plague election (ES&S) LINK
AR: Pulsaki County � Train Wreck – Pulaski County Election Officials Gather to Count Last of Ballots LINK
OH: Summit County � Train Wreck – Temporary glitch in vote tally (ES&S) LINK
PA: Philadelphia � Train Wreck – Editorial | Better tighten up the process (Danaher 1242) LINK
AL: New machines allow blind, visually impaired citizens to vote in privacy LINK
KY: Recanvasses asked in 2 counties LINK
MD: Governor’s camp warns of lawsuits over early voting, electronic machines LINK
MS: Clark touts new voting machines as accurate, easy to use LINK
NC: Lenoir County – Lenoir elections board upholds LaRoque protest LINK
NJ: Appellate Division to Hear Argument Today, May 24, Regarding De-Commissioning of Electronic Voting Machines LINK
NM: Bernalillo County – Once a critic, Herrera now favors paper ballots LINK
NY: Groups challenge voting plan LINK
OH: Benwood – Election Mix-Up Discussed In Benwood LINK
OH: Mahoning County – Officials criticize election board LINK
OR: Marion County – County voters decide LINK
PA: Bucks County – Bucks looks to secondhand solution LINK
PA: Centre County – Voting machines a touchy topic LINK
PA: Philadelphia – Outsider leads tally in House primary LINK
TN: Editorial – Press voting machine issue LINK
TN: Counties retain paper ballots LINK
WA: King County – All-mail voting likely next year in King County LINK
WI: New voting machines cast doubt LINK
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Yesterday I pointed out a problem in Luzerne County. Unfortunately I moved that county from it’s home state, Pennsylvania, to Ohio. My apologies to both states and the people of Luzerne County. Over 200 Danaher 1242 DREs are now reported to have failed on primary day in Philadelphia, PA. These are the same machines that Bucks County PA has now announced they want to buy, except they want used ones. As far as Arkansas goes, yesterday’s primary election was a complete disaster for elections officials, poll workers and most of all for the voters in the state. iVotronic machines did not work properly, would not start, and would not shut down on time. Some precincts just ignored the machines and used paper ballots because the machines were not working. Paper ballots could not be read by some optical-scan machines due to lack of proper software. Some voters were turned away from the polls because they ran out of paper ballots. Yes, they were denied their right to vote because of a lack of paper ballots….
"they were denied their right to vote because of a lack of paper ballots""
Ah … isn’t the play pretend electronic election game fun for the inept?
Ineptitude and spin, the meat and potatoes of the election system in the great democracy that is forcing itself upon the weak nations of the world.
The republican dictatorship must be proud of itself, cause no one else is.
It seems that the republican dictatorship has found a way to exonerate the voting machine companies and the teleco’s.
For the first time in US history, private companies are becoming adjuncts to spying and are being protected under national security concepts:
"President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations. Notice of the development came in a brief entry in the Federal Register, dated May 5, 2006, that was opaque to the untrained eye" (link here).
This means they do not have to disclose financial data when the magic wand national security is waived.
And it even reaches the telecom companies that are doing the NSA spy dirty work:
"Telecom giant Verizon is refusing to confirm or deny participation in the illegal National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program, as citizens in Maine urge the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to investigate whether the company handed over its phone records.
In a tight-lipped 44-page response to the PUC last Friday, Verizon argued that the Commission lacks the authority to investigate a complaint that the telephone company was involved in the NSA program. The company further claimed such information is protected by the state-secrets privilege" (link here, bold added).
My guess is that this may be used to protect the big three election machine companies (ES&S, Diebold, and Sequoia) when it becomes obvious that the nation has been destabilized even in the election system.
Damn Dredd, You’re right, they already claimed security as a reason not to reveal the records in Alaska. Hope that one doesn’t fly!