Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Alameda Co. California supervisors voted 3 to 2 to purchase Sequoia voting machines. Of the 3 yes votes one supervisor said “I have no idea what’s happening here – I have no idea what you’re talking about” before he voted ‘Yes’. One other said, “I must admit I don’t have a clue what to do” and “I feel like I’m in the twilight zone” before she voted ‘Yes’. / At least one journalist got it right when he mentions all of the press about how Alameda’s hand counting of paper ballots was going to delay election results for the whole state. It was, pure and simple, a ploy to put pressure on some supervisors to buy new machines / State investigators have investigated how Kern Co., California voters could have gone to the polls and been asked to use last years memory cards, which did not work. Voters were then directed to use paper ballots until they were exhausted. Voters were then asked to come back later. / Pulaski Co., Arkansas decided to eschew the ES&S ballot programming for their optical-scan machines and they did their own. / “Someone else should administer the election? How can they even stand up there with any credibility and talk about that stuff?” Carlo Loparo in defense of his boss, Blackwell keeping control of elections in Ohio as he runs for Governor. …
AR: Train Wreck – Election Problems Persist For Eight Counties LINK
AR: Pulaski County – Officials say voter turnout for primary run-off
weak throughout Pulaski County LINK
CA: Alameda County ? Train Wreck – Ballots Found In Warehouse; Mayoral Race Still In Doubt LINK
CA: Kern County ? Train Wreck – Election snafu under investigation LINK
CA: San Diego County ? Train Wreck ? The Diebold Machine Sleepovers at Poll Workers Houses… LINK
IN: Madison County ? Train Wreck – County to pay part of Anderson recount LINK
NAtional: Verified Voting’s Preliminary Summary Shows Diebold Equipment Vulnerabilities Affect 27 States LINK
NAtional: Diebold Equipment Vulnerabilities Affect 27 States LINK
NAtional: Inquiry Finds Problems in 2004 Election LINK
NAtional: Counties reduce, move polling sites to comply with federal law LINK
NAtional: Too Much, Too Fast, More Than They Can Chew LINK
AL: Barbour County – Election machines stolen LINK
CA: Alameda County – County Supes Approve Sequoia Voting Contract LINK
CA: Alameda County – Undercurrents: Reporting on Alameda County’s Election ‘Delay’ LINK
CA: Alameda County – Alameda County approves new voting system LINK
CA: Alameda County – County approves new balloting system LINK
CA: Alameda County – Despite protests, county buys $13.5 million voting system LINK
FL: State wants limited voting machine checks LINK
FL: State slates hearing to limit checks on voting equipment LINK
FL: State slates hearing to limit checks on voting equipment LINK
IN: Tippecanoe County – County applying to test voting center LINK
MD: Officials Voice Concerns Over Valid Elections LINK
OH: Officials expect voter ID requirement to complicate fall election LINK
OH: Democrats want Blackwell to step aside LINK
UT: Early voting will benefit many Utahns LINK
WA: King County – County Elections: Make it mail LINK
WI: Disabled get involved in voting machine debate LINK
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"Someone else should administer the election? How can they even stand up there with any credibility and talk about that stuff?" Carlo Loparo in defense of his boss…
The mind boggles.
How can a Secretary of State, Diebold stockholder, recipient of campaign funds from a Diebold lobbyist NOT recuse himself from the supervision of the election in which he is running for Governor?
Are we to simply ‘trust’ him? After his performance in 2004?
I wish it were funny so I could laugh. Instead, it’s nothing more than another very sad reminder of the so delicate state of our country as a whole. And I would weep, were I not benumbed.