By
John Gideon on 6/15/2006, 5:18pm PT
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
It has been a very slow news day even with "No Confidence" press releases from various groups in response to security breaches in San Diego Co. California during the recent state primary. / The one bit of news is a new "Quick Start Management Guide for New Voting Systems". The "Quick" in the title seems to point to how fast the document was rushed out. There is nothing there but a reminder of things most elections officials probably got in classes held by the Election Center. The EAC needed to look at the melt-down in recent primary elections and put out a guide to officials with emphasis on how to keep from being affected by poor vendor service....
CA: San Diego County – Train Wreck - Security Breaches for 'Sleepover' Voting Machines Used in Busby/Bilbray Race Invalidated, Decertified Their Use in the Election! LINK
SC: Horry County – Train Wreck - Glitches creep up in vote machines (ES&S) LINK
NAtional: Officials prepare for midterm elections LINK
NAtional: A Vote of No Confidence. Democracy left to languish in living rooms, garages LINK
NAtional: Opinion - Fixing election problems isn’t easy, but it’s very necessary to the survival of our democracy LINK
AR: Voting machine company plans improvements by Nov. 7 election LINK
AR: Problem with voting machines expected to be fixed soon LINK
FL: Leon County - New voting machines arrive in Tallahassee LINK
KS: Pratt County - 'Help' Act will force voters to travel LINK
MO: Missouri starts issuing voter IDs LINK
MO: Kansas City - Doubts plague e-vote systems LINK
MO: St. Charles County - AARP members give a thumbs-up to touch-screen voting LINK
TX: Travis County - Lawsuit aims at voting machines LINK
TX: Travis County - Lawsuit challenges Travis' electronic voting LINK
WI: Winnebago County - Winnebago board set to reconsider voting machines LINK
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