Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

“U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, today sent a letter to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission seeking answers as to why the Commission failed to notify election officials or the public about a serious problem with Ciber Labs of Colorado, one of three major labs that tests much of the nation’s software used in voting equipment. Senator Feinstein also asked for information regarding what went wrong at Ciber Labs to warrant its loss of accreditation.” / “The move came one month after Brian Phillips, president of SysTest Labs, accepted the invitation of a Florida law firm representing a Republican candidate to witness a recount in a Florida election. ‘When there’s a conflict over an election, like there was in Florida, we don’t want (these companies) to be hired by one party or another,’ said Donetta Davidson, formerly Colorado secretary of state and now chairwoman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.” This from the woman who told Florida election officials that she was unhappy to see the Republicans lose the Senate because she had promises from them that they would not allow any changes to HAVA. Commissioner, while you’re on the conflict of interest theme, let’s look inwardly; OK? …

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