By John Gideon on 2/1/2007, 4:58pm PT  

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

According to a BradBlog article [see below] by Michael Richardson, "CIBER, Inc., the nation's largest so-called "independent test authority" (ITA) of electronic voting machines is at the center of a growing scandal about lax testing of voting equipment. The recent release of a long-kept secret assessment of the company by the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) detailing a shocking record of sloppy, incomplete or non-existent testing by CIBER led the test lab's CEO, Mac Slingerlend, to call the report "old news" in an interview with the Rocky Mountain News. While CIBER's shortcomings may be "old news" to Slingerlend, unaware election officials around the nation are angered at not being informed by the EAC prior to the November 2006 elections when voting machine models "tested" by CIBER were used by 68.5% of the registered voters in the country." // The big story continues to be the total change of opinion in Florida where the Republican Governor has joined with a vocal Democratic Congressman (Wexler) to recommend the state change to optical-scan voting by 2008. They are now being joined by the Speaker of the State House of Representatives and some DRE county election officials. // "The price of freedom is not cheap. The importance of a democratic system of voting that we can trust, that we can have confidence is, is incredibly important." Florida Gov. Charley Crist....

  • NAtional: CIBER Voting Machine Test Lab Failures is 'Old News' Known by Top Election Officials for Years LINK
  • NAtional: Congress Gets to Work on Election Reform LINK
  • AL: Mobile County - County wonders what to do with obsolete voting machines LINK
  • CA: Ballot counts stretch days, weeks --- delay final election results
    Growing popularity of absentee voting likely to boost trend LINK
  • CA: Irish E-voting--A Neocon Approach to be Avoided in California LINK
  • CO: Denver voters choose wise course LINK
  • FL: Editorial - Dump the touch screens? Problems won't go away LINK
  • FL: Columnist - `Common Sense Charlie' puts people above party LINK
  • FL: Columnist - Crist a breath of fresh air for skeptical Florida voters LINK
  • FL: Crist: Every county needs paper ballots LINK
  • FL: Crist pushes for voting papertrail LINK
  • FL: Crist's plan to replace touch-screen voting machines draws some calls for caution LINK
  • FL: Opinion - Paper chase
    Raising voter confidence is crucial LINK
  • FL: Crist to seek millions for voting machines that leave paper trail LINK
  • FL: House Speaker backs Crist plan to scrap touch-screen voting LINK
  • FL: Fla. governor opts for e-voting systems with paper trail
    Crist wants to spend $32.5M to replace most touch-screen systems in the state LINK
  • FL: Crist says he wants paper trail for '08 election LINK
  • FL: Florida Moves to End Touch-Sceen Voting LINK
  • FL: Charlotte County - Replacing Charlotte voting machines could cost $1 million LINK
  • FL: Martin County - Push on for optical scanner paper trail LINK
  • GA: For sale on eBay: Georgia e-voting equipment
    The misplaced hardware was bought back by Diebold, returned to the state LINK
  • ID: Legislature mulls vote-by-mail idea LINK
  • ID: Idaho lawmakers consider mail-in voting LINK
  • KS: Opinion - Lawmakers: Be fair in deciding election LINK
  • KS: Douglas County - Primary election plans fall into place LINK
  • MD: Md. lawmakers to begin work on paper voting records LINK
  • MD: Paper voting trail urged
    Lawmakers hear testimony about possible tweaks to voting machines LINK
  • ME: Ballot Blocks
    A bill in Maine would disenfranchise college students. LINK
  • NH: Straight-ticket voting may soon be over in N.H. LINK
  • NM: Cibola County - Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Claims with Cibola County, New Mexico LINK
  • PA: Northampton County - Citizens blast voting office LINK
  • PA: Northampton County - Work needed in elections, panel told LINK

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