Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

I’m back from a very rewarding trip to Washington DC. The conference was a combination of Election Reformers of all types plus elected officials and just interested citizens.

Today’s DVN is a mixture of today’s news and some selected from the weekend’s news. Included in this are three articles from yesterday’s Daytona Beach News-Journal. When you read these articles ask yourself why the EAC would refuse to put out a warning. Diebold admits to the problem. Diebold has also as much as said they won’t warn other customers. The EAC spokesperson explains all that the EAC has done but only makes excuses as to why they feel they can turn their backs on a problem with 25,000 voting machines as if it will just go away. We should all let Ms. Layson and the EAC know our displeasure with this “head buried in the sand” attitude.

There were more ballots counted in East Haven Connecticut than voters who went to the polls. A hand-recount in a close mayoral election found a discrepancy between the machine total and the recount total. The good thing is this is the first election in which the state has used optical-scan so they have paper ballots to hand-count.

True to their ways, ES&S is turning the screws on New Mexico counties in order to get every tax-payer dollar from them....

• NAtional: 10 Questions
  http://www.whytuesday.org/vote
• NAtional: Info on voting flaws not shared
  http://www.news-journalo...ines/frtHEAD03111207.htm
• NAtional: EAC spokeswoman answers questions about agency
  http://www.news-journalo...ines/frtHEAD04111207.htm
• NAtional: Diebold official answers questions about voting machines
  http://www.news-journalo...ines/frtHEAD05111207.htm
• NAtional: U.S. Election Assistance Commission Working Hard to Fail and Succeeding at It!
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5292
• NAtional: Columnist - Restoring Confidence in the Balloting Process
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...=slogin&oref=slogin
• NAtional: Opinion - Voting rights back on Justice's radar
  http://www.miamiherald.c...orials/story/305699.html
• NAtional: Fifty states face voting machine lawsuits; “Uncounted” documents DRE issues
  http://www.clarksvilleon...ed-documents-dre-issues/
• NAtional: Rep. Holt Introduces Legislation to Establish National Standards for Counting Provisional Ballots
  http://www.votetrustusa....8;id=2644&Itemid=26
• NAtional: The Supreme Court, Face to Face with the Politics of Voter ID
  http://www.moresoftmoney...w.com/news.html?AID=1126
• CA: Ranked-Choice Voting and Flawed Ballots Tax San Francisco's Election
  http://www.votetrustusa....;id=2639&Itemid=113
• CO: County clerks sound alarm over 2008 election
  http://www.rockymountain...MN_24736_5742906,00.html
• CO: Machine madness
  Concerns about electronic balloting create turmoil for Colorado election officials in run-up to 2008 vote
  http://www.rockymountain...MN_24736_5744148,00.html
• CO: Need to certify voting machines questioned
  http://www.gjsentinel.co...b_rulemaking_repeal.html
• CT: East Haven - Second Recount Set In East Haven
  http://www.courant.com/n...artnov13,0,2397482.story
• CT: East Haven - Discrepancy in East Haven recount
  http://www.nhregister.co...ept_id=590581&rfi=6
• IA: Legislators work to make sure Iowa elections clean, fair
  http://desmoinesregister...NION/711130331/1001/NEWS
• MD: Does your home address begin with a '5'?
  http://avi-rubin.blogspo...ddress-begin-with-5.html
• NM: Voting machine maintenance bills draw criticism
  http://www.santafenewmex...nce_bills_draw_criticism
• NY: New York State takes on the DOJ over e-voting
  http://www.theregister.c.../12/doj_nys_legal_fight/
• OH: Lawrence County - Votes Flipped in Ohio Race that Used E-voting Machines
  http://blog.wired.com/27.../11/votes-flipped-i.html
• PA: Lackawanna County - Dems: Next vote will be better
  http://www.thetimes-trib...dept_id=415898&rfi=
• PA: Lackawanna County - How election technology finally came full circle
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=415898&rfi=6
• TX: Nacogdoches County - Elections costly to county
  http://www.dailysentinel...Election_Costs_1113.html
• UT: Utah County - Election software in Utah County confusing
  http://deseretnews.com/a...1,5143,695227209,00.html
• VA: Prince William County - Coercion of voters is alleged
  http://www.potomacnews.c...=1173353444365&path
• United Kingdom: Government rejects retreat on e-voting
  http://www.theregister.c...voting_retreat_rejected/

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