Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

As hard as Sequoia must have had to search they actually found a way to blame the problem found on their machines in New Jersey on the poll workers. I am duly impressed. They even appear to admit that they stopped looking after they were able to figure out a way to blame the poor poll workers for the problem. “We identified a way in which poll worker error can result in the party turnout totals to be reported incorrectly.”

Did they look for any other potential answers for the problem? They don’t say.

Remember that the problem was the vote counts were correct, as far as anyone can know from a DRE, but the party totals did not match between the internal memory and the internal paper record. There were one or two Republican votes registered as being Democratic votes or vice versa. This only happened on 59 machines in 6 counties. Sequoia claims there were some special machinations poll workers used inside the control panel that allow them to select the R or D ballot for each voter. How did these machinations result in a different report in the electronic memory from the paper memory? Also, why did it only happen once or twice on each machine? If a poll worker was making an error in the process why didn’t that error happen much more often??

I have, again, requested that the EAC do their jobs and notify any potentially affected jurisdictions outside of New Jersey of this problem. They will ignore this problem as they have all previous problems with voting systems. Election officials in Pennsylvania counties that use these machines need to be made aware of the issues. Please pass on the word.

Late this afternoon it was reported that the first two pretests of Cuyahoga Co Ohio’s new ES&S optical-scan machines were failures. The computer showed error messages during the first two tests. The third test was successful. What? Me Worry?...

• NAtional: High voter turnout prompts resource concerns for Nov.
  http://www.usatoday.com/...2008-02-28-Turnout_N.htm
• NAtional: Get out the pencils: Paper ballots return
  http://www.usatoday.com/...htm?loc=interstitialskip
• CO: Coffman recertifies paper-ballot machines
  http://origin.denverpost...com/headlines/ci_8396068
• CO: Clerks rejoice at machines' recertification
  http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8400053
• CO: Boulder County's election equipment recertified
  http://dailycamera.com/n...n-equipment-recertified/
• CO: Boulder County voting machines get OK
  Secretary of state clears way to use Hart InterCivic machines
  http://dailycamera.com/n...-voting-machines-get-ok/
• CO: Morgan County - Paper ballots? If so, clerks want mail-in
  http://www.fortmorgantim...ws/voting%20machines.txt
• FL: Touch-screen voting machines destined for parts recycler
  http://www.palmbeachpost...a_touch_screen_0229.html
• FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota 13: If the tests can't find it, never mind it?
  http://www.opednews.com/...rasota_13_3a___if_th.htm
• IN: Grant County – Editorial - Fewer polling sites a great idea for county
  http://www.chronicle-tri...9/OPINION/802290312/1014
• KS: Legislation brings potential for satellite voting in Ford County
  http://www.dodgeglobe.co...08/loc_20080229001.shtml
• NJ: Company explains voting machine errors
  http://www.nj.com/centra...lains_voting_machin.html
• NM: Herrera: Human Error, Revised Lists At Fault For Caucus Troubles
  http://www.koat.com/news...ml?rss=alb&psp=news
• OH: Ohio elections chief: Primary will be smooth, have huge turnout
  http://www.ohio.com/news...rticleID=414636&c=y
• OH: Sec. of State Brunner predicts huge turnout Tuesday
  http://blog.cleveland.co...edicts_huge_turnout.html
• OH: Absentee voting could top prior high
  http://frontier.cincinna...could-top-prior-high.asp
• OH: Brunner expects big turnout Tuesday
  http://www.columbusdispa.../2008/02/29/turnout.html
• OH: Ohio Voter Mugging 2008: OEJC Announces Quarantine That Machine Initiative
  http://www.prweb.com/rel.../2008/02/prweb732394.htm
• OH: Get out your pencils: Paper ballots make a return
  http://www.usatoday.com/...02-28-votinginside_N.htm
• OH: Brunner tosses Cunningham off statewide board
  http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=49899
• OH: Brunner Proposes Reforms
  http://www.news-register...l/id/506458.html?nav=515
• OH: Republicans Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner removed from elections boards cry foul
  Brunner defends vote-board moves
  http://www.cleveland.com...41377180.xml&coll=2
• OH: Cuyahoga County - 2 Of 3 Tests Of New Ballot Scanners Fail
  http://www.newsnet5.com/...ews/15453424/detail.html
• OH: Cuyahoga vote board stumbles in vote count test
  http://blog.cleveland.co...te_board_stumbles_i.html
• OH: Stark County - Voters have choice of paper ballot or plastic voting machine
  http://www.cantonrep.com...=11&subCategoryID=0
• PA: Absentee ballot printing delayed in Westmoreland
  http://www.pittsburghliv...stmoreland/s_554885.html
• TX: Upshur County - Upshur disabled voters in peril, state official says
  Ruling against county's Republican Party could mean rights violation
  http://www.news-journal....292008_Lawsuit_Folo.html

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