Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

It appears that not many officials in New Jersey believe Sequoia’s explanation of the problem 6 counties found following the state’s primary on Super Tuesday. Sequoia has attempted to blame the poll workers for a problem where, on some machines, the internal paper memory does not match the internal memory, and neither match the facts from the poll books. The issue is with how many votes were cast for each party and not vote totals for candidates. Election officials have questioned Sequoia’s theory. Now a large association of state constitutional officers has voted unanimously to demand an investigation. Machines will be shipped to Ed Felten at Princeton University for possible inspection. Our gratitude is given to those state officials in New Jersey who have questioned the excuse that it is the poll workers or the voters who are at fault. The vendors almost never accept responsibility. One vendor may now have their excuse proven to be wrong.

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• NAtional: The Problems with All-Mail Elections
  http://moritzlaw.osu.edu...-all-mail-elections.html
• CA: Statewide Ballot Initiative Aims to Make Voting Safe
  http://newsblaze.com/sto...WIRE/NewsBlaze-Wire.html
• CA: Riverside County - Supervisors discuss spending $5 million on voting machines
  http://www.mydesert.com/...01/803120318/1026/news12
• CO: SPEAKOUT: Colorado's county clerks know best
  http://www.rockymountain...county-clerks-know-best/
• CO: Larimer County needs storage for election materials
  http://www.coloradoan.co...3/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02
• FL: Touch screens still get some folks' vote as end of an era draws near
  http://www.palmbeachpost.../12/s1a_pbvote_0312.html
• FL: Editorial - No new primary
  http://www.sptimes.com/2...ion/No_new_primary.shtml
• FL: Fla. Mail-In Vote Could Be Announced In Days
  http://www.local10.com/news/15567346/detail.html
• FL: Democrats in Florida Are Near Plan for New Vote
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...egates.html?ref=politics
• FL: Fla. House Members Oppose Mail-In Vote
  http://blog.washingtonpo...embers_oppose_maili.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Technology upgrade made for PBC's smooth election results
  http://www.palmbeachpost...03/12/0312pbcvoting.html
• IA: Counties face high costs under voting-machines bill
  http://www.desmoinesregi...10/803120373/1007/NEWS05
• IA: Senate votes to require paper ballots
  http://www.radioiowa.com...8A-7DE4-65CA12285FD272DB
• MS: Machine glitches blamed for most voting problems
  http://www.clarionledger...0080312/NEWS04/803120363
• MS: Heavily GOP DeSoto Co. struggled to provide Democratic ballots
  http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/427549.html
• NJ: Election-machine problems spur call for study
  Independent analysis requested after lack of explanation from Sequoia
  http://www.nj.com/news/l...47279401.xml&coll=1
• NY: Accessible Voting and New York
  http://www.nyvv.org/bobl...ble-voting-and-new-york/
• OH: Cleveland City Council primary offers chance to test optical-scan voting system
  http://www.cleveland.com...34327040.xml&coll=2
• OK: Few voter fraud attempts come at the polling place
  http://www.normantranscr...on/local_story_072003830
• OK: Voter ID laws are disenfranchisement schemes
  http://ocolly.com/2008/0...enfranchisement-schemes/
• PA: Blair County Expecting Heavy Voter Turnout
  http://www.wjactv.com/news/15570194/detail.html
• PA: Centre County - Showdown in the state
  County readies for record voting
  http://www.centredaily.c.../local/story/460498.html
• TX: Hidalgo County - Two more voter fraud cases dismissed
  http://www.themonitor.co...tml/dismissed_fraud.html
• VA: Visually impaired report trouble with voting machines that speak
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  http://www.inrich.com/cv...RTD-2008-03-12-0165.html

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