In this evening's "Featured Article", Kim Zetter of "Threat Level Blog" at Wired reports about the failure of new Sequoia voting machines to get through state and local testing. So far about 50 percent of the voting machines delivered to the state have problems. Doug Kellner, co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, is quoted as saying something that the Election Integrity community has known for a long time. He said, "There's no way the vendor could be adequately reviewing the machines and having so many problems. What it tells us is that the vendor just throws this stuff over the transom and does not do any alpha- or beta-testing of their own before they apply for certification testing. Then they expect that we'll identify technical glitches and then they'll correct those glitches. But correction of those glitches is an extraordinarily time-consuming process. And it's very disappointing that this equipment is not ready for prime time." The vendors have used real elections to beta test their products without regards for the voters and this has been an ongoing process for years....

• Featured Article: NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed
  http://blog.wired.com/27.../07/ny-50-percent-o.html
• National: Are You Tech-Savvy, Young and Politically Inclined? Be a Volunteer Poll Worker on Election Day
  http://www.blackamericaw...ews/pollworkerssought714
• National: Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny: Part 1
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00133.htm
• National: Senators: VA should allow voter drives at hospitals
  Ohio's secretary of state signed protest letter
  http://www.chillicothega...13/NEWS01/807130308/1002
• National: Sneak Preview of "Count My Vote - A Citizen's Guide to Voting" by Steven Rosenfeld
  http://www.freepress.org...nts/display/17/2008/3157
• National: "Count My Vote" Issues and Solutions
  http://www.opednews.com/...osenfeld-080714-492.html
• AZ: Pima County "“ Opinion - End doubts, suspicions with recount of RTA votes
  http://www.tucsoncitizen...com/ss/opinion/90842.php
• CO: Mail-in voting goes mainstream
  More voters are choosing absentee ballots for a variety of reasons, and the increase could have some surprising consequences.
  http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_9872024
• CO: Denver - Denver elections office up for count
  City officials say they're pleased about overhaul
  http://www.rockymountain...ons-office-up-for-count/
• FL: Trouble Predicted in Counting Florida's New Ballots - Again
  http://www.theledger.com...da_s_New_Ballots___Again
• GA: Opinion - Fettered franchise
  Restrictive voter ID law will be enforced at polls, a not-so-pretty picture of partisan bullying
  http://www.ajc.com/opini...es/2008/07/14/voted.html
• MO: Editorial - Flood preparations
  http://www.stltoday.com/...4840000224b?OpenDocument
• PA: Centre County - Centre Co. Voting Machines Update
  http://wearecentralpa.co...tent/fulltext/?cid=15361
• TX: El Paso County - County OK's purchase of new voting machines
  http://www.kvia.com/Glob...71646&nav=menu193_2
• International: FedEx, voter group hope to ease ballot shipping woes
  http://thehill.com/campa...ing-woes-2008-07-12.html

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