Today Jennifer Brunner, the Ohio Secretary of State, announced that she has filed a counterclaim in a lawsuit with Premier (Diebold) Election Solutions. The counterclaim asks for damages, including punitive damages, against the vendor for voting machine malfunctions and for the company’s claims that warranties on equipment have expired. Brunner is arguing that problems with the voting systems caused votes to be “dropped” when memory cards were uploaded to the server. There is evidence that this happened in at least 11 of the 43 counties that used Diebold DREs in past elections. The company, apparently, agrees there was a problem, as they issued a product advisory on this problem in May. One question is outstanding now: How many counties in how many states had the same problem and never realized it? It’s time to cut our loses and get rid of those damn machines....

• Featured - OH: Press Release - Secretary of State Files Counterclaim In Lawsuit With Premier Election Solutions, Documents Equipment Malfunctions In Premier Voting Machine Counties
  http://www.sos.state.oh....utoDetectCookieSupport=1
• National: Press Release - "Going To the Polls Does Not Mean You Have The Right To Vote"
  http://www.opednews.com/...n-Jesse--080805-615.html
• National: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Unveils New Strategy to Protect Voter Rights This November
  http://www.marketwatch.c...EE70C4%7D&dist=hppr
• National: Record number of US voters may cast paper ballots
  http://ap.google.com/art...sDjywAk7nnXsgOAD92CVRN80
• National: The Integrity and Security of Voter Registration Drives
  http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/70554
• National: Open-source e-voting gets LinuxWorld test run
  http://www.computerworld...#038;intsrc=news_ts_head
• CT: Our View: Turn no voter away on Election Day
  http://www.norwichbullet...ter-away-on-Election-Day
• KS: Ellis County - Amid confusion, school bond fails
  http://www.hdnews.net/printstory/victoria080608
• MO: MO voter arrested for trying to vote
  http://dailykos.com/stor.../6/9488/29311/996/563441
• MO: Greene County - Problems with poll machine for disabled people frustrates voter
  http://www.ky3.com/news/political/26319754.html
• MO: St Louis County - Last votes being tallied in St. Louis County
  http://www.stltoday.com/...49D00586D37?OpenDocument
• OH: Four election boards part of lawsuit against voting machine maker
  http://www.daytondailyne.../ddn080608votingweb.html
• OH: Brunner seeks damages for voting machine malfunctions
  http://www.columbusdispa.../06/brunner.html?sid=101
• WA: King County - Lambert not pleased with all-mail vote
  http://snovalleystar.com...eased-with-all-mail-vote
• WV: Ohio County - Commission to Buy More Electronic Voting Machines
  http://www.theintelligen...l/id/512583.html?nav=510

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