More bad news for a voting machine vendor. This time the California Secretary of State’s office has announced that they have settled their lawsuit against ES&S. It was back in 2007 that the state discovered that ES&S had ignored state laws and sold uncertified voting machines to some counties as if they were certified. CA filed a $15 million lawsuit against the company, and now ES&S has agreed to provide $3.2 M to the state’s coffers by way of settling the suit.

Will it make any difference in the long run? Probably not. ES&S will continue their past bad business practices and many of their customers will continue thinking they only have the choice provided by ES&S....

• National: ATM malware appears, Diebold issues security update
  http://www.scmagazineus....y-update/article/129059/
• National: Voting machines, HAVA, Holt Bill: What would Germany do?
  http://www.opednews.com/...v-Harris-090319-382.html
• CA: Diebold admits voting machine flaw
  http://www.thestandard.c...been-aware-problem-years
• CA: Bowen settles voting machine lawsuit [ES&S]
  http://www.sacbee.com/st...lalertlatest/020851.html
• CA: Voting machine maker agrees to pay Calif. $3.2M [ES&S]
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...5.DTL&type=business
• KY: Several Clay County Officials Arrested On Federal Charges
  http://www.lex18.com/Glo...37216&nav=menu203_2
• KY: Clay County officials indicted
  http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/731826.html
• MN: Waiting for Senator Franken as Norm Coleman Goes Long
  http://tpmcafe.talkingpo...-franken.php?ref=reccafe
• NY: Chautauqua County Voters Still Using Tried And Tested Lever Machines
  http://post-journal.com/.../id/526075.html?nav=5018
• NY: Green County - Group rejects voting machine switch in county
  Change unwelcome, according to Citizens for Clean Elections
  http://www.thedailymail....009/03/17/news/news2.txt
• OH: Editorial - A vote of confidence
  Bipartisan effort ensures fairness in steps taken to improve elections
  http://www.dispatch.com/..._A8_I8D92S0.html?sid=101
• OK: Voter ID bill will decrease turnout, speaker says
  http://www.normantranscr...ws/local_story_077011038
• VA: Fairfax County - Big Questions about Voting Machines
  Glitch in special election; but budget crunch causes Fairfax to go without voting paper trail until 2010.
  http://www.connectionnew...38;paper=71&cat=104

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