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Sequoia Voting Systems, in Full Damage Control Mode, Contacts Us About Error, Reveals Several of Their Own in the Bargain

We're Happy to Correct Our Error Publicly, Will They Correct Their Multiple Ones in Turn?

UPDATE: Sequoia's Attempt to Fool America Continues, Company Scrubs Website, Rewrites History!

... NOTE: ARTICLE UPDATED TO REFLECT SEQUOIA AND MICHELLE SHAFER'S SHAMELESSLY SCRUBBED, DOCTORED, BACKDATED DOCUMENT. SEE EXPLANATION ... - BF This morning I woke up to an email from Michelle Shafer, Vice President of Communications and External Affairs for ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Friday, August 17th, 2007 at 2:28 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=4966
Posted in Categories: Florida, Sequoia Voting Systems, Election 2000
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'Daily Voting News' For February 21, 2007

... the machines.” Meanwhile Sequoia ‘spokes-deceiver’ Michelle Shafer ignores the facts and says, "This is not a real-world scenario. The ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 4:33 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=4172
Posted in Categories: Daily Voting News
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SEQUOIA TOUCH-SCREEN VOTING MACHINES HACKED, FOUND VULNERABLE TO VOTE-FLIPPING BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY!

New Jersey Attorney to Ask Judge for Decertification of Company's 'AVC Advantage' System After Machines Found Untested by State

Princeton Professor Paid $86 For Online Purchase of 5 Machines That a NJ County Paid $40,000 for...

... promising to look into Appel's claims, Sequoia's Michelle Shafer asserted that hacking scenarios are unlikely. "It's not just the ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Saturday, February 10th, 2007 at 10:52 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=4141
Posted in Categories: Sequoia Voting Systems, New Jersey, Riverside County
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Major E-Voting Critic, Attorney Named to Key Voting Systems Oversight Role by New CA Secretary of State!

Debra Bowen Appoints Lowell Finley of Election Integrity Watchdog Group VoterAction.org to Role of 'Deputy SoS for Voting Systems Technology and Policy'

[UPDATED] Critics of E-Voting Hail News as 'Collosal Suprise,' Very Good for Voters, Very Bad for the Nation's Electronic Voting Machine Companies...

... 1/9/07: Sequoia Voting Systems' spokesperson Michelle Shafer contacted us via email this morning in response to our request for ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Monday, January 8th, 2007 at 2:31 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=3999
Posted in Categories: Diebold/Premier, ES&S, Debra Bowen, Bruce McPherson, California, Election Reform, Hart InterCivic, Sequoia Voting Systems, Voting System Certification, VoterAction, Election 2008, FL-13
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'RIVERSIDE CHALLENGE': County Supervisors, Voting Machine Company Begin to go Wobbly

Press Coverage Reveals Board of Supervisors, Sequoia Laying Groundwork to Try and Wriggle Out of '1000 to 1' Bet Their Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked...

... violate the contract between the county and Sequoia, said Michelle Shafer, a spokeswoman for Sequoia. It would depend on the conditions of the ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 at 3:23 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=3910
Posted in Categories: California, Sequoia Voting Systems, Riverside County
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NJ Election Official Admits She Can't Prove All Votes Counted Properly

PLUS: Sequoia's Spokehole Lies Again and Rush Holt Disappoints...

... refused to take responsibility...For anything... Michelle Shafer, a Sequoia spokeswoman, said that the company was not the manufacturer ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 2:41 am PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=3877
Posted in Categories: Election Reform, Sequoia Voting Systems, New Jersey
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'Daily Voting News' For November 7, 2006

... expect that things will go smoother this November,” said Michelle Shafer, spokeswoman for Sequoia. In other words, more problems will be blamed ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 5:59 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=3752
Posted in Categories: Daily Voting News
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Sequoia E-Vote Systems Found 'Hackable' in PA, Testing Shut Down After Machine Failures!

'Software Clearly Unstable,' Says Testing Official Who 'Transformed Handful of Votes into Thousands...in an Instant'!

Ten-Year Old E-Voting Systems from NV Planned for First Time Use in PA This Year

... and the people who use it," said Sequoia spokeswoman Michelle Shafer. It's unclear whether Shafer was referring to the problems in ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at 6:18 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=2628
Posted in Categories: Sequoia Voting Systems, Pennsylvania
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AP: 100,000 ERRORS REPORTED ON SEQUOIA VOTING MACHINES IN PALM BEACH, FL 2004 ELECTION!

Audit Shows Electronic Voting in Disarray, Thousands of Re-boots, Re-Calibrations Required Throughout Election

PLUS: 'Butterfly' LePore is Back!

... in question, say "all is well"... Sequoia spokeswoman Michelle Shafer disputed the findings, saying the company's machines worked properly. ...

Blogged by Brad Friedman on Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 at 11:47 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=2468
Posted in Categories: (Uncategorized)
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'Daily Voting News' For December 06, 2005

... woes, Diebold defends 'sterling' record LINK NAtional: Michelle Shafer, Ex-Hart Intercivic Official, Joins Sequoia Voting Systems to Replace ...

Blogged by John Gideon on Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 at 5:07 pm PT
URL: https://bradblog.com/?p=2125
Posted in Categories: (Uncategorized)
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