{"id":2605,"date":"2006-03-24T17:22:37","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2006-06-14T16:43:09","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T23:43:09","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-24-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2605","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 24, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a> and <a href= \"http:\/\/www.VoteTrustUSA.org\">VoteTrustUSA.Org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>ES&#038;S gave officials in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania an ultimatum, &#8220;Either accept 50 percent of your order by 5 p.m. (Wednesday) or get nothing.&#8221; Buyer beware! I guess. Buyer beware, indeed. The folks in Cook County and Chicago are beginning to wish they had been better aware of what they were doing when they made deals with Sequoia. Now they are threatening to withhold any further funds from contracts due to the machines that did not work as advertised. For their part Sequoia did what the vendors always do; blame the voter and the poll workers for everything. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>CA: Exercise your right to vote, and do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santamariatimes.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/24\/sections\/opinion\/032406c.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Alameda County &#8211; Alameda County Is Defendant in Lawsuit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkeleydaily.org\/text\/article.cfm?issue=03-24-06&#038;storyID=23713\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Mendocino County &#8211; Touchscreen election system expected soon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukiahdailyjournal.com\/Stories\/0,1413,91~3089~3275321,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Santa Clara County &#8211; Registrar: Grand Jury Report Unfounded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilroydispatch.com\/news\/contentview.asp?c=182121\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Programmer who alleged plot to steal Florida election runs for Congress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/news\/2006\/Programmer_who_alleged_plot_to_steal_0324.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; Voting Reform <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/sfl-editnbpapertrailmar24,0,6816297.story?coll=sfla-news-editorial\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: House unanimously approves study of paper trail for voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macon.com\/mld\/macon\/news\/politics\/14178256.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Iowa House Stalling Voting Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1114&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: No More Payments To Sequoia Until Problems Are Solved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1116&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Sequoia \/ Smartmatic e-voting fiasco in Chicago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcrisis.com\/index.php?content=letters\/200603240714\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Elections officials put much of blame for problems on company that provided equipment (Sequoia) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/mld\/thestate\/news\/special_packages\/election2004\/14171240.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago and Cook County &#8211; City, county rip voting machine firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/output\/news\/cst-nws-vote24.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago and Cook County &#8211; Voting-system maker blasted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/west\/chi-0603240240mar24,1,858735.story?coll=chi-newslocalwest-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Cook County &#8211; MWRD Candidate Says 50,000 Votes For Him Disappeared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbbm780.com\/pages\/18294.php?\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Cook County &#8211; New voting system needs fixing (Sequoia) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/newsroom\/chi-060323voting,1,854533.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Elgin &#8211; Voting glitch under review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/west\/chi-0603240218mar24,1,2628212.story?coll=chi-newslocalwest-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Henry County &#8211; Disability Advocates Want Better Promotion for New Voting Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqad.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=4675225&#038;nav=1sW7\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: St Clair County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Editorial &#8211; Too high a price at the polls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belleville.com\/mld\/belleville\/news\/editorial\/14175554.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: Pass Christian &#8211; Pass will have run-off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunherald.com\/mld\/thesunherald\/news\/special_packages\/renewal\/long_beach\/14174362.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Ehrlich Proposes $28.6 Million In More Funding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewbalchannel.com\/news\/8239627\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Opinion &#8211; Replace Maryland&#8217;s Diebold machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackandwhiteonline.net\/DesktopModules\/Articles\/Articles_Detail.aspx?x=t3S1V757gDDVS9fzgnHPR4l1pNC4q37jqaLZo%2FU1R73a6lc6o%2BeMpEX04PHe78hvJ8R0iAphOK12Bcid0OuZ6w%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MT: Hill County &#8211; County juggles polling places <a href=\"http:\/\/www.havredailynews.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/23\/local_headlines\/county.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Motion to Intervene Denied in HAVA Lawsuit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1115&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Deadline set on new voting plan <a href=\"http:\/\/timesunion.com\/AspStories\/story.asp?storyID=464276&#038;category=STATE&#038;BCCode=&#038;newsdate=3\/24\/2006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: State told to act on vote devices <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalonews.com\/editorial\/20060324\/1061177.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Adams County &#8211; County approves purchase of voting machines (ES&#038;S) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ydr.com\/newsfull\/ci_3634713\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bradford County &#8211; County now looking at switching its choice for voting machines (From AVS to Diebold) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyreview.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16365027&#038;BRD=2276&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=465049&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Carbon County &#8211; Carbon makes switch for voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/poconos\/all-b1_1carbonmar24,0,4079620.story?coll=all-newslocalpoconos-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Lebanon County &#8211; Vendor reneges on promise to fill voting-machine order (ES&#038;S) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldnews.com\/news\/ci_3636309\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Northampton County &#8211; County executive urges use of old voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/expresstimes\/pa\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-5\/1143177313229540.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Dickson County &#8211; County approves new voting machines (Hart eSlate) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dicksonherald.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060324\/MTCN0201\/303240054\/1298\/MTCN02\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>UT: Rolly: A real shock for voters? (About the BBV inspection and test in Emery Co.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/utah\/ci_3634490\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Clark County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Opinion &#8211; Voting to get easier for the handicapped (Hart eSlate) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbian.com\/opinion\/news\/03242006news15359.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: No one need fear new touch-screen voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.register-herald.com\/cnhi\/registerherald\/opinion\/local_story_082231918.html?keyword=topstory\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IReland &#8211; Taxpayers face \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd14m e-voting storage bill (For unused, failed Liberty machines) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.ie\/pport\/web\/ireland\/Full_Story\/did-sgd4u-BlEXk32sgadLjt5C321I.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org ES&#038;S gave officials in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania an ultimatum, &#8220;Either accept 50 percent of your order by 5 p.m. (Wednesday) or get nothing.&#8221; Buyer beware! I guess. Buyer beware, indeed. The folks in Cook County and Chicago are beginning to wish they had been better aware [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}