{"id":2636,"date":"2006-03-31T17:13:27","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T21:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2006-06-14T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T23:46:50","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-31-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 31, 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>The testing and failure of the Sequoia Advantage machines in Pennsylvania dominates the news today. It will be interesting to see if Sequoia can get it right and can get something to pass testing by the state and then get it federally qualified in enough time to allow the counties to use it. I don&#8217;t see it happening but then the whole process with the ITAs seems to be PFM (Pure F*****g Magic) sometimes. They may even stamp it with the 2002 qualification even though it is still not accessible&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: 1965 voting rights provisions to expire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunherald.com\/mld\/sunherald\/news\/breaking_news\/14230182.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: A Bit Of A Quandary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_joan_bru_060331_a_bit_of_a_quandary.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: HR 550 and the EAC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1148&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Opinion &#8211; Voters must prove themselves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmnews.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/31\/sections\/opinion\/opinion59.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: Electronic voting machines readied for Saturday races (Sequoia Advantage) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/t-p\/metro\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-13\/1143788840269270.xml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Op-Ed &#8211; Touch-screen voting isn&#8217;t the right answer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/oped\/bal-op.voting31mar31,0,1505298.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Voting-by-mail plan meets criticism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/local\/politics\/bal-md.notebook31mar31,0,6568907.story?coll=bal-local-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Forsyth County &#8211; Elections Office Turmoil <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalnow.com\/servlet\/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_ColumnistArticle&#038;c=MGArticle&#038;cid=1137835050180&#038;path=%2Fopinion%2Findex.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County &#8211; New voting machines en route to Allegheny County (Sequoia Advantage) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/06090\/678299-85.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Luzerne County &#8211; Luzerne County gets ready for electronic voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensvoice.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16409350&#038;BRD=2259&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=455154&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Montgomery County &#8211; Voting software vulnerable to hackers (Sequoia Advantage) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/inquirer\/news\/local\/states\/pennsylvania\/counties\/bucks_county\/14229311.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Montgomery County &#8211; Montco&#8217;s voting machine fixes fail to gain state certification <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/quakertown\/all-b1_2montcomar31,0,5073120.story?coll=all-newslocalquakertown-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Sullivan County &#8211; County officials decide on voting machine (Diebold TSx) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyreview.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16408441&#038;BRD=2276&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=465049&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Anderson County &#8211; County to purchase new voting machines (Hart eSlate) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/kns\/local_news\/article\/0,1406,KNS_347_4584034,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Knox County &#8211; Election slipping toward crisis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/kns\/local_news\/article\/0,1406,KNS_347_4584549,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Milam County &#8211; County, cities remain at odds (Hart Intercivic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameronherald.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/31\/news\/news03.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>UT: Short long on battle advice. Voting machine fight: The controversial former S. L. County official says mediation is the answer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/utah\/ci_3658052\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Vote-PAD: Letter to State Elections Board Re: Survival Coaltion of Wisconsin Disability Organizations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/index.iml?Article=57362\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Columbia County &#8211; 3,500 ballots being reprinted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiscnews.com\/pdr\/news\/index.php?ntid=78380&#038;ntpid=1\" 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 The testing and failure of the Sequoia Advantage machines in Pennsylvania dominates the news today. It will be interesting to see if Sequoia can get it right and can get something to pass testing by the state and then get it federally qualified in enough time [&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-2636","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\/2636","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=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}