{"id":4177,"date":"2007-02-22T16:25:24","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T00:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2007-02-22T16:43:49","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T00:43:49","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-february-22-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4177","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For February 22, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.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>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/chronicle\/archive\/2007\/02\/22\/BAGFMO8UDR1.DTL&#038;type=politics\">an article in the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, &#8220;San Francisco supervisors told representatives of a voting machine company Wednesday that the firm will need to publicly display details of the software it uses to count ballots in order to win a $12.6 million, four-year contract with the city. At a Budget and Finance Committee hearing, Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly urged representatives of Sequoia Voting Systems of Oakland to place software codes for touch-screen voting devices and paper ballot-scanning machines on the Internet or in another public forum, so the public can review how the machines tabulate votes.&#8221;\u009d &#8230; Steven Bennet, a Sequoia representative, said Sequoia won&#8217;t agree to public disclosure [of source code on voting machines] since it would &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4175\">jeopardize the security<\/a> to all of our customers in California and across the country.&#8221;&#8221;\u009d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Ask Congress to amend Holt Bill &#8211; HR 811 <a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pdamerica\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=9406781&#038;type=CO\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: John Bonifaz makes the case for amending Holt&#8217;s HR 811 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdamerica.org\/articles\/news\/2007-02-22-13-11-02-news.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Beyond the Voting Machine: Stealth Barriers to Voter Participation <a href=\"http:\/\/houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com\/blog\/nathanhj\/2007\/feb\/22\/beyond_the_voting_machine_stealth_barriers_to_voter_participation\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Riverside County &#8211; Committee looks into Riverside County&#8217;s electronic-voting system <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/inland\/stories\/PE_News_Local_D_elect22.1a08d82.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Francisco &#8211; Software fight delays use of high-tech ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-579026~Software_fight_delays_use_of_high_tech_ballots.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Francisco &#8211; Supes want to know how voting machines count<br \/>\nCompany balks at public disclosure, offers alternative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/chronicle\/archive\/2007\/02\/22\/BAGFMO8UDR1.DTL&#038;type=politics\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Francisco &#8211; Sequoia Voting Systems Spokes**** Laugh Line of the Moment&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4175\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Her job is to improve Florida&#8217;s voting woes<br \/>\nElections Director Amy Tuck will lead the change to optical-scan machines. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/tu-online\/stories\/022207\/met_8026524.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Volusia County &#8211; Diebold Examines Volusia Voting Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfnews13.com\/News\/Local\/2007\/2\/22\/elex_machines.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Concern growing for voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlineathens.com\/stories\/022207\/news_20070222049.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Lesson learned: Get more pens <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/politics\/chi-070222pens-story,1,7809318.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; New procedures, tools should make election day glitch-free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagodefender.com\/page\/local.cfm?ArticleID=8542\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Board of Elections: Low voter turnout expected <a href=\"http:\/\/abclocal.go.com\/wls\/story?section=politics&#038;id=5059718\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; City Election Officials Say Voting Problems Fixed <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs2chicago.com\/local\/local_story_053182840.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Centers bring flexibility for voters<br \/>\nCasting ballots in Richmond won&#8217;t be Election Day-only option <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pal-item.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070222\/NEWS01\/702220306\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Kansas Senate Passes Controversial Voter ID Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2282&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Buncombe County &#8211; Princeton professor buys Buncombe&#8217;s old voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=200770222118\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Voting activists demand constitutional paper trail: Sequoia vows to install voting-machine printers by next January <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclairtimes.com\/page.php?page=14208\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Editorial &#8211; Making sure votes count <a href=\"http:\/\/toledoblade.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070222\/OPINION02\/702220316\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Northampton County &#8211; Panel demands answers on voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/expresstimes\/pa\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-10\/1172170803284230.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: Bill would allow public to see rejected ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projo.com\/news\/content\/ELECTION_REFORM_02-22-07_P04H7G7.dfb21c.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: After election confusion, R.I. lawmakers unveil reform bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/rhode_island\/articles\/2007\/02\/21\/after_election_confusion_ri_lawmakers_unveil_reform_bill\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: S.C. coalition to take on electronic voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrtlebeachonline.com\/mld\/myrtlebeachonline\/news\/local\/16754658.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Cost may stall ballot paper trail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfw.com\/mld\/dfw\/news\/state\/16756729.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: GOP amendment to require ID for provisional ballot voters fails <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=6121964&#038;nav=S6aK\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p><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 According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, &#8220;San Francisco supervisors told representatives of a voting machine company Wednesday that the firm will need to publicly display details of the software it uses to count ballots in order to win a $12.6 million, four-year contract with the [&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-4177","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\/4177","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=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}