{"id":5012,"date":"2007-08-27T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2007-08-27T23:13:45","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T06:13:45","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-27-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5012","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 27, 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>As reported by Kim Zetter in her Wired Blog and yours truly on OpEdNews, ES&#038;S has responded to the EAC&#8217;s rebuke for not disclosing that they were manufacturing voting machines in Manila, The Philippines. ES&#038;S arrogantly acted like a spoiled child in their response to the EAC. In the end they provided a list that included factories in Manila, Taiwan, and China, but not before trying to blame the EAC for their corporate reporting failures. Have you ever noticed that these vendors take no ownership of any problems? Vote-flipping is always the voters&#8217; fault. Machine failure is always the poll workers&#8217; fault&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: ES&#038;S Pouts, Stamps Foot, Complies Anyway, After Minor Spanking by the EAC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/genera_jgideon_070827_es_26s_pouts_2c_stamps_f.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: ES&#038;S Discloses Full List of Manufacturers <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2007\/08\/ess-discloses-f.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Opinion &#8211; Elections must have integrity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newarkadvocate.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070827\/OPINION01\/708270321\/1014\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Election system attracts criticism, concerns voters <a href=\"http:\/\/graphic.pepperdine.edu\/perspectives\/2007\/2007-08-27-diebold.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: William Jackson | E-voting machines still not reliable<br \/>\nCommentary: Electronic voting systems still have too many holes to be trusted. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcn.com\/print\/26_22\/44948-1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California Charges ES&#038;S Illegally Sold E-vote Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#038;taxonomyName=government&#038;articleId=301436&#038;taxonomyId=13&#038;intsrc=kc_top\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: County unravels snags for mail election<br \/>\nState order to recertify voting equipment will not affect the November mail-ballot vote. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/metro\/1188194669\/3\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Florida: Screwing up elections since 2000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alligator.org\/articles\/2007\/08\/27\/opinion\/columns\/070827col1.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County panel still reviewing voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/07239\/812427-181.stm\" 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 As reported by Kim Zetter in her Wired Blog and yours truly on OpEdNews, ES&#038;S has responded to the EAC&#8217;s rebuke for not disclosing that they were manufacturing voting machines in Manila, The Philippines. ES&#038;S arrogantly acted like a spoiled child in their response to the EAC. 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