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Daily Voting News For March 13, 2008
Monday, 17 March 2008, 12:36 am | John Gideon
The Colorado media is beginning to pick up on something we have been saying for awhile. Secretary of State Coffman cannot seem to make up his mind on anything. He was for decertifying almost every voting system in the state; then he recertified them ignoring ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 15, 2008
Saturday, 15 March 2008, 12:00 am | John Gideon
It appears that not many officials in New Jersey believe Sequoia’s explanation of the problem 6 counties found following the state’s primary on Super Tuesday. Sequoia has attempted to blame the poll workers for a problem where, on some machines, ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 11, 2008
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 3:45 pm | John Gideon
Another good reason that a mail-in primary do-over cannot happen in Florida? It is against the law. State law only allows referendums to be on a mail ballots and doesn’t allow for candidates to be named on ballots via stamp and carrier. An executive order ... More >>
Public Address 11/03/08 - The Universal Intercept
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 10:36 pm | John Gideon
The Universal Intercept | Mar 11, 2008 10:39 Russell Brown's Hard News Stephen Judd has spotted the mistake in the Dominion Post's headline: Crims' texts wiped. It is not "crims" texts being "wiped", it is everyone's, including ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 10, 2008
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 10:33 pm | John Gideon
Tomorrow is Mississippi voters opportunity to cast a primary vote. Most of the counties use Diebold/Premier TSx machines with a vvpat. One county recently decided to remove the vvpat printers because they were too much problem on election day. Another good ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 9, 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008, 11:14 pm | John Gideon
There isn’t much to say this evening so here is the news.... CA: Humboldt County - PRESS RELEASE: Veterans For Peace Chapter 56 Supporting Hand-Counted Paper ballots; "No justice in secret vote counting" LINK More >>
Daily Voting News For March 8, 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008, 10:23 am | John Gideon
Today gives us a hard fought, tight special election for an open congressional seat in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District. DuPage County is one of the counties that is part of the 14th. Reports from the county are that their Diebold/Premier ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 7, 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008, 10:07 am | John Gideon
Have you already voted in your state’s primary? Attended your state’s caucus? Maybe you are in a state that is yet to have a primary? Are you registered to vote? Are you sure? We encourage everyone to check before your primary, if you haven’t ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 5, 2008
Saturday, 8 March 2008, 5:28 pm | John Gideon
There have been no media reports of any huge meltdowns in yesterday’s primaries. The reports may still come but so far all of the reports have been of minor problems. The one major issue is that after all of the previous primaries and caucuses it seems ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 6, 2008
Saturday, 8 March 2008, 1:24 pm | John Gideon
A request from the election integrity community to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram was sent on March 4. We have asked her to allow an independent investigation of the recent problems with the state’s Sequoia Advantage voting machines. Clearly ... More >>
Daily Voting News For March 04, 2008
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:30 am | John Gideon
Today was as busy as expected but most of the reports of problems are minor. Turnout in Ohio was high even though the weather did not support people going to the polls. Power outages were reported in different areas, flooding in some counties. More >>
Daily Voting News For March 03, 2008
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:27 am | John Gideon
The voting news today has been dominated, not by tomorrow’s primary news, but by an attempted takeover of Diebold by the military industrial complex in the form of United Technologies which also owns Sikorsky Helicopter and jet-engine maker. More >>
Daily Voting News For March 02, 2008
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 8:57 am | John Gideon
Is your name on the voter registration list? Have you voted in your state’s primary or will you be voting when the time comes for your state? Are you sure your name is on the voter registration list? More >>
Daily Voting News For March 01, 2008
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 8:55 am | John Gideon
As reported here yesterday Sequoia Voting Systems has blamed one or two poll workers in 6 counties for doing something strange at the back of the counties Advantage DREs that would cause the correct ballot to be voted. More >>
Daily Voting News For February 29, 2008
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 8:52 am | John Gideon
As hard as Sequoia must have had to search they actually found a way to blame the problem found on their machines in New Jersey on the poll worker. I am duly impressed. They even appear to admit that they stopped looking. More >>
Daily Voting News For February 28, 2008
Friday, 29 February 2008, 5:34 pm | John Gideon
The Florida Secretary of State has found someone to take the state's Direct Recording Electronic voting machines and "de-manufacture" them. ES&S iVotronics will be resold, if possible. The state's Sequoia machines will be scrapped. More >>
Daily Voting News For February 26, 2008
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 7:34 pm | John Gideon
Colorado Secretary of State Coffman has done it again. Every time he makes a decision; it ends up being the wrong decision. Can’t this guy get anything right? Now Coffman has certified a host of DRE voting machines that have been sitting in limbo. More >>
Daily Voting News For February 24 & 25, 2008
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 3:35 pm | John Gideon
While activist eyes will be watching Ohio next Tuesday I am going to be watching Texas. The March 4 primary is one week from tomorrow and some Texas counties are just now deciding that turn-out is going to be huge and that they are not prepared. More >>
Daily Voting News For February 23, 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008, 10:45 am | John Gideon
Mercer Co New Jersey election officials have found that 5% of their Sequoia Advantage Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines reported the incorrect post election data. Vote totals were properly reported (as well as anyone can tell from a DRE). More >>
Daily Voting News For February 22, 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008, 10:44 am | John Gideon
Colorado Secretary of State Coffman seems to be jumping from one boiling pot to another. No matter what decision he makes now he stands to make someone mad. The counties want their voting systems recertified as soon as possible. More >>
