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Daily Voting News 12 July, 2007
Monday, 16 July 2007, 8:01 pm | John Gideon
In an excellent article posted at OpEdNews, Andi Novick has this to say, ““Comply with the law, or take your business elsewhere” is an excellent response to a vendor who essentially said to New York - take my business on my terms or we vendors may ... More >>
Daily Voting News 11 July, 2007
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 8:45 pm | John Gideon
The use of the county’s new DRE voting machines means that this year’s municipal elections will cost Salt Lake Co Utah three times more than past elections. New technology has increased the amount of training and wages for election workers. Palm Beach and ... More >>
Daily Voting News July 10, 2007
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:51 am | John Gideon
Another election official has jumped into the revolving door and joined the vendors. In this case ex-Commissioner and Chairman of the EAC Paul DeGregorio has become COO of internet voting software company, Everyone Counts. Also charging that Congressman ... More >>
Daily Voting News 7 July, 2007
Monday, 9 July 2007, 8:56 pm | John Gideon
Two years ago, on July 7, our friend and fellow election integrity activist, Andy Stephenson lost his fight against pancreatic cancer. Andy was an outspoken supporter of paper ballots and worked as hard as any of us for the integrity of our elections. ... More >>
Daily Voting News for July 3, 2007
Monday, 9 July 2007, 6:39 pm | John Gideon
Bergen Co. NJ has reported that their Sequoia DRE voting machines required $44,000 worth of electricity for their monthly battery charge last year. The county is now spending $42,000 to install air conditioning in the warehouse where their 1,200 machines ... More >>
Daily Voting News for June 27, 2007
Monday, 9 July 2007, 6:12 pm | John Gideon
The inside Maryland media has finally discovered what was reported outside of Maryland earlier this week; the state’s election director may have a conflict of interest issue and there is no doubt that she suffers from poor decision making. Linda Lamone, ... More >>
Daily Voting News June 27 2007
Friday, 29 June 2007, 2:12 pm | John Gideon
ES&S seems to have complied with the demand from the California SoS’s office that they provide their source code as part of the state’s “Top-to-Bottom Review” of all voting systems used in the state. I say “seems to” because ES&S delivered ... More >>
Daily Voting News 26 June 2007
Friday, 29 June 2007, 12:47 am | John Gideon
HR-811 update: Contact was finally made with someone on the staff of the House Admin. Committee who knows the status of HR-811. The question asked concerned a deletion of language that was put into the bill during committee deliberation but was removed ... More >>
Daily Voting News 22 June 2007
Monday, 25 June 2007, 4:56 pm | John Gideon
Remember Arthur Anderson, the man who ran for Palm Beach Co, Florida Election Supervisor on a promise that he would give the voters a voter verified paper trail? He is also the man who ran from that promise just as soon as he was elected and took office. ... More >>
John Gideon: Daily Voting News 20 June 2007
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 1:43 pm | John Gideon
In his “S.1487: A Deconstruction” Robert Bancroft points out; “One cannot help but notice a pattern in the fiscal priorities set by this bill. • Money to help States develop training programs: none • Money to help States establish early voting ... More >>
Daily Voting News 19 June 2007
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 12:55 am | John Gideon
Today gives us more of what was reported yesterday about the appellate court’s decision to not let Christine Jennings look at the ES&S software. Other than that it was a pretty slow day today.... More >>
Daily Voting News 18 June 2007
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 12:32 am | John Gideon
Ohio’s Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, has announced a plan to hire a firm to determine whether her state’s voting machines work, are secure, and can function under heavy volume. This is pretty much the same thing being done in California. ... More >>
Scoop: Daily Voting News For June 16-18, 2007
Monday, 18 June 2007, 2:17 pm | John Gideon
In his WebLog New Yorkers for Verified Voting’s Bo Lipari relates, “The 800 pound gorilla of software development has moved forcefully into New York State, supported by voting machine vendors using Microsoft Windows in their touch screen voting machines ... More >>
Scoop: Daily Voting News for June 8-15, 2007
Monday, 18 June 2007, 2:10 pm | John Gideon
Daily Voting News For June 15th, 2007 Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org More >>
Daily Voting News For June 1-8, 2007
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 7:07 pm | John Gideon
The New Jersey Star-Ledger reported today, “Seeking to avoid voting scandals like those experienced in Florida and Ohio in the past two presidential elections, a coalition of good government and lobbying groups yesterday proposed six bills to improve New ... More >>
Daily Voting News For May 25, 2007
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:44 pm | John Gideon
Today is a hodge-podge of news and editorials. More on the for or against discussion of HR-811 and today Senator Feinstein announced the filing of her version of Holt’s bill. We also have editorials from two Utah papers that, of course, like HAVA just ... More >>
Daily Voting News For May 24, 2007
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 11:10 am | John Gideon
For the first time in over four years of putting out “Daily Voting News” with only a one or two day break ‘DVN’ is going on a hiatus beginning after tomorrow’s edition and for a week. We will be back on Friday, June 1. More >>
Daily Voting News For May 19-23, 2007
Friday, 25 May 2007, 10:57 am | John Gideon
In an AP article we learn “Against his doctor's advice, a stooped and feeble Sen. Mario Gallegos arrives at the state Capitol each day, just to make sure the Senate does not take up a bill that would require voters to produce ID at the polls. More >>
Daily Voting News For May 15-18, 2007
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 12:02 am | John Gideon
The arrogance of some election officials is stunning. Voters in Alameda Co California disputed election results from a 2004 initiative. A group of voters asked for all records from the machines More >>
Daily Voting News For May 13, 2007
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 9:50 am | John Gideon
In his column in the Washington Post columnist David Broder reports on HR-811, its status and opposition from state election officials. Oddly the National Association of Secretaries of State has taken no public position according to Broder. However ... More >>
