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Daily Voting News For December 20, 2006
Friday, 22 December 2006, 9:16 am | John Gideon
Today's news is dominated with reports from Sarasota County and the first day of court hearings to determine the path of action that will be followed in the disputed Buchanan-Jennings congressional race. More >>
Daily Voting News For December 18-19, 2006
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 4:11 pm | John Gideon
If there was ever any reluctance to point a finger at Sequoia Voting for the disenfranchisement of thousands of voters in Denver Colorado last month then the time to admit the failure is now. A recently released by city-officials 32-page report found enough blame for ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 17, 2006
Monday, 18 December 2006, 9:17 pm | John Gideon
Many in the Election Integrity community have been telling anyone who would listen that the new voting technology is expensive. Utah didn't listen but now they are learning. More >>
Daily Voting News For December 16, 2006
Monday, 18 December 2006, 2:04 pm | John Gideon
QUOTE: “The e-voting machines are a threat to democracy. Putting a VVPAT on them is nothing more than a band-aid. It’s like requiring a seat belt in a Ford Pinto. What good does it do when the Pinto explodes?” Brad Friedman... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 14, 2006
Monday, 18 December 2006, 12:45 am | John Gideon
"Almost any system, including paperless touch-screen voting systems, can be jury-rigged to attach a printer and generate a hard copy of each voter's choices. That is a far more complicated, and potentially troublesome, process than one which generates a ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 13, 2006
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:39 am | John Gideon
Poor software design, serious IT management inefficiencies and an untested deployment of a critical application were all major factors in last month's Election Day problems in Denver, according to a scathing report from an IT consultant. The problems led ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 12, 2006
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 3:13 pm | John Gideon
"At least two commissioners and [Broward County] Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes question the reliability and credibility of touch-screen machines without a physical record of each vote. They want county staff to explore the cost of several alternatives, ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 11, 2006
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 2:52 pm | John Gideon
The EAC was established by HAVA to oversee the implementation of HAVA. Their oversight has been minimal and irresponsible. Instead of providing the informed leadership and guidance the states needed as they purchased and deployed new voting systems, ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 7-10, 2006
Monday, 11 December 2006, 5:14 pm | John Gideon
Daily Voting News For December 7, 2006 Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org More >>
Daily Voting News For December 6, 2006
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 10:17 pm | John Gideon
A county supervisor in Riverside Co. California has opened his mouth and may regret it. He has challenged the local advocacy group, SaveRVote, to bring in a computer expert and hack their Sequoia voting machines. They say it can't be done and are ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 5, 2006
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:02 pm | John Gideon
"Donetta Davidson, a member of the Election Assistance Commission, said only a few dozen of about 6,700 election jurisdictions in the United States reported voting problems on Election Day. She said local governments undertake exhaustive testing ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 2-4, 2006
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 5:28 pm | John Gideon
"The most important thing for Congress is to take a deep breath," says Dan Tokaji, an election-law expert at Ohio State University. He worries that momentum is building for something that could prove to be a mistake. "Passing paper trails at this stage, ... More >>
Daily Voting News For November 30, 2006
Saturday, 2 December 2006, 9:42 pm | John Gideon
"In a decision that could have far-reaching effects on the way Rhode Island conducts elections, Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. ruled yesterday that any ballot that cannot be read by electronic voting machines during an election recount ... More >>
Daily Voting News For December 1, 2006
Saturday, 2 December 2006, 9:42 pm | John Gideon
There is already a scheduled recount in the OH-15 District that will begin next Tuesday. Now a Franklin Co judge has also asked for a recount of her loss due to suspected machine problems. More >>
Daily Voting News For November 28-29, 2006
Friday, 1 December 2006, 4:20 pm | John Gideon
A recount has been requested by a candidate for Senate in Indiana. / Riverside Co. California has announced an intent to form a panel to investigate their voting problems. More >>
Daily Voting News For November 27, 2006
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 5:09 pm | John Gideon
"The Commission will receive presentations on public comments received for the DRAFT Procedural Manual for Voting System Testing and Certification Program and the proposed final document will be considered for approval. More >>
Daily Voting News For November 24-26, 2006
Monday, 27 November 2006, 6:07 pm | John Gideon
A majority of today's news is about the audit to be held by the state in Florida's 13th Congressional District and the controversy over the people who will do that audit. I'll leave it to the readers to decide for themselves. / In North Carolina ... More >>
Daily Voting News For November 21-23, 2006
Monday, 27 November 2006, 5:23 pm | John Gideon
Elections officials, including the EAC, wring their hands in worry over "Voter Confidence". Voter confidence won't come about because we cover-up or minimize the fact that there are failures all over; that people are having to stand in lines so long that some ... More >>
Daily Voting News For November 20, 2006
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 4:21 pm | John Gideon
Doug Chapin of electionline.org 'said for all the flaws, Colorado was fortunate on two fronts. First, the problems were largely what he called ‘‘hassle factor,’’ and had nothing to do with allegations of inaccuracy, fraud or large-scale disenfranchisement. More >>
Daily Voting News For November 19, 2006
Monday, 20 November 2006, 3:14 pm | John Gideon
"Florida needs to demonstrate that it is a functioning democracy by getting to the bottom of the problem in the District 13 Congressional Race in Sarasota County. Republican Vern Buchanan now leads Christine Jennings by only 369 votes. But voter complaints ... More >>
