Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register John Gideon for InfoPages here.
John Gideon - Latest News [Page 9]
Daily Voting News For August 27, 2008
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 11:47 am | John Gideon
Today Premier/Diebold has again had to accepted the blame for voting machine failures. This time the optical scan machines that had tallied absentee ballots in Sarasota County would not upload the totals to the main server and refused to post elections ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 26, 2008
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 1:41 pm | John Gideon
College students in Dutchess Co. New York are taking advantage of a grant from the Election Assistance Commission to be trained to operate the counties voting equipment. These students will work as “fellows” earning a stipend as the recruit up to ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 25, 2008
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 1:36 pm | John Gideon
Today’s featured article is a warning from Greg Gordon of McClatchy News in which he points to the fact that the recent disclosure of flawed software in Premier/Diebold machines points directly to a system of testing and certifying voting systems that ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 23, 2008
Monday, 25 August 2008, 2:27 pm | John Gideon
Today many of the articles could have been “Featured” but I chose one because it contains one of what seems to have become Premier/Diebold’s requisite half-truth. In our featured article Premier spokesman, Chris Riggall is quoted as saying, "There ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 22, 2008
Monday, 25 August 2008, 2:00 pm | John Gideon
So far this year your kind donations to VotersUnite.Org have allowed us to keep providing ‘Daily Voting News’ at least 6 days a week except for a couple weeks of vacation or conferences. We have also been able to spend over four weeks of long hours to ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 21, 2008
Friday, 22 August 2008, 4:12 pm | John Gideon
This past March, a Butler Co Ohio election official was examining the database from the just held primary. The official found a problem he was not looking for. It seems that two memory cards had not been downloaded even though the system had reported ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 21, 2008
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 5:33 pm | John Gideon
Tonight’s Featured article discusses the report from VotersUnite.Org that we discussed in this space on Monday. The report does not just tell what is wrong; it also tells about what states and local jurisdictions can do that is right. “Researchers then ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 19, 2008
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 3:36 pm | John Gideon
Today’s general news has articles about an expanded post-election audit in Connecticut. SOS Bysiewicz has ordered an audit of the results of the August 12 primary. This audit will be of 33% of the precincts. This audit plan had input from UConn. We congratulate ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 18, 2008
Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 3:14 pm | John Gideon
The Executive Summary of a new report from VotersUnite.Org, and our Featured article, begins: “As we approach the 2008 general election, the structure of elections in the United States — once reliant on local representatives accountable to the public ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 17, 2008
Monday, 18 August 2008, 4:17 pm | John Gideon
There were two interesting admissions in yesterday’s New York Times article and today’s “Featured” article. Chris Nelson, Secretary of State of South Dakota, admitted that the voting machines used in his state for voters with disabilities ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 15 and 16, 2008
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 10:22 pm | John Gideon
In today’s “Featured” article Paul Rieckhoff of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America voices the opinion shared by many veterans, including this writer, with regards to actions by the Department of Veterans Affairs with regards to voter registration ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 13, 2008
Thursday, 14 August 2008, 2:03 pm | John Gideon
Voter registrations and voter registration data bases have been a huge problem during the primary elections. There is no reason to believe that they will not be a huge problem in November. One of the only ways to ensure a voter is registered is for ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 12, 2008
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:25 am | John Gideon
In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Sen. Diane Feinstein tries to defend her “Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act” against the editorial accusation that her bill is just “A Bad Electronic Voting Bill”. The Senator tries to make ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 12, 2008
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 4:52 pm | John Gideon
As Steven Rosenfeld says in his Alternet article, and this evenings “Featured” article, “The first large block of voters to be disenfranchised in 2008 are the wounded warriors from recent wars and homeless veterans living at hundreds of Department ... More >>
'Daily Voting News' For August 09 and 10, 2008
Monday, 11 August 2008, 11:51 am | John Gideon
For over two years Election Integrity attorneys have been urging the state of Ohio to file suit against Diebold/Premier, ES&S and Hart for failure to meet their contractual obligations with the state. The Secretary of State ignored that urging. It was only ... More >>
'Daily Voting News' For August 08, 2008
Sunday, 10 August 2008, 4:55 pm | John Gideon
Today we are going to have a change of pace and introduce a new word to the vocabulary of some. This is actually a word that I heard for the first time a couple days ago and I like learning new words. Today’s word is “obscurantism”. What does obscurantism ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 7, 2008
Friday, 8 August 2008, 1:52 pm | John Gideon
Today we have two “Featured” articles. The Connecticut Office of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has allowed Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do voter education. ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 6, 2008
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 2:26 pm | John Gideon
Today Jennifer Brunner, the Ohio Secretary of State, announced that she has filed a counterclaim in a lawsuit with Premier(Diebold) Election Solutions. The counterclaim asks for damages, including punitive damages, against the vendor for voting machine ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 5, 2008
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 2:00 pm | John Gideon
In Kansas it appears that poll workers are not responsible to ensure a voter is voting on the correct ballot. Today’s featured article relates an issue that happened in the polls today. At least 4 voters checked-in at their poll site and were assigned ... More >>
Daily Voting News For August 4, 2008
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 1:07 pm | John Gideon
Today’s featured article begins: “Although the United States prides itself on its commitment to democracy, its electoral system hardly qualifies as world-class. Putting aside the well-documented problems with electronic voting, hanging chads, ... More >>
