Voters
in five California counties will have to wait a couple
weeks, at least, for a decision from the Secretary of State
as to what action the state will take against ES&S for
selling the counties uncertified AutoMark ballot markers.
My guess is that with primary season so close the state
will provisionally certify the machines the counties have
and then severely fine the vendor for violating state law.
That’s just my guess though.
In another indication
that the voting machine vendors are gouging their customers
and the tax payer, Luzerne Co Pennsylvania signed a
four-year contract with ES&S to provide warranty services.
The contract is for $60,550. Originally ES&S offered the
county a three-year contract for $320,000. The difference?
The county will pay shipping and labor costs for whatever
breaks. It just took county officials willing to stand-up
to ES&S and tell them “NO! We aren’t going to be
gouged”....
CA: State accuses
voting machine firm of selling an unapproved model LINK
California:
Elections chief may bar voting machine provider from
California LINK
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California:
California probes whether firm sold unauthorized voting
machines LINK
California: State
targets voting machine supplier LINK
California:
Merced County - Non-Certified Voting Machines Sold to Five
Counties LINK
California:
Riverside County absentee ballots require ballpoint pen,
period LINK
California: San
Diego County – Media Release – Tell Supervisors No
Vote-By-Mail LINK
California: San
Francisco County - SF Gears Up for Weeks of Around the
Clock Ballot Counting LINK
Colorado: Clerks
facing blackout on election information State cuts off
communication over litigation worries LINK
Connecticut:
Party's changes in ballots stress election chiefs LINK
Florida: Lee
County – Editorial - Voters must know their ballots will
be counted LINK
Ohio: Ohio brings
in experts to review troubled e-voting systems Ahead of the
2008 elections, it's hoping to head off problems LINK
Pennsylvania:
Luzerne County - Elections bureau finalizes warranty deal
for voting machines LINK
Pennsylvania:
Monroe County - Monroe to provide audio voting samples
online for the blind LINK
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