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Daily Voting News For October 18, 2007

Daily Voting News For October 18, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Last week the Netherlands did away with e-voting and their DREs made by a company called “NEDAP”. These same machines were sold to Ireland under the brand name “Liberty”. “Liberty” is now being marketed in New York. Ireland paid 51.3m Euros to purchase their machines then they found out they were insecure and had many problems. The machines have been in storage since they were purchased. They have never been used. Instead of taking NEDAP to court for restitution, or scrapping the machines; the Irish have now decided to take out 25-year rental leases for storage facilities. The government has taken a lease for the 288 machines in storage in County Monaghan for over 27,000 Euros a year.

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  • California: Riverside County - Knee Deep in the Hoopla LINK
  • Mississippi: The Politics of Voter ID LINK
  • New York: Editorial - Don't overspend on quick voting fixes LINK
  • Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Tests of electronic voting key to Cuyahoga's plans for 2008 LINK
  • Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Reliability of touch-screen voting remains big concern The director of elections in Cuyahoga County gets ready for the 2008 elections LINK
  • Pennsylvania: Editorial - Hold vendor liable for voting machine snafu LINK
  • Ireland: Costly storage of e-voting machines slammed as 'lunacy' LINK
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