Daily Voting News For April 29, 2008

In a laughable blog item Sequoia’s Michelle Shafer takes snippets of news articles that make Sequoia’s machines look good while she ignores all of the reports of problems. It must be harder and harder for Shafer to find good things to write about. Just last week she was attempting to make a point that Sequoia’s intellectual property (IP) must be protected from independent review in New Jersey. Then details of a company-wide phone call were released that revealed that not only does Sequoia not own any IP but that President Jack Blaine made statements about how good it was that they didn’t have any IP....

NAtional: Voter ID law upheld LINK

National: Decision Is Likely to Spur Voter ID Laws in More States LINK

National: Diebold Accuvote Voting System Now on Sale at eBay! LINK

Florida: Sarasota County - After Records Reveal E-Voting Glitches, Election Official Jokes She'll Stop Keeping Records LINK

Indiana: How to Cast a Ballot in Indiana if You Don't Have State-Issued Photo ID... LINK

Maryland: Attorney General’s Task Force on Voting Irregularities Submits First Report
Includes 13 Recommendations for Policy Changes LINK

Maryland: Md. Task Force Calls for More Voting Machines LINK

Maryland: Task force aims to ease voting problems, delays LINK

Mississippi: Miss. attempts at voter ID law have failed LINK

New Jersey: Editorial - Ballot ruling doesn't quell all concerns LINK

New Jersey: Editorial - Wise decision LINK

New Jersey: Court Muddies Sequoia E-voting Evaluation LINK

New Jersey: Hard evidence presented in New Jersey e-voting discrepancies LINK

New York: Polling sites, too, must be accessible LINK

Pennsylvania: Keystone state succes[sic] LINK

Pennsylvania: Centre County - County seeks comment on voting machines LINK

Utah: Weber County - ACLU investigation criticizes '07 Ogden election LINK

West Virginia: Early voting remains popular in southern W.Va. LINK

West Virginia: Greenbrier County - Greenbrier won’t be posting precinct results LINK

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