Daily Voting News For May 21, 2008

Is anything but a take-over by Hart Intercivic going to save Sequoia Voting Systems? The Sequoia president, Jack Blaine, seems to have been caught, again, trying to deceive officials. This time he may have been less than truthful when providing testimony and written responses to members of the Chicago Board of Elections and a concerned city alderman. ...

NAtional: Exclusive: Voting Machine Company Chief Lied to Chicago Officials About Ownership, Control of Company LINK

National: Pedometers and Other Black Boxes LINK

Arkansas: Crawford County Electronic Voting Machines Caused Counting Delay LINK

Arkansas: Izard County - Miller to be new judge LINK

Arkansas: St Francis County - Ark. board sends vote monitors to St. Francis County LINK

California: Tehama County - Voting machines pass test LINK

Colorado: Jefferson County - Jeffco voters can opt for paper ballots
Decision means most in state can make that choice LINK

Florida: Sarasota County - Defending free elections
Sarasota group battling state over accuracy of electronic voting. LINK

Iowa: Black Hawk County - County OKs purchase of new voting machines LINK

Kansas: Editorial - Sebelius used veto pen wisely LINK

Kansas: Crawford County - County to get funding aid for election software LINK

North Carolina: Dare County - Frisco voting precinct error prompts protest LINK

Oklahoma: Good reasons to reject voter ID LINK

Tennessee: Instant Runoff Voting Could be in City’s Future LINK

West Virginia: Printers slow voting machines LINK

Netherlands - Netherlands says "nee" to electronic voting LINK

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