Daily Voting News For August 18, 2007
Daily Voting News For August 18, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In yesterday’s DVN I mentioned that Smartmatic had been looking for a buyer for Sequoia for “over a year”. In fact Smartmatic announced they were looking for a buyer for Sequoia on 22 Dec. 2006 so it has been 8 months. Both Sequoia and ES&S have released statements in an attempt to make lemonade from the lemons served up by Dan Rather’s Report. ...
- NAtional: Sequoia Voting Systems, in Full Damage Control Mode, Contacts Us About Error, Reveals Several of Their Own in the Bargain LINK
- National: ES&S - Statement Regarding HDNet Program LINK
- National: Sequoia Voting Systems Publishes Quality Control Documentation For 2000 Palm Beach Punch Card Ballots LINK
- National: 'Diebold Election Systems, Inc.’ Is No More! (At Least in Name) LINK
- National: Why nobody wants to buy Diebold Election Systems LINK
- National: Rather looks at 2000 voting snafus LINK
- California: Opinion - Secretary of state votes for voters LINK
- California: Voting machine hackers - UCSB team breaks into counting device LINK
- California: San Bernardino Co. considers return to paper ballots LINK
- Colorado: Montrose County - Montrose nixes voting machines, may go to all-paper ballot process LINK
- Missouri: Elections and Self-Promotion: The American Way LINK
- Mississippi: Hancock County - Requested ballot review in Senate primary begins LINK
- New York: Election board approves broader use of paper ballots LINK
- New York: State keeps paper ballots open to all LINK
- Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Lever voting machines may make a return LINK
- Philippines: Firm that gave US flawed counting machines wants to automate RP polls LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org
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