In
this evening’s “Featured Article”, Kim Zetter of
“Threat Level Blog” at Wired reports about the failure
of new Sequoia voting machines to get through state and
local testing. So far about 50 percent of the voting
machines delivered to the state have problems. Doug Kellner,
co-chair of the New York State Board of Elections, is
quoted as saying something that the Election Integrity
community has known for a long time. He said, “There's no
way the vendor could be adequately reviewing the machines
and having so many problems. What it tells us is that the
vendor just throws this stuff over the transom and does not
do any alpha- or beta-testing of their own before they
apply for certification testing. Then they expect that
we'll identify technical glitches and then they'll correct
those glitches. But correction of those glitches is an
extraordinarily time-consuming process. And it’s very
disappointing that this equipment is not ready for prime
time.” The vendors have used real elections to beta test
their products without regards for the voters and this has
been an ongoing process for years....
Featured Article: NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia
Voting Machines Flawed LINK
National: Are You
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National: Michael
Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny: Part 1 LINK
National:
Senators: VA should allow voter drives at hospitals Ohio's
secretary of state signed protest letter LINK
National: Sneak
Preview of "Count My Vote - A Citizen's Guide to Voting" by
Steven Rosenfeld LINK
National: "Count
My Vote" Issues and Solutions LINK
Arizona: Pima
County – Opinion - End doubts, suspicions with recount of
RTA votes LINK
Colorado: Mail-in
voting goes mainstream More voters are choosing absentee
ballots for a variety of reasons, and the increase could
have some surprising consequences. LINK
Colorado: Denver
- Denver elections office up for count City officials say
they're pleased about overhaul LINK
Florida: Trouble
Predicted in Counting Florida's New Ballots - Again LINK
Georgia: Opinion
- Fettered franchise Restrictive voter ID law will be
enforced at polls, a not-so-pretty picture of partisan
bullying LINK
Pennsylvania:
Centre County - Centre Co. Voting Machines Update LINK
Texas: El Paso
County - County OK's purchase of new voting machines LINK
International:
FedEx, voter group hope to ease ballot shipping woes LINK
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