Daily Voting News For March 26, 2007

Today, Monday, the state of Massachusetts goes to court to defend themselves in a lawsuit brought by Diebold. Diebold claims that the state should have bought their accessible voting machines rather than the AutoMark that was offered by ES&S because the Diebold voting machine was the best of the two. Perhaps Diebold will offer to explain to the judge what makes their voting system accessible. I doubt that will happen because they would have a lot of problem proving the imaginary. ...

• NAtional: Explosive new vote fraud developments continue to rock Ohio and Florida LINK
• California: The Vote: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Releases Draft Critera for Voting Machine Review LINK
• Florida: Florida Voting Officials Warned of Glitch Before Election Losing candidate: Slow touch screens may have been culprit in undervote LINK
• Florida: FL-13 - State Audit Team Replies to Questions Surrounding Newly Discovered ES&S 'Source Code Review Agreement' Sent to State Certification Chief LINK
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• Illinois: Early voting a growing trend Some officials predict up to half the votes cast in 2008 will be before Election Day LINK
• Kansas: Kansas counties get new voting machines LINK
• Massachusetts: Firm sues Mass. over contract for voting machines for disabled LINK
• Massachusetts: Machines can be accessible too LINK
• Massachusetts: Voting device pact at issue Firm sues over snub by state LINK
• Massachusetts: Diebold cries 'do over!' after losing Massachusetts contract LINK
• Massachusetts: Governor's Web Site Reveals Voters' Home Addresses LINK
• Maryland: Press Release - Urge MD Senate to Pass Real Voter-Verified Paper Trail LINK
• Maryland: Md. Senate rejects paper trail proposal Sponsor concedes measure is likely dead for this legislative session LINK
• New York: Sleepy Hollow Democrats seek new election LINK
• Ohio: New Ohio evidence exposes apparently illegal 2004 recount activity by Hocking County's GOP Election Director, and a stinging complaint is filed in Cleveland LINK
• Ohio: Editorial - Keep Elections Honest in Ohio LINK
• Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Secretary of State Brunner Issues Complaint Against Cuyahoga Board of Elections LINK
• Texas: Seguin County - Electronic ballots discussed at forum LINK
• Virginia: Bills could phase out touch screen voting LINK

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