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Daily Voting News For August 15, 2007
Daily Voting News For August 15, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
It appears that Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS), vendor for the WinVote DREs, may be in financial trouble. A report from PA, where WinVote is widely used, relates that AVS has failed to pay their bill for testing of their newest version of system. The testing lab has stopped testing and will not certify the system until they are paid. AVS is the same vendor who was just warned by the EAC for swapping out the motherboard in the new system without notifying either the test lab or the EAC. That notification is mandatory. If you have not seen the Dan Rather Report on voting issues the full program is now on-line. It is a powerful indictment of the vendors....
- NAtional: Voter Action Calls For A Full Congressional Investigation Of Voting Systems Companies LINK
- National: DAN RATHER REPORTS VIDEO: The Trouble with Touch Screens LINK
- National: First in the "Fooled Again" Series: Interview with Nancy Tobi LINK
- National: Sequoia Voting Systems Responsible for 2000 Presidential Debacle? LINK
- National: EAC Issues Voting System Certification Guide LINK
- National: President Urges Effective Election Audits LINK
- Arizona: Tucson - Touchscreen Voting Machines Won't Be Part of City Elections LINK
- California: Alameda County - State rules risk to early voting Security requirements threaten county's advance ballot casting LINK
- California: Nevada County - Diaz: All-mail ballot possible Foresees voting machines ready for 2008 primary LINK
- California: Siskiyou County - Voting machine changes mandated LINK
- Florida: Sarasota County - Finally, an election victory Approval of voting system gives Sarasota County voters a break LINK
- Mississippi: Natchez - Malfunction postpones vote certification LINK
- New Hampshire: Is it constitutional to outsource the state's vote counting? Lawyer objects to optical scan machines LINK
- New York: Editorial: Push plan on new voting machines LINK
- Oregon: Jackson County - County unveils state-of-the-art voting equipment It will take the guesswork out of which pencil to use LINK
- Pennsylvania: Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties - TV report questions Westmoreland, Allegheny voting machines LINK
- Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Electronic voting machines might be out for some Nov. races LINK
- West Virginia: Kanawha County - More Uncounted Ballots Found LINK
- West Virginia: Kanawha County - Public confidence wavering after more bags of ballots found LINK
- Philippines: ‘Defective’ machine supplier in U.S. also figured in past ARMM 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 Co-Director and Information Manager www.VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org
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