The Voting News Daily: Machine Gun Fundraiser in SC, Military ballots failure rate? Diebold return our money
Diebold return our money: group says Diebold should refund $100 million to California taxpayers.
Extreme fundraising? South Carolina politician holds a “Machine Gun Social” to raise funds.
Unintended consequences? The House legislation meant to defund ACORN may apply to a wide range of organizations and corporations.
Mass. fills seat left by death of Senator Edward Kennedy.
Boulder County adds more stringent testing for voting machines and ballots this year.
Unethical polling: Polling company Strategic Vision LLC failed to disclose methadology and basic polling data violates basic principles of scientific research.
Bo Lipari of NY Verified Voting fame has launched a new blog on how modern technology impacts elections, and what readers can do to…”Bo admonishes readers, “…it’s up to you to pay attention, and above all, to get involved.”
What is the solution? An overwhelming majority of military and overseas voters did not return ballots to the United States in 2006… 660,000 of 990,000 military ballots not returned.
CA. Diebold Return Our Money.
As A Result Of The California Secretary Of State’s Findings and Diebold/Premier’s Own Admissions That Its Voting Systems Do Not Meet Federal Standards, Velvet Revolution Calls on the Company to Return the Well Over $100 Million in Taxpayer Funds Spent by Californians on Failed, Faulty Voting System Hardware and Software
California officials recently revealed that ALL of Diebold/Premier’s voting systems violate federal certifications guidelines!…Send an email to Diebold/Premier, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and California Attorney General Jerry Brown.
http://www.velvetrevolution.us/db_money/
CO. Boulder County tests voting equipment
Clerk and recorder adds new procedures to the test
09/24/2009 …Following last year’s Boulder County election — when it took election workers three days to get a final vote count — the clerk and recorder has added extra testing procedures to this year’s logic and accuracy tests, which will likely be completed this afternoon.
…This year, the ballots for the test have not only been folded, but they’ve also been run through the mail-processing machines at the post office.
There are 363 different combinations of ballots that will be voted in the county in November, and state law requires that at least one of each style be tested. Boulder County is testing 600.
But the biggest change to last year’s logic and accuracy testing is the addition of procedures that will make sure the optical scanners are properly calibrated. A properly calibrated scanner — one that has the correct device driver installed — would not count a speck of paper dust as a vote, for example.
http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13415390
MA. Kirk Sworn In to Fill Kennedy’s Seat
September 25, 2009
Paul G. Kirk Jr. of Massachusetts was sworn in Friday to fill the Senate vacancy left by the death of Edward M. Kennedy, giving Democrats a crucial 60th vote heading toward a health care debate and becoming only the second person to hold that Senate seat in nearly half a century…Mr. Kirk is the sixth appointed senator to join the Senate this year, given deaths and resignations.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/kirk-sworn-in-to-fill-kennedys-seat/?scp=1&sq=kirk&st=cse
NC. Election boards wonder if military ballots are too costly?