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submission
Irvu writes:
As reported here a New Jersey Superior Court Judge has prohibited the release of an analysis conducted on the Sequoia AVC Advantage voting system. This report arose out of a lawsuit challenging the use of the systems on constitutional grounds. The study was conducted by Andrew Appel on behalf of the plaintiffs, after the Judge in the case ordered the company to permit it. That same judge has now held it indefinitely from the public record on a verbal order.
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submission
Irvu writes:
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering HR. 5036 the "Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008" as introduced by Representative Rush Holt. The bill is scheduled for a floor vote later today. This bill would provide for emergency paper ballots, money for the addition of voter verifiable paper ballots to existing systems, and post-election audits. Crucially the change to paper is opt-in making it possible or local jurisdictions to govern their own choices. The bill was reported out of committee with strong bi-partisan support. Summaries of the bill may be found here, here and here). As of this morning the White house has opposed the bill but not thretened a veto and some, previously supportive, Republicans have now changed their tune. This bill is one of the few bills to make it this far in Congress and to have this level of support.
Letters (or better calls) may be made to your house rep (see the "find your representative" link on the upper left hand side of the page). A sample support letter is available here.
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submission
Irvu writes:
Diebold has apparently failed in their bid to sell their tainted elections systems unit. Unable to find a buyer the CEO of Diebold promised that the system will be run more "openly and independently." To prove that they are serious, they renamed it. Diebold Election Systems is now Premiere Election Solutions. They still sell GEMS, AccuVote OS and the ever-unpopular AccuVote-TSX which performed so disastrously in California's Top-to-Bottom Review under the same names. Apparently their rebranding effort only goes so far.
