Voters Unite news from John Gideon

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Today I listened to, and watched, a hearing, on-line, from Washington DC
in which the DC Council heard testimony regarding the recent failures in
the district’s primary election where there were thousands of phantom
votes from one precinct and even after those were discovered and
cleaned-up the final numbers still do not add up. The two council
members who asked questions in the morning, Council members Mary Cheh
and David Catania, were extremely well prepared and concerned especially
when taking sworn testimony from Michelle Shafer and Ed Smith, both VPs
of Sequoia Voting Systems and other Sequoia representatives. Soon after
one representative tried to claim that the problem found in DC was
unique, the result of pollworker mistakes, and that no votes had ever
been lost on Sequoia machines Mr. Catania began asking questions about
past problems that are very much like the problems that happened in DC
and that may have resulted in lost votes. There were, of course, claims
of mistakes in the media and misunderstanding of the facts from Sequoia.
Further testimony was taken from computer scientists who also had
concerns about the Sequoia product and testimony. Our featured article
discusses this hearing in more detail. I will include a link to an
archive of the hearing if/when it becomes available. And, watch for more
articles from Washington DC about the hearing and the fall-out from the
hearing.

Featured - Washington DC - Cheh Opens Council Hearing on Election Problems
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/10/saying_the_dc_board_of.html

National: Sequoia Op-Scan Ballot Counters Fail to Count Same Way Twice
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6461

National: EAC Commissioners Confirmed by U.S. Senate
http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-commissioners-confirmed-by-u-s-senate/base_view

National: A Petition to Ask the Presidential Candidate About Weekend
Voting at the Next Debate
http://whytuesday.org/

National: Does Your Vote Count? It Depends On Who’s Counting Your Votes
http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/evoting.html

National: Voters Being Purged on a Massive Scale. CBS Takes Notice. You
Should Too.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Voters-Being-Purged-on-a-M-by-Mary-Mancini-081002-693.html

National: Urgent Call to Action! Contact Obama Campaign and DNC, Demand
Action to Stop Illegal Voter Purges
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Urgent-Call-to-Action-Con-by-steveheller-081002-249.html

AZ: Arizona Voters Could be Targeted for ID Theft During Election Season
http://www.spamfighter.com/News-11044-Arizona-Voters-Could-be-Targeted-for-ID-Theft-During-Election-Season.htm

CA: Alameda County - AC Transit Joins Effort to Increase Voter Registration
http://www.dailycal.org/article/102924/ac_transit_joins_effort_to_increase_voter_registra

CA: Want to skip polls and post office?
Vote by Mail ballots can be deposited at 60 spots across Riverside County
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081003/NEWS0301/810030333/1026/news12

CO: Counting days and concerns until election
http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10623161

FL: Mass e-mail rumors befuddle voters
From what you can wear to what you can show at the polls, false voting
rumors are zipping about the Internet and pouring in across Florida.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/711356.html

GA: Surprise: You’re off the voter list
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2008/10/03/georgia_dropped_voters.html

IL: Scramble on to fix 'misleading' ballot
Could cost state $2 million or more
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/490247.html

IL: An Update From The Con-Con Hearing
http://progressillinois.com/2008/10/03/con-con-hearing-update

IN: Lake County - Lack of oversight blamed for fraudulent voter
registration applications
http://www.post-trib.com/news/lake/1199901,lcacorn.article

IN: Lake County - Curley displays memory lapse over voting issue
http://www.post-trib.com/news/james/1199199,james.article

IN: Marion County - Democrats fear GOP will turn away foreclosed voters
GOP won't rule out using residency change to challenge a ballot
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS0502/810030478

MT: Army Reservist Included in Montana GOP Voter Purge Effort
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-sample/army-reservist-included-i_b_131766.html

MT: University of Montana students protest GOP challenge of voter
registrations
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/10/03/bnews/br37.txt

MT: Project Vote Blasts GOP Attack on Montana Voters
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/project_vote_blasts_gop_attack_on_montana_voters_100308/

MT: GOP Challenges 6,000 Montana Voters...Because They Moved Last Year
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6462

NJ: One man, one voting machine
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/10/03/21646/

OH: Butler County - County expects 35K absentee ballot applications
Board of elections unveils new office.
http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/03/hjn100308boe.html

PA: Monroe County – Editorial - Lawsuit won't help voters
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS04/810030332

RI: State Supreme Court orders recount in disputed West Warwick primary
race between Michael Pinga and state Sen. Stephen D. Alves
http://www.projo.com/extra/election/content/ALVES_HEARING_10-03-08_DKBQ8ND_v14.160dfda.html

SD: Forum set to answer questions about upcoming election
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/UPDATES/81003034/1001/news

TX: Election panel: Odds of e-voting fraud low
But one dissenting member says voting machines make fraud more likely.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/30/0930voting.html

TX: Lubbock County - Highly Anticipated Election Fuels Record Number of
Voters To Register
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=9115962&nav=menu69_2_12

TX: Tom Green County - Hordes register locally to vote
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/oct/03/hordes-register-locally-to-vote/

VA: Columnist - Increased voter applications raise fraud fears
http://www.dailypress.com/dp-local_tamara_1003oct03,0,6905239.column

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[midnight]

1. "representative tried to claim that the problem found in DC was

unique, the result of pollworker mistakes" It seems that these machines have been designed so that human contamination of the vote is possible, but I really don't think that the machine problem was that of poll workers or that it is unique. It is designed to preform/manipulate the vote on command-everytime.