Briefly (write up to follow)... Tim White and Allan Rosato have sued San Juan County WA to protect the secret ballot in their elections. Each of their balllots...
Here is a powerful statement about voting system integrity: http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2335&Itemid=26 ; Why Audits...
There's been some confusion about which VoteHere system in question. Here it is: http://votehere.net/ballottrackermailin.php This is different from the zero...
John Gideon was one of the first to break the story on the VoteHere vote tracker system, so I recommend contacting him ASAP. There are a whole bunch of Hart...
On a related note... I spoke with John Gideon earlier today. He's been tracking the US Rep Susan Davis' legislation related to vote by mail. Rep. Susan Davis...
Here's the time and place of the next CEOC meeting. I guess I should have asked for the agenda. There's a huge amount happening, so no worries about being...
Michael forwarded April's CEOC agenda, attached below (fingers crossed). Michael Alvine and Nick Wagner are both council staff that assist the CEOC. They've...
A number of people forwarded the following message from Bob Ferguson. That's head's up baseball! Thanks everyone. The basic idea is that they're soliciting...
Marian, I have to disagree with you on any early scanning. We already have documented two locations (Arizona and Ohio) where the elections officials took ...
Hi Marian- Below, Bev Harris opposes the pre-scanning of ballots (before the day of the election) due to "sneak peeks". I firmly agree. Additionally, the full...
Bev, Jason et al; I don't have heartburn about defending early scanning, so go ahead and work against it - I'll stand aside. I do agree with Jason that the...
Marian, As you'll see from today's lead story at Black Box Voting, you were correct about avoiding the digital image optical scans. In Washington, the digital ...
Tip of the hat to Nancy Tobi. The truth: It won't matter if we get paper if white house appointees are put in charge. They can end run it any time they want,...
The Citizens Election Oversight Committee has tentatively planned for a public hearing on May 14th in the evening. The CEOC seeks comments on proposed new...
Hi Paul Miller, Bobbie Egan- [Bobbie, I don't know who to ask in KCE. So you're my "go to" person. Thanks.] Fred Morris looked at the registration ids shown in...
Hi David Bear (Diebold)- I'm hoping you can help clarify something for me. I just spotted this: DIEBOLD ELECTION SYSTEMS AND AUTOMARK PRESENT SOLUTIONS FOR ...
This message was received from Paul Lehto. Warn Congress: H.R. 811 is The Patriot Act of Elections An Election Deception Too Dangerous for Democracy April 16,...
Brian Hancock responded. I misunderstood. He says that Diebold with the AutoMARK is in early stages of the testing process. My bad. (I can't quote Brian...
New Tabulating and Ballot Scanning Equipment In preparation for moving to all vote by mail for the 2008 election, King County Elections will need to purchase...