Archive for the 'ES&S iVotronic' Category

Today is The Most Important Day Ever for Paper Ballots in Tennessee

Monday, May 12th, 2008

HB 1256/SB 1363, Tennessee’s Voter Confidence Act, goes to a full floor vote in the House on Tuesday, May 13. In the Senate it has one more committee (Finance Ways & Means) hoop to jump through today, Monday, May 12. Senate F, W & M members are:
Randy McNally, Chair; Douglas Henry, Vice-Chair; Tim Burchett, Secretary; […]

First The Onion, Then the Tears

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

“Embarrassed Diebold officials apologized after one of their electronic voting machines prematurely revealed the winner of our upcoming sham election.”
To you, funny. To me, less.
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
(Hat Tip: Mark Crispin Miller)

Tennessee’s Electile Dysfunction Ranked in the Top Six

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Guess who’s one of 6 states at “High” risk for voting machine mishaps tomorrow? That’s right - Tennessee! Sweet, we win again! Oh, wait….
According to a new report by Common Cause and the Verified Voting Foundation:
Six of the 15 states that hold presidential primaries on Super Tuesday are at “high” risk for having election results […]

Hey! We Use Those Machines Too! (aka E,S & Die)

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Hanging Chads and Katherine Harris may be long gone, but Florida’s still having electile dysfunction:

Over 100,000 votes went uncounted in Florida’s November 2006 election — all on the ES&S iVotronic paperless touchscreen voting machines — as described in a recently released report by Florida Fair Elections Center. The report, the result of a year-long investigation […]