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State Voting Machine Requirements Relative to Federal Testing and Certification

Source: Election Assistance Commission

State Requirements and the Federal Voting System Testing and Certification Program

Download Complete 50-State Report [1]

How to Use This Guide

Introduction:
Section 311 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) requires the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to periodically adopt standards for voting systems in the form of Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG). Section 231 of HAVA further requires the EAC to provide for the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software to these Federal standards.

To accomplish this goal, HAVA requires the EAC to develop a program to provide accreditation and revocation of accreditation of independent, non-federal laboratories to test voting systems. In this way, the EAC’s Certification Program provides (1) Voluntary Voting System Standards, (2) voting system testing by accredited laboratories, and (3) voting system certification.

Participation in these EAC programs is strictly voluntary. However, some states have, through legislation or administrative rules, mandated participation in EAC’s Testing and Certification Program in varying degrees. Currently, 35 states mandate some element of EAC’s Testing and Certification Program.

This document [1] consists of a summary table, a fact sheet for each state, territory, and the District of Columbia, and an appendix of state statutes and administrative rules.

Methodology:
The purpose of this document is to provide a broad overview of the degree to which states have (though statutes or administrative rules) mandated the use of EAC’s Certification Program. In looking at state requirements in this area, it was apparent that states took varying approaches in what they required and the language used to require it.

Because of the diversity of approaches taken by the states, it was difficult to develop a document that could serve as a useful tool in understanding the big picture. To address this issue, EAC staff classified each state’s requirements into four groups:

(1) No Federal Requirements
(2) Requires Testing to Federal Standards
(3) Requires Testing by a Federally Accredited Laboratory
(4) Requires Federal Certification.

These classifications required staff to review each statute and make a determination based upon its plain language. In each case, the language of the reviewed statutes and regulations is provided so that readers can make their own determination about the effect of the jurisdiction’s statutes and/or regulations.

Please note that this document is meant to provide a general understanding regarding relationship between state and Federal certification. It is not meant to provide a definitive interpretation of state law. The EAC recognizes that such interpretation is not the purview of the Federal government. This document is not intended to provide an authoritative interpretation of state law.

In viewing each category, it is important to note that the classification only reflects state statutes and regulations. It does not address policy or practice. The fact that a state has not statutorily mandated the use of EAC’s Certification program does not mean that they do not utilize the program. For example, we noted that some small states, which have historically relied on national certification, are not required to do so by their jurisdiction’s statutes or regulations.

It is also important to remember that classification is based upon a narrow interpretation of the state requirement, not necessarily on intent. For example, when a state required voting systems to be certified by an accredited laboratory (as opposed to the EAC), staff read this requirement only as requiring testing by Federal laboratories and not requiring Federal Certification. Description of Categories: EAC staff reviewed statutes and administrative regulations for all states, territories, and the District of Columbia to determine what level of participation each may require regarding EAC’s Testing and Certification Program.

The following is a description of each category:

1. No Federal Requirements:
Relevant state statutes and/or rules make no mention of any federal agency, certification program, laboratory, or standard.

2. Requires Testing to Federal Standards:
Relevant state statutes and/or rules require testing to Federal voting system standards (states reference standards drafted by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the EAC).

3. Requires Testing by a Federally Accredited Laboratory:
Relevant state statutes and/or rules require testing by a federally or nationally accredited laboratory.

4. Requires Federal Certification:
Relevant state statutes and/or rules require that voting systems be certified by a federal agency.

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Categories of State Participation in Federal Voting Standards

1. No Federal Requirements  -- 20 States
AK   AS   AR   FL   GU   HI   KS    ME   MS   MT   NE   NH   NJ   OK   PR   TN   VT   VI   WV   WY

2. Requires Testing to Federal Standards -- 10 States
CT   DC   IN   KY   MN   NV   NY   OR   TX   VA

3. Requires Testing by a Federally Accredited Laboratory -- 15 States
AL  AZ   IL   IA   LA*   MD*   MA   MI*   MO   NM   OH   PA   RI*   UT*   WI*   WA

4. Requires Federal Certification -- 10 States
CA   CO    DE    GA    ID **    NC**   ND    SC    SD               

* Statutes/rules require testing by an independent testing authority (ITA)  or NASED accredited laboratory
according to standards adopted by the FEC or EAC.

**Statute allows for NASED or EAC certification.

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Electronic Voting Machines -- Bookmark Compendium

Machines

The Verifier [2]
Election Law @ Moritz voting system inventory 50 states [3]

Accessibility

Verified Voting Foundation: Blind Voters Rip E-Machines [4]

CERTIFICATION

California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information - Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force Report - Section 4 [5]
NASED - cert procedures [6]
Diebold Admits Vote Software Used in Maryland Primaries Did Not Meet Fed Standards | BaltimoreChronicle.com [7]
AccuPoll Incorporated News Releases [8]
Avante Optical Vote-Trakker v. 1.5.0 and Vote-Trakker Ballot Preparation CA cert report, not ready 12 04 [9]

Avante about Trakker

Google Search: Avante "Vote Trakker" [10]
Avante Accessible Voting Integrating the Touch-Screen Accessibility of DRE System with the Optical Scanning Paper Ballots [11]
Avante Home [12]
Avante International Technology, Inc. Optical Vote- Trakker v. 1.5.0 and Vote-Trakker Ballot Preparation [9]
Cast a Vote by Yourself: A Review of Accessible Voting Machines - November 2002 [13]
Avante Accessible Voting Integrating the Touch-Screen Accessibility of DRE System with the Optical Scanning Paper Ballots [11]
Avante Vote-Trakker - The Tally [14]

Accupoll

AccuPoll Incorporated News Releases [8]
AccuPoll Incorporated [15]
AccuPoll Incorporated Why AccuPoll? [16]
AccuPoll Incorporated Voting System [17]
AccuPoll Incorporated News Releases [8]
AccuPoll Incorporated Voting System [18]
AccuPoll Incorporated Voting System [17]
AccuPoll Incorporated White Papers [19]
Press Room - Ohio Secretary of State, J. Kenneth Blackwell [20]
EAC Voting System Standards/Guidelines, Final [21]
NASED - ITA (Independent Testing Autority) Overview of test procedures [6]
Black Box Voting Forums: Certified Voting Machines / Devices, 07/16/04 in New Jersey [22]
Verified Voting Foundation : Ballot Marking Devices and Certification [23]

Costs

Verified Voting Foundation: Costs [24]
Voter Verified Paper Ballots are Cost Effective [25]


Defense Contractors

Grumman OR Lockheed OR Accenture OR EDS "Election Systems Task Force " - Google Search [26]
Project Censored Media democracy in action [27]
Science Applications International Corporation - SourceWatch [28]
Index of /downloads [29]

Deployment

http://www.electiondataservices.com/EDSInc_VEStudy2006.pdf [30]
http://www.electiondataservices.com/EDSInc_DREoverview.pdf [31]
Election Data Services, Inc.: Product List [32]
Election Data Services [33]
EPIC's Public Information Requests to States on DRE Voting Technology [34]


Overview

Verified Voting Foundation: Resources [35]
Verified Voting Foundation: Resources [35]
Verified Voting Foundation: Voting Technology [36]
Florida 2002: Sluggish Systems, Vanishing Votes [37]
Safeguarding the Vote By Doug Pibel [38]
THE BRAD BLOG: "BREAKING: NON-PARTISAN GAO REPORT CONFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES!" [39]
A Short but Tragic History of E-voting Public Relations - SourceWatch [40]
E-Voting: Digital Democracy or a Cash Cow for Consultants? - SourceWatch [41]
http://www.electiondataservices.com/EDSInc_DREoverview.pdf [31]
USATODAY.com - Election officials fear '06 season of the glitch [42]
The History of Voting Machines [43]

General

Overview of Voting technology 0405 [44]
VotingMachineErrors -longline history [45]
Verified Voting: Voters' Guide to Electronic Voting [46]
Wired News: Machine Politics [47]
VotingMachineCompanies [48]
Voting Equipment Manufacturers [49]
IFES Buyer's Guide to Election Supplies, Services, and Voting Equipment [50]
Verified Voting: vendor contacts [51]
Verified Voting: Machine user sheets, manuals, demos, [52]
VerifiedVoting. Wizard [46]
The Verifier - [53]
VotersUnite! [54]
"If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines" [55]
ComputerSecurity [56]
The Manufacturers of Vote Counting Computers - S.A.V.E. Democracy [57]
Teresa Hommel [58]
Voting Security [59]
Sent [60]
Voting Machine Fiasco [61]
Scoop: Bald-Faced Lies About Black Box Voting Machines [62]
Scoop: U.S. Election Integrity Flaw Discovered At Diebold [63]
California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information - Voting Systems [64]
California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information - Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force Report [65]
Fair Elections: E-voting machines' confidence gap [66]
Sum of a Glitch: Evidence shows that machines might be the real swing voters this November -- In These Times [67]
The Independent Online - News [68]
Wired News: Pols, Don't Count on Recounts [69]
E-voting: The people's choice [70]
Wired News: Did E-Vote Firm Patch Election? [71]
Wired News: E-Vote Firm on the Hot Seat [72]
Electronic Voting Machines [73]
Douglas W. Jones Illustrated Voting Machine History [74]
VOTING 2004: Vote System Map [75]
Who Makes the Voting Machines [76]
VoteHere, Inc. [77]
Verified Voting Foundation: Merits of Optical Scan Voting [78]
FairVote - Voting Equipment Vendor Survey (2005) [79]
Study: New Machines Await 4 in 5 Voters - Yahoo! News [80]


HSOS

Black Box Voting Forums: 9-7-2005: Digital Image ballot scanners -- good or bad? [81]
Black Box Voting Forums: 9-10-2005: Here's your chance to 'Look inside the Black Box': [82]


Known Failures

VotersUnite! Messups by Vendor [54]
Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co. [83]


Known Vulnerabilities

Black Box Voting : 03-18-06: BBV EXCLUSIVE - Diebold TSx touch-screen study (Part I) [84]
ThePittsburghChannel.com - News - Team 4 Investigates Electronic Voting [85]


ITexperts

http://www.csl.sri.com/users/neumann/insiderisks.html [86]
Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project [87]
http://www.csl.sri.com/users/neumann/insiderisks.html ACM articles [86]
TOC ACM special issue on voting [88]


VVPAT

Avante VOTE-TRAKKER™ Overview [89]
AccuPoll Incorporated [15]
AccuPoll Incorporated Why AccuPoll? [16]
Nevada Secretary of State - Clark Co. VVPAT [90]
Equal Vote Blog - Dan Tokaji -- mentions the NV VVPAT video, numerous critics of VVPAT tech problems [91]
SECOND TIER VOTING SYSTEM VENDOR RANKINGS [92]


ACCUPOLL

Verified Voting Foundation: Delta County, Texas Selects AccuPoll Voting System [93]
Times Record News: Local News [94]


AVANTE VoteTrakker

CO Cert [95]
PRESS
RELEASE AVANTE "Full-Face" Touch-Screen Voting System With
Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail Is Now NASED and Federally Certified
to 2002 Standards
[96]
Avante Home [97]
Frequently Asked Questions about VOTE-TRAKKER™ [98]
Avante VOTE-TRAKKER™ Overview [99]
Avante Vote-Trakker White Papers [100]
Avante Accessible Voting Integrating the Touch-Screen Accessibility of DRE System with the Optical Scanning Paper Ballots [101]


DANAHER

Danaher [102]
THE BRAD BLOG: "BREAKING: HUNDREDS OF VOTING MACHINES BREAK DOWN IN PHILLY!" [103]


DFM

DFM Associates - EIMS® [104]
DFM Associates [105]
Black Box Voting : DFM Associates [106]


DIEBOLD

Diebold Press Releases [107]
Diebold e-mails [108]
Verified Voting: Diebold AccuVote TS [109]
Why War? Targeting Diebold with Electronic Civil Disobedience [110]
Analysis of an Electronic Voting System [111]
Diebold Election Systems - SourceWatch [112]
Wired News: Con Job at Diebold Subsidiary [113]
US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB04-252 -- Summary of Security Items from September 1 through September 7, 2004 [114]
Diebold GEMS Central Tabulator Contains Stunning Security Hole by Bev Harris [115]
alteration of Audit Log in Access [116]
Dennis Kucinich publishes internal Diebold memos [117]
http://www.equalccw.com/dieboldtestnotes.html [118]
Diebold Election Systems, Inc. Staff Website [119]
Douglas W. Jones on the Diebold FTP Story [120]
Douglas W. Jones on the Diebold FTP Story, Aug. 6, 2003 summary [121]
Scoop: Diebold Confirms U.S. Vote Count Vulnerabilities [122]
Douglas W. Jones on the Diebold FTP Story [123]
Diebold's Political Machine [124]
Keith Long's Excellent Adventure in Georgia [125]
Scoop: Bald-Faced Lies About Black Box Voting Machines [126]
LA Weekly: News: Diebold’s Secret Fears [127]
OH machine county map 2005 post TSx [128]
Chronological Index (200105) [129]
Allegheny County remains undecided about new voting machines [130]
MontgomeryCo. revote -- TSx errors [131]
Daily Kos: Diebold on ropes 2-11-06 [132]
Wired News: Diebold Hack Hints at Wider Flaws [133]
The Raw Story | Documents show Maryland held election, primary on uncertified, illegal Diebold voting machines [134]
Welcome To Diebold Election Systems [135]
http://www.insidebayarea.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3805089 [136]
3 states mandate more security for Diebold e-voting machines [137]
THE BRAD BLOG: "NEWLY DISCOVERED DIEBOLD THREAT DESCRIBED AS 'MAJOR NATIONAL SECURITY RISK'!" [138]
New Fears of Security Risks in Electronic Voting Systems - New York Times [139]
Hursti II TSx bios hole [140]
NPR : Security Risk Seen in Electronic Voting Machines [141]
NASED memory card warning [142]
Black Box Voting : Connecting Work on Threat Analysis to the Real World (Doug Jones) [143]
Diebold VS USe Procedures 2006 [144]
UPDATE 1-Diebold faces formal SEC accounting probe | Reuters.com [145]
Diebold Election Systems home [146]
Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » “Hotel Minibar” Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines [147]
DIEBOLD REVEALS NEW “SECURITY VULNERABILITY” WITH VOTING MACHINES CERTIFIED FOR USE IN CALIFORNIA - California Progress Report [148]
DEMOCRATS WIN LAWSUIT TO GET PUBLIC RECORDS FROM 2004 ELECTION [149]
Infrared port on TSx ("Accu-Touch") circa 1999 and tie-in with electronic pollbooks in development [150]
Diebold internal memos Thread Index (199904) [151]


ES&S

http://www.essvote.com/HTML/products/electronic_voting.html [152]


ESS group tab

ES&S - Products & Services [153]
http://www.essvote.com/HTML/products/electronic_voting.html [152]
ES&S - Products & Services [154]
http://www.essvote.com/HTML/products/automark.html [155]
ES&S - Products & Services [156]
DecisionOne - Services, Telework Planning [157]
Two voting companies & two brothers will count 80 percent of U.S. election using both scanners & touchscreens [158]
ES&S - Election Systems & Software [159]
ES&S - About [160]
ESS Automark VVPB system [155]
election-2004 ESS details [161]
ESS iVotronic Counted Votes Several Times [162]
Verified Voting: ES&S iVotronic [163]
INTRODUCTION & SUMMARY Miami Dade ESS machines 2003 report [164]
Hagel’s ethics filings pose disclosure issue =TheHill.com= [165]
Wichita Co. TX ESS screwups [94]
DECISIONONE AND ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC. PARTNER [166]
Election Systems & Software, Inc. Company Profile - Yahoo! Finance [167]
ITAA eLearning Vendor Directory [168]
WISH-TV - Indianapolis, IN - Excerpts from Interview with Election Systems & Software (ES&S) Executive [169]
ES&S - About [170]
ES&S - About [160]
WISH-TV - Indianapolis, IN - Marion County Election Board Demands Answers from ES&S [171]
Beacon Journal | 03/16/2006 | Voting system's troubles spread (Photo package) [172]
Company to pay for election problems | IndyStar.com [173]


HART

Black Box Voting Forums: 36 more Hart Intercivic documents: Procedures, manuals, products [174]
Clerk & Recorder: Hart InterCivic Ballot Now [175]
The BRAD BLOG : EXCLUSIVE: Hart InterCivic Whistleblower Warned of Texas, Ohio E-Voting 'Fraud' Concerns in 2004! [176]
VoteTrustUSA - Hart Intercivic [177]
Black Box Voting : Hart InterCivic [178]


InkaVote

InkaVote Plus [179]
LA Daily News - Vote system's foreign links raise concern [180]


ILTS

World Leader Of Lottery Systems [181]
International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. (Form: 8-K) [182]


IVS

about_ivs [183]
Vermont Secretary of State - [184]


LIBERTY

Liberty Election Systems - Election Solutions [185]


NEDAP

Nedap Election Systems - Google Search [186]
NewsForge | Successful public election joins Diebold, free software [187]


OVC

The Open Voting Consortium [188]
EVM2003 [189]
UPDATE: Voting Machines Count Backwards in Okla. - National Elections & Legislation - OK Indymedia [190]


Populex

SJ-R.COM - Testers try out new chad-free voting machines [191]
PJStar.com - Journal Star News [192]
Convicted inside dealer -- Wittry -- Populex [193]


POPULEX - EAC testimony

"Populex" - Google Search [194]
POPULEX [195]
Prison Planet.com: Do You Have the Knowledge to Escape? [196]
New Populex Voting Machine Receives Federal Approval [197]
ePrairie.com: Midwest Technology Business News [198]
Fwd: P1583 Draft Comments Populex 112904.xls [199]
New Populex Voting Machine Receives Federal Approval [200]
Voting-Project for December 2004: Populex qualified... [201]
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/search?postDate=2006-04-29&companyId=1642 [202]
EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines [203]
EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines [204]
POPULEX main page [195]
Prison Planet.com: Do You Have the Knowledge to Escape? [196]
New Populex Voting Machine Receives Federal Approval [197]
ePrairie.com: Midwest Technology Business News [198]


SEQUOIA

Sequoia Voting Systems- Sequoia Voting Systems [205]
: : : SMARTMATIC_all things connected : : : [206]
VoteTrustUSA - Twists and Turns - Who Owns Sequoia? [207]
Smartmatic Info Collection | Plane Gossip [208]
Need help--Looking for Sequoia employees, names of Corp. officers [209]
Watchdog group questions 2004 ballots: South Florida Sun-Sentinel [210]
CHICAGO BALLOT CHAOS [211]
Business Week online -- Sequoia ownership [212]
VoteTrustUSA - Why Is San Francisco Rolling The Dice With Sequoia? [213]


SHOUP Advanced Voting Systems

Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [214]


Advanced (all tabs)

VendorLinks [215]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [216]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [217]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [218]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [219]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [220]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [214]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [221]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [222]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [223]
Advanced Voting Solutions ::: Voting made Easy ::: Touch-screen Voting Systems [218]


TRIAD

TRIAD GSI.com [224]
Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. - Demopedia - Rapp family and business ties [225]
XEGC Triad GSI [226]
Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. - Demopedia [227]
Triad
Governmental Systems Inc. - Company Profile, Research, News,
Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations [228]


TrueBallot

TrueBallot, Inc. [229]


TruVote

TDPNewsletter [230]
TruVote [231]


UNILECT Patriot

Unilect Patriot [232]
Mercer PA sues Unilect [233]


VoTing Technologies International

VoTing Technologies International [234]


WINvote

110805Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co. [83]


Ballot Marking Devices

Verified Voting Foundation : Ballot Marking Devices and Certification [23]
EFF: Paper on 7 E-voting machines [235]




State Board Blocks Brunner's Plan to Test Ohio Voting Machines

Why doesn't the GOP want Ohio's voting machines tested?

by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman Sept. 11, 2007

Ohio Republicans have blocked a proposal to test electronic voting machines prior to the 2008 presidential primary

By a 4-3 vote, Republicans on Ohio's State Controlling Board blocked Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's proposed $1.8 million unbid contract for voting machine testing. Brunner had already set aside the $1.8 million for the test. Her specific request to the Controlling Board was a waiver for competitive bidding. Her office had hoped to complete all testing by November 30, 2007.

A former judge, Brunner is successor to the infamous J. Kenneth Blackwell, who helped engineer the theft of Ohio's electoral votes for George W. Bush in 2004. Brunner won election as a reform candidate, vowing to guarantee the public access to the polls---and an accurate vote count---in 2008.

In California, Democratic Secretary of State Debra Bowen recently completed an extensive testing of that state's electronic voting machines. She decertified many of them and is on course to rework how America's biggest state casts and counts its ballots.

Brunner has not been quite so aggressive. When it was recently revealed that 56 of 88 Ohio counties illegally destroyed protected materials from the 2004 election, she showed little reaction. She has also stated publicly doubts that the irregularities that defined the Ohio vote that year could have affected the outcome or that the illegal destruction of more than 2000 ballots could have been intentional.

But in attempting to carry out her promise to test Ohio's electronic voting machines, Brunner has followed through on public demands that the ability of Ohio's electronic machines to deliver a fair and reliable vote count be proven. Tests and studies conducted by the federal Government Accountability Office, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins, the Brennan Center, the Carter-Baker Election Commission, John Conyer's House Judiciary Committee and others have all shown clearly that electronic voting machines are unreliable and easily rigged.

The New York Times has now joined that consensus, calling for an outright federal ban. "Electronic voting has been an abysmal failure," the Times said. "Computer experts have done study after study showing that electronic voting machines, which are often shoddily made, can easily be hacked. With little effort, vote totals can be changed and elections stolen."

MORE . . .
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/9848 [236]


Brunner's Plan to Retest Voting Machines has Skeptics

BY MARK NIQUETTE
The Columbus Dispatch
Sunday, September 9, 2007

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner wants to spend more than $1.8 million to retest the state's voting machines, but some members of the Ohio Controlling Board aren't convinced it's necessary.

"I don't understand why we're doing it," said Sen. John Carey, R-Wellston, a member of the board, which is scheduled to consider Brunner's request Monday afternoon.

"I have real concerns about that particular request," said Sen. Steve Stivers, a Columbus Republican.

Brunner wants all of the electronic touch-screen and optical-scan systems used in Ohio and the procedures for handling them thoroughly examined to allay concerns about their security and accuracy.

MORE. . .
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/09/09/brunner.html [237]



Voting Machine Deployment in the 50 States


Original research by Election Online, posted at http://www.electionline.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1099 [238]


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Voting Systems 2006

(As of 9/26/06)

Note: Information for California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Texas updated 9/26/06

State Voting System Manufacturer Link
Alabama

Optical scan and ballot-marking device

ES&S

Voting system video 1 [241]
Voting system video 2 [242]

Alaska

Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and DRE with VVPAT

Diebold (optical scan and DRE with VVPAT)

DRE with VVPAT [243]

Arizona

Optical scan, DRE with VVPAT and ballot-marking device

Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia Voting systems by county [244]
Arkansas

Optical scan and DRE with VVPAT

ES&S and Danaher

Voting systems by county [245]

California

Optical scan, DRE with VVPAT and ballot-marking device

Diebold, ES&S, Hart InterCivic, Sequoia and DFM Associates

Voting systems by county [246]

Colorado

Optical scan, DRE with VVPAT and hand-counted paper ballots

Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia, and Hart InterCivic (more recent information not yet available)

Voting systems by county [247] (more recent information not yet available)
Connecticut Optical scan and vote-by-phone system Diebold and IVS (vote-by-phone system) Press release 1 [248] and press release 2 [249]
Delaware DRE Danaher Voting systems [250]
District of Columbia Optical scan and DRE Sequoia Voting systems [251]
Florida Optical scan and DRE Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia Voting systems by county [252]
Georgia DRE Diebold Voting machines [253]
Hawaii Optical scan and DRE with VVPAT ES&S (optical scan) Hart InterCIVIC (DRE with VVPAT) News story [254] and information about how to use DRE [255]
Idaho Optical scan, punch card, hand-counted paper ballots and ballot-marking device ES&S (ballot-marking device) Voting systems by county [256] and ballot-marking device information [257]
Illinois Optical scan, DRE with VVPAT and ballot-marking device Diebold, ES&S, Hart InterCivic, Sequoia, and Populex Voting systems by county [258]
Indiana Optical scan, DRE and ballot-marking device MicroVote, Diebold, ES&S, Voting Technologies International Voting systems by county [259]
Iowa Optical scan, DRE and ballot-marking device Diebold and ES&S Voting systems by county [260]
Kansas Optical scan, DRE, ballot-marking device and hand-counted paper ballots Diebold, ES&S and Voting Technologies International Voting systems by county [261]
Kentucky DRE and optical scan Hart InterCivic, ES&S, MicroVote, Diebold and Danaher Voting systems by county [262]
Louisiana DRE Sequoia Voting systems [263]
Maine Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and vote-by-phone system Diebold, ES&S and IVS (vote-by-phone system) Press release - vote-by-phone system [264]
Maryland DRE Diebold Voting systems [265]
Massachusetts Optical scan Diebold and ES&S (more recent information not yet available) League of Women Voters voting systems by town [266] and
News story about delayed implementation of accessible voting machines [267] (8/14/06)
Michigan Optical scan and ballot-marking device Diebold and ES&S Optical scan [268] and ballot-marking device [269]
Minnesota Optical scan and ballot-marking device Diebold and ES&S Voting systems by county [270]
Mississippi DRE with VVPAT and optical scan Diebold, ES&S, Advanced Voting Solutions Touch and Vote Web site [271]
Press release 1 [272](8/19/05)
Press release 2 [273] 
(9/30/05)
Press release 3 [274] (2/22/06)
Missouri DRE with VVPAT, optical scan and ballot-marking device Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia and Populex Voting systems by county [275]
Montana Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and ballot-marking device ES&S Voting systems by county [276]
Nebraska Optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S Voting systems by county [277] and press release [278]
Nevada DRE with VVPAT Sequoia Press release [279]
New Hampshire Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and vote-by-phone system Diebold, ES&S and IVS (vote-by-phone system) Voting systems by municipality [280] (last updated January 2004) &
News story on vote by phone system [281]
New Jersey DRE (VVPAT by 2008) Sequoia and Avante Voting systems by county [282]
New Mexico Optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S All counties will use the ES&S M-100 and the ES&S AutoMark
New York Lever, ballot-marking device and DRE with VVPAT AVM (lever), ES&S (ballot-marking device), and Avante (DRE) Accessible voting systems by county [283]
North Carolina DRE with VVPAT, optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S Voting systems by county [284]
North Dakota Optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S Voting systems [285] and
Voting system videos
[286]
Ohio DRE with VVPAT, optical scan and ballot-marking device Diebold and ES&S

Voting systems by county [128]

Oklahoma Optical scan and vote-by-phone system ES&S and IVS (vote-by phone system) Testimony before EAC [287]
Oregon Vote by mail and vote-by-phone system IVS (vote-by phone system) Press release [288]
Pennsylvania DRE, optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S, Diebold, Danaher, Sequoia, Hart InterCivic and Advanced Voting Solutions Voting systems by county [289]
Rhode Island Optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S Press release [290]
South Carolina DRE ES&S Voting system [291]
South Dakota Optical scan and ballot-marking device

ES&S

Press release [292]
Tennessee Optical scan and DRE MicroVote, Hart InterCivic, ES&S and Diebold Voting systems by county list [293]
Voting systems map [294]
Texas DRE, optical scan and ballot-marking device ES&S, Hart InterCivic, Diebold and AccuPoll Voting systems by county [295]
Utah DRE with VVPAT Diebold Voting system [296]
Vermont Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and vote-by-phone system Diebold (optical scan)
IVS (vote-by phone system)
Voting systems by town [297]and Press release [184]
Virginia DRE, optical scan and ballot-marking device Diebold, Sequoia, UniLect, Advanced Voting Solutions, Hart InterCivic and ES&S Voting systems by county [298]
Washington Optical scan, DRE with VVPAT and ballot-marking device ES&S, Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting systems by county [299]
West Virginia DRE with VVPAT, optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and ballot-marking device ES&S Voting systems by county [300]
Wisconsin Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots, DRE and ballot-marking device ES&S, Diebold, Voting Technologies International, Vote-PAD and Sequoia Voting systems by municipality [301]
Wyoming Optical scan, DRE and ballot-marking device ES&S and Diebold Voting systems by county [302]

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Voting Technology Follies of the Summer of 07

Originally published at Huffington Post

Every Vote Counts (Hopefully)

Posted September 10, 2007
Read More: Arianna Huffington , Breaking Off The Bus News

The following piece was produced through OffTheBus, a citizen journalism project hosted at the Huffington Post and launched in partnership with NewAssignment.Net. For more information, read Arianna Huffington's project introduction. If you'd like to join our blogging team, sign up here If you're interested in other opportunities, you can see the list here.

This is the first installment of a two-part report by Kirsten Anderson.

Which of the following best describes taking the SAT and voting?

A. They both take about four hours to complete.
B. They both require a thorough knowledge of a specific issue.
C. Their results are affected by the number of people participating.
D. Their results are affected by the weather.

Did you choose D? Here's why you should have: on August 24th, the College Board and NCS Pearson announced a tentative settlement of a class-action suit brought by about four thousand students whose October 2005 SATs were scored incorrectly. The College Board maintains and administers the SAT. Pearson NCS scores the tests.

In announcing the settlement, the College Board also described new quality control measures that have been put into place to reduce the likelihood of similar errors: all answer sheets will be scanned twice from now on, using different machines each time.

Tests will be kept in low humidity areas because high moisture had apparently contributed to the faulty reading of answers as the tests were scored by optical scanners (refresher to those of you haven't taken a standardized test for a while: you fill in the answer bubble on a test sheet, shading it as dark as you can. The answer sheet is fed into an optical scanner which records your answers and stores the results).

So what does this have to do with voting? NCS Pearson sells its own line of optical scan test-scoring machines, but one of the models sold under the Pearson name is made by Chatsworth Data Corporation (CDC). Another CDC client that sells a line of optical scanners under its own name is Election Systems & Software. ES&S is one of the primary suppliers of optical scanners used for voting in elections.

Now it's probably not likely that states holding primaries on February 5th, 2008, will be afflicted with bouts of humidity high enough to stretch out the ballots running through the scanners, causing the votes on them to be incorrectly counted. But it's not impossible either.

It's been a great summer for fans of voting technology follies.

On August 3rd, California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen announced that the state was decertifying a number of DRE (direct-recording electronic) voting machines after a two-month review revealed a number of security flaws in machines made by major voting systems players Diebold and Sequoia, as well as smaller company Hart Intercivic. In addition, another group of machines was disqualified after it was revealed that the company, ES&S, sold them in California before those models were certified by the state. ES&S faces an investigation on this matter and up to $10,000 in fines per uncertified machine. Meanwhile, counties all over California are scrambling to replace the machines they no longer can use.

Florida came close to facing its own decertification nightmare. A study by Florida State University researchers revealed security flaws in a model of Diebold optical scanners that were set to be used in upcoming elections. The state threatened to decertify the machines if a solution was not presented by August 17th, allowing time to get them ready for local elections in Sarasota County. In a letter to Diebold dated August 10th, Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning stated that the problems had been resolved and the machines were certified for use.

An August 20th report from CNET.com described how the secret ballot in Ohio isn't so secret. A state open records law gives people the right to go to an election office and ask to look at a list of voter sign-ins and a list of votes cast--a list which is time-stamped. Putting the lists together could allow someone to make a reasonable match of voter in order of sign-in with the time-stamped vote.

The maker of the machine that includes the time-stamp, ES&S, protested that variables in the time it takes to vote could throw the list out of order. That may be true in a major election where there is a large turnout and there are many questions and candidates on a ballot. However, in a small local election, where voters may come in at slower pace, the lists probably agree quite easily and it is in this situation that being able to identify voters is more problematic. With a ballot of questions of importance to neighbors, colleagues and friends, finding out who voted how could lead to political or economic punishment or reward.

In addition to this problem, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunning is reviewing all models of voting machines used in Ohio. Some of the models they are investigating are Diebold machines that were decertified in California. Kentucky also recently discovered that its largest county has been using uncertified Diebold machines. In Colorado, Jefferson County is reconsidering their choice of machine.

And remember--the presidential primaries are about five months away.

The way votes are cast and counted has been in flux since the rocky 2000 presidential election. In October, 2002, the enthusiastically named Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was passed. The intent of HAVA, as described in the opening paragraph, was:

"To establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of Federal Elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain Federal election laws and programs, to establish minimum election administration standards for States and units of local government with responsibility for the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes."

HAVA also stated that new voting systems should allow voters the opportunity to check their vote before it is cast and counted; that there should be a paper trail for audit purposes; that machines should be accessible to people with disabilities; and that alternative language choices should be available.

In order to help states change their voting systems, HAVA authorized an amount in excess of three billion dollars distributing funds in amounts based on voting age population per state. States quickly began spending this money in order to get in compliance with HAVA. Three companies--Diebold, ES&S, and Sequoia--took advantage of the new electronic voting machine gold rush, jumping into the lead and dominating the nation's purchases of new election equipment.

The Election Assistance Commission was formed to help oversee HAVA. One of its jobs is implementation and funding of a system to federally certify voting machines; previously, there was a volunteer system for federal certification, overseen by the National Association of State Election Directors, a nonpartisan group that was not federally funded. As described by the Maryland State board of elections the NASED approved independent testing authorities (ITAs) and the ITAs tested voting systems. The ITA that tested a given system, though, was chosen and paid by the system manufacturer. This, of course, leads to questions of conflict-of-interest and reliability; one of these ITAs, Ciber Inc., which tested a large number of the systems in use throughout the country was shut down earlier this year due to questions of quality control and failure to complete all required tests.

States are not required by the EAC to participate in its own new federal lab certification program. However, most states demand federal certification in addition to state certification and are therefore likely to use it. Unfortunately, the EAC's first group of labs was not accredited until February, 2007. This means that the various new voting systems sold since 2002 have been certified under a patchwork, questionable system. The results have been predictably wild.

TrueVoteMD, a non-partisan organization, sent trained observers to precincts all over Maryland to watch voting in the elections on November 2, 2004. They reported a variety of problems that resulted in lost or incorrect votes. There were memory card failures and hard drive crashes. Touch screens were so sensitive that people complained they couldn't tell who they had voted for. Review screens went blank before they could check their votes. Ballots were submitted before the voter had made any choices. Polling places opened late because of trouble booting up machines, and votes were lost because people could not wait. Inadequate staffing meant voters weren't able to get help when they needed it.

VotersUnite!, a national election watch group collected information about voting problems in the November, 2006, mid-term elections. Difficulties with starting machines again contributed to precincts opening late. Voters saw machines register different candidates than those they had selected; staffers told them it was their fault for not knowing how to use a computer. At the end of the day, tallying the votes became a nightmare. Election workers reported machines adding votes multiple times; subtracting votes instead of adding them; and reporting a tally greater than the number of people who had voted. Some had trouble retrieving any information from the memory cards. Others got different sets of results every time they tried to get a total. One frustrated worker in North Carolina said that when they called the ES&S home office to get help with their machine, the phone was off the hook.

Most notably that year, in Sarasota, Florida, it was discovered that 18,000 people who had cast votes on other ballot questions had not marked a vote for the race for the District 13 Congressional Seat. The 13% "undervote" is considered an astonishing anomaly. According to a report on the incident by Common Cause, nearby Manatee County experienced only a two percent undervote, and a typical presidential election usually registers an undervote of less than one percent.

Essentially 18,000 votes were missing, which is particularly meaningful in light of the fact that the winner, Vern Buchanan, beat his opponent, Christine Jennings, by only 369 votes. Lawsuits by Jennings and local voters led the state to investigate the election, but they determined the machines were not at fault. However, a report on the state investigation by electronic voting experts David Dill and Dan Wallach found that the state's investigation was conducted incomplete, and improperly conducted in an unrealistic setting.

Electronic voting systems were supposed to make elections more secure, more convenient, and easier for voters. Instead, the 2006 elections had shown that the new systems were just as trouble-plagued as the banished punch-card and lever machines. With presidential primaries on the horizon, the question of what makes electronic voting machines so insecure and how can they be fixed, has to be answered.

Election System Vendors

Three large private corporations provide the systems that count more than 90% of Americas votes. The corporations, through their board members, have serious economic and political conflicts of interest. The largest companies, Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia gained some start up capital from right-wing billionaires such as Howard Ahmanson, and also have employees with criminal records related to computer fraud.

Overview of Four Main Companies

From "Whoscounting.net" [315]

There are four Big Daddies in the manufacture of our Election equipment in America:
Diebold Election Systems, E.S.&S., Sequoia Voting Systems, and Triad.

Diebold and ES&S together count 80% of our electronic vote. ES&S is the number one with two-thirds of the vote counting software and the biggest supplier of touch screen machines. Sequoia - with one-third of the voting machines on the market - is usually regarded as number two. Or Diebold. Depends who you ask. There is cloaked secrecy surrounding ownership and details about the companies, but investigative research scraping the tip of the iceberg has discovered enough to set anyone’s hair on fire...

In December 2003, Ohio - of all places - conducted a comparative study of four electronic voting systems’ vendors. The figures were revealing; ES&S led the pack with a total of 17 general security risks found, but had the lowest number of “very high security risks”-- only one, and that was the feature that could add multiple votes to the final count without warning. Diebold and Sequoia tied for second worst, each with 15 reported general risks. Five of Diebold’s were rated “very high” and 3 of Sequoia’s. Ironically, Hart Intercivic, one of the lesser used systems, rated well with only 10 general risks, however 4 of those were identified as ”very high risk.”

You may be surprised to learn that there is currently NO Federal Agency that has regulatory authority or controls over the multi-billion dollar elections industry. There are NO government standards or restrictions on who can sell and service voting machines and voting systems. Virtually anybody with money and know-how can get into the business of counting our vote! This might help explain why we keep running into criminals, political candidates, defense contractors, and other odd bedfellows in the mix when we examine the rosters of our election companies.

They are privately owned companies, some by foreign nationals, with multi-million dollar contracts, haunted by the presence of convicted felons in high places, dummy front companies, even mob connections. Yes, the people involved in the Corporations counting our American vote could be cast members in any given episode of the Sopranos. Companies shuffling name changes, “shared” executives moving back and forth between them, sales representatives from New Jersey crime families bribing public officials, ex-felons writing computer code.... it’s anything but boring being in the electronic vote industry.

Republican Computer expert, IT Auditor Chuck Herrin proclaims, “I am by trade a professional white-hat Hacker.. .so I know how easily systems can be breached, especially by insiders. Roughly 80% of all computer crimes are perpetrated by insiders, so that’s the best place to look first. When the insiders also write the code and roll out the machines… there’s NO QUESTION that they have too much power and should not be trusted---whether they support my party or not. It’s called ‘segregation of duties’ and it’s vital for system integrity.”

Who's Counting?

[316]

It matters who is doing the counting. In the US, four major companies with ties to the Republican Party do the vast majority of the counting on trade secret software.

ES&S: Election Systems & Software

About ES&S [170]

Two voting companies & two brothers will count 80 percent of U.S. election using both scanners & touchscreens [158] (2004)

Election Systems & Software, Inc. Company Profile - Yahoo! Finance [167]

ES&S - Products & Services
http://www.essvote.com/HTML/products/electronic_voting.html
[152]
ES&S - Products & Services: Automark
http://www.essvote.com/HTML/products/automark.html [155]

ESS Automark VVPB system [155]

ES&S - Products & Services
DecisionOne - Services, Telework Planning [157]

ES&S Role in Election 2004

ESS iVotronic Counted Votes Several Times [162]

Verified Voting: ES&S iVotronic [163]

Miami-Dade ESS Machines 2003 Report [164]

Hagel’s ethics filings pose disclosure issue [165]

Wichita Co. TX ESS screwups [94]

WISH-TV - Indianapolis, IN - Excerpts from Interview with Election Systems & Software (ES&S) Executive [169]

WISH-TV - Indianapolis, IN - Marion County Election Board Demands Answers from ES&S [171]

Company to pay for election problems | IndyStar.com [173]

ES&S Buys Premier (Diebold) Election Systems, for Near-Monopoly in U.S. Vote Count

Diebold Exits US Voting-Machine Business

By Veronica Dagher, Dow Jones Newswires, September 03, 2009
 
Diebold Inc. (DBD) has sold its money-losing U.S. election-systems business, just seven years after acquiring it amid hopes of rising demand for voting technology upgrades in the wake of the 2000 presidential election fiasco.

Diebold, whose main business is making automated teller machines, said Thursday it sold the voting-machine unit to privately held Election Systems & Software Inc. for $5 million, about one-fifth of what it paid in 2002.

"There were assumptions we made in that space that didn't materialize," Diebold spokesman Mike Jacobsen said, referring to the fact U.S. municipalities didn't adopt standardized voting systems.
========================================================

'Diebold has agreed to sell its elections systems business
for $5 million in cash plus future cash payments
representing 70% of any cash collected on the outstanding U.S. election systems business accounts . . .
As a result of this transaction, Diebold expects to recognize a pre-tax loss in the range of $45 million to $55 million'


--from Diebold Press Release, 09.03.09
===========================================================
Problems with paper ballots in the presidential election in 2000, which delayed the final tally and generated concerns about the legitimacy of the outcome, sparked calls for improved election systems. A federal law was passed in 2002 to provide states $2.32 billion to make required voting-technology upgrades, and industry watchers had expected standardization to follow.

Standardization - in which all voting districts would use machines built to the same specifications - would have cut down on costs of customization, but guidelines were never finalized.

Diebold, which was the industry's biggest maker of electronic voting machines heading into the 2004 presidential election, was in the spotlight as concerns increased about the reliability and security of the electronic systems.

Diebold also suffered from a perception problem when the company's then-Chief Executive Walden O'Dell very publicly supported and fundraised for President George W. Bush in his re-election campaign.

In early 2006 the company, based in North Canton, Ohio, identified the voting-systems business as non-core and started exploring a possible divestment. It essentially separated the business from the rest of Diebold in August 2007, renaming it Premier Election Solutions. Since then, Diebold maintained only a financial interest.

In the second quarter, revenue for Premier Election tumbled 65% to $9.6 million, a fraction of Diebold's total revenue for the period of $700.5 million. The company wouldn't specify how much it lost in the elections business.

Diebold will record a pretax charge of $45 million to $55 million as a result of the sale. The company's Brazilian voting systems subsidiary isn't affected by the Premier Election sale.
Diebold shares gained 2.2% Thursday to finish at $30.69.

Election Systems & Software, based in Omaha, Neb., said in a release that the combination with Premier Election will allow each business to serve jurisdictions more effectively.

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Gil Luria said the U.S. elections business is past its 2006 peak, when municipalities were stocking up on election equipment. Luria estimates the U.S. elections industry to be a $200 million to $300 million a year business.

He said Diebold's exit leaves the top privately held competitors - Election Systems & Software and Sequoia Voting Systems - room to gain market share. "There could be more consolidation in the space," Luria said.

Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.


Diebold Press Release
http://www.news.diebold.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5006 [317]
SOURCE: Diebold, Incorporated
03 September 2009

Diebold Sells U.S. Elections Systems Business to ES&S

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ 
Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) announced today that it has sold its U.S. election systems business, primarily consisting of its Allen, Texas-based subsidiary, Premier Election Solutions, Inc., to Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S), a leading company in the election systems industry. The sale was consummated on September 2.

Diebold has agreed to sell its elections systems business for $5 million in cash plus future cash payments representing 70% of any cash collected on the outstanding U.S. election systems business accounts receivable as of August 31, 2009. As a result of this transaction, Diebold expects to recognize a pre-tax loss in the range of $45 million to $55 million. The pre-tax loss includes the assets and liabilities of the business, certain retained legal liabilities, and other transaction costs. This business will be reported as a discontinued operation. Excluding the impact of this divestiture, Diebold's full-year earnings per share outlook for 2009 remains unchanged.

Diebold entered the U.S. election systems business after purchasing Global Election Systems, Inc., in January 2002. Since early 2006, Diebold has identified its U.S. elections systems business as non-core to its operations and has been pursuing strategic alternatives to ownership, including divestiture. In August 2007, Diebold announced it had realigned its U.S. elections systems subsidiary to operate as an independent entity and renamed the company, Premier Election Solutions. Since that time, Diebold has maintained only a financial interest in Premier with no direct operational involvement. In 2008, Premier generated $88.2 million in revenue, or 2.8 percent of Diebold's total reported revenue for the year.

The company's Brazilian subsidiary, which manufactures voting terminals for Brazil's national elections board, the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), is not affected by the sale of Premier Eection Solutions.

Diebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services. Diebold employs more than 17,000 associates with representation in nearly 90 countries worldwide and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio, USA. Diebold is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'DBD.' For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.diebold.com [318], or visit www.diebold.com/150 [319] to learn more about Diebold's 150-year history.

SOURCE Diebold, Incorporated
Media: Mike Jacobsen, +1-330-490-3796, [email protected];
Investors: Christopher Bast, +1-330-490-6908, [email protected] [320]

NJ Federal Court TRO Hearing on ESS-Premier Merger

Source: BLT, The Blog of Legal Times
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/09/judge-to-consider-blocking-mer... [321]

Judge to Consider Blocking Merger of Two Voting Machine Makers

September 28, 2009

Tomorrow morning, a New Jersey federal judge will hold a hearing to decide whether to block the merger of the nation's two largest vote counting companies.

Jonathan Rubin, a Washington-based Patton Boggs partner who represents Hart InterCivic Inc., a smaller voting-machine maker, has asked Judge Robert Kugler of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to issue a temporary restraining order, alleging that the merger of the voting division of Ohio-based Diebold and Election Systems & Software poses a "threat of irreparable harm" to voters.

The combination of the two voting-machine giants would give ES&S control of election systems used in nearly 70 percent of the country's voting precincts.

Rubin said that jurisdictions across the country, which select voting machines based on competitive bids, would have little choice but to use the systems offered by ES&S if the acquisition goes through.
“As our economist says, we’re not talking about shampoo. These companies are in the business of something that is essential to the function of democracy,” Rubin said.

Rubin said his client is seeking to have ES&S divest Diebold Inc.'s Premier Election Solutions, the company’s voting division, but would also accept having the judge order ES&S to keep Premier Election Solutions as a separate, standalone company.

The merger has also drawn the attention of Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has asked the Justice Department to review the acquisition.

A spokesman for ES&S did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
===============
Posted by Jeff Jeffrey on September 28, 2009 at 04:13 PM

Schumer Asks DOJ Review of ESS-Premier Merger

http://www.ajc.com/business/justice-dept-review-of-138396.html?cxntlid=d... [322]

Justice Dept. Review of Vote-machines Sale Sought

The Associated Press   9.14.09

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday asked the Justice Department to review Diebold Inc.'s sale of its U.S. voting-machine business to a bigger competitor, saying he is concerned it could have an adverse impact on American voting.

Diebold, of North Canton, earlier this month announced the sale of its Allen, Texas-based subsidiary Premier Election Solutions Inc. to Election Systems&Software Inc. of Omaha, Neb.

Schumer, chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, said the sale would give one company control over three-quarters of the U.S. market for voting systems.

"Since this industry provides a product vital to American governance, I am asking that the (Justice Department's) antitrust division examine this acquisition carefully to make sure there is no anticompetitive impact on election officials, states or voters," the New York Democrat said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

Schumer said a 2003 Congressional Research Service report raised concerns about the consolidation of voting systems.

"The report indicates that having a diversity of voting systems in our country may decrease the likelihood of widespread election fraud," Schumer said.

The Justice Department declined to comment.

Diebold spokesman Mike Jacobson said the transaction is closed and referred questions to ES&S. ES&S spokesman Ken Fields said the transaction will result in stable service and sustainable support for upcoming elections.

Diebold

This section is devoted to system documentation for Diebold/Premier voting machines with some generic exceptions that would be relevant to Diebold/Premier machines.

Examples of content to be uploaded and shared from this location via downloadable file links (see at base of article) include:

Operator manuals
State-certified use procedures
Voting system contracts
Election audit logs and incident reports
Private and state-commissioned external reviews of voting system performance and vulnerabilities
Vendor correspondence with state and local election officials
Relevant legal actions
Proposed legislation with a bearing on the vendor's election products and services
Vendor-specific news articles


A brief description of what each document is appears below and before the URL address listing.

1. PhD Students from Univ. of Conn. show how The Diebold AccuVote Optical Scan can be rigged undetectably

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UCON_seeA-tamperEVoting.pdf [323]1.21 MB

Sequoia

This section is devoted to system documentation for Sequoia voting machines with some generic exceptions that would be relevant to Sequoia machines.

Examples of content to be uploaded and shared from this location via downloadable file links (see at base of article) include:

Operator manuals
State-certified use procedures
Voting system contracts
Election audit logs and incident reports
Private and state-commissioned external reviews of voting system performance and vulnerabilities
Vendor correspondence with state and local election officials
Relevant legal actions
Proposed legislation with a bearing on the vendor's election products and services
Vendor-specific news articles


For the index to the Sequoia files, scroll down below.

This video is an interview with Debra Bowen where she says machines should never go home with workers. Posted 10-2-07.


This very short video from the CA NAACP Conference in Manhattan Beach on October 27th,2007 SOS Bowen repeats "no sleepovers" will be allowed.


QUICK DESCRIPTIONS:

1. The Redline document shows the CA SOS Decertification/Recertification Document revised in October 2007 w/changes
2. The Sequoia Appendices contain several hundred pages of specific requirements & procedures ROVs must follow-2007
3. Lowell Finley issues additional conditions including security bags for DREs dated 11-29-07
4. Required procedures for CA ROVs to follow to maintain certification of Sequoia Systems 8-31-07
5. Form to be completed and submitted to SOS on all DRE problems effective 2-5-08
6. SOS Bowen - "Recertification of the Sequoia System...will...be revisited...[if] conditions are not being met."
7. RivCo ROV reports only 15 of 720 DREs had ANY problems in 2/5/08 Presidential Primary Election
8. Sequoia AVC Edge DRE - 124 pg. operators manual from 2001 - much still applies today
9. EAC declares Sequoia used illegal double testing w/Systest & iBeta 11-20-07
10. HAVA Section 3.2.1 Error standards for all voting machines 1 in 500,000 - if not met - HAVA $$ in danger
11. RivCo ROV Letter of Denial of central count viewing and WinEDS server re 11/7/06 election
12. Desert Hot Springs Election -Denial of audit logs of 3-6-07 RivCo election
13. HAVA Implementation according to CACEO - CA Association of Clerks & Elections Officials -Scott Konopasek 4/05
14. Sequoia RivCo Contract - 2-7-06 - Amendment to original contract of 2000- sole sourced

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Sequoia CA Procedures - Appendices Aug '07.pdf [325]4.37 MB
Sequoia MODIFIED procedures approval 11-29-07 incl security bags.pdf [326]19.49 KB
Sequoia CA Procedures - Ch 1-11 Ver2.01 8-31-07.pdf [327]1.68 MB
Sequoia procedures - incident_report.pdf [328]400.04 KB
SOS Clarification_of_Voting_System_Certification.pdf [329]114.34 KB
Voting System Report to SoS from RivCo ROV 3-4-08.pdf [330]666.15 KB
Seq_AVC-Edge_op-man.pdf [331]5.14 MB
Sequoia illegal double testing Systest & iBeta 11-20-07.pdf [332]2.08 MB
error-rates-HAVA.pdf [333]64.79 KB
Denial of central count viewing and WinEDS server.pdf [334]46.86 KB
Desert Hot Springs Election of 3-6-07 - ltr from Dunmore.pdf [335]144.36 KB
County Guide to implement HAVA.pdf [336]1.99 MB
14- Sequoia RivCo Contract - 2-7-06.pdf [337]3.35 MB

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