Firm to Give D.C. Information About Its Voting Devices

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Firm to Give D.C. Information About Its Voting Devices

Tim Craig

The Washington Post         

June 6, 2009

 

Sequoia Voting Systems agreed yesterday to turn over sensitive information to the D.C. Council about how the District's voting machines work and tabulate results, setting the stage for one of the most comprehensive probes on the reliability of electronic voting equipment.

The agreement is a response to the election night chaos in the September primaries, when Sequoia machines tabulated more ballots than there were voters, resulting in thousands of phantom votes.

Electoral change advocates said the agreement, finalized yesterday in D.C. Superior Court after the city threatened a lawsuit, is one of the first times a manufacturer of electronic voting machines has been forced to endure a public vetting of how its equipment tabulates returns.

 

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To view the protective order entered before the DC Superior Court between the DC City Council and Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc., Click Here.

DC Council: Cheh to Seek Court Order in Elections Probe

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DC Council: Cheh to Seek Court Order in Elections Probe

Nikita Stewart The Washington Post Apr 23 2009

D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh, raising questions about the performance of Sequoia Voting Systems in September's primary election, wants a judge to order the company to adhere to the council's subpoena power.

As chairman of an investigative committee, Cheh (D-Ward 3) served the California-based company with a subpoena to get information about how thousands of phantom votes appeared in initial vote tallies. The company runs the city's elections systems.
 

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One Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins County

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One Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins County

Liz Lawyer ithacajournal.com Nov 4 2008
Some voters had trouble voting with a Sequoia electronic voting machine at the polling place at Titus Towers on Plain Street today.

Shakedown afflicts machines for people with disabilities.
Some voters had trouble voting with a Sequoia electronic voting machine at the polling place at Titus Towers on Plain Street today.

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Study: Sequoia e-voting machines disturbingly easy to hack

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Study: Sequoia e-voting machines disturbingly easy to hack

By Ryan Paul, Ars Technica

The Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy has published a report disclosing security vulnerabilities that researchers have detected in Sequoia's AVC Advantage voting machine.

According to the researchers, the machine can be completely compromised by replacing a single ROM chip—a task that they were able to complete in only seven minutes.

Dear Attorney General Anne Milgram

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Dear Attorney General Anne Milgram

Voter Action letter to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram

Resource Type: 
Citizen Action Letter
Publication Date: 
Mar 4 2008
Author/Publisher: 

Voter Action

Abstract: 

Troubled by newspaper reports of incorrect ballot counts from electronic voting machines, election integrity groups and computer scientists are calling on New Jersey’s Attorney General, Anne Milgram, to impound the malfunctioning voting systems and commission an independent examination of the machines and software. The computer experts’ and civic groups’ appeal came the same day as a similar request from the Mercer County Clerk to the New Jersey Superintendent of Elections, Bettye Monroe. Congressman Rush Holt (NJ-12) quickly voiced support for Mercer County’s request.  

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