Does Anyone Know If Nevada Had Problems -- Nev.SOS intv. here

[EMunster]

Q&A: Secretary of state lauds voting-machine success


December 21, 2004

This year was the first time Nevada used electronic voting machines in all 17 counties - all made by Sequoia Voting Systems - to conduct both the primary and general elections. Unlike a number of other states where there were serious questions about whether all the votes were counted and counted accurately, the process went smoothly in Nevada, generating little controversy.

Secretary of State Dean Heller, whose office overseas the election process statewide, answers some questions about this year's election.


more:
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20041221/NEVADA/112210017

[Zan_of_Texas]

1. "used electronic voting machines in all 17 counties" - yeah but

An AP article said they used the electronic machines with printers in all counties in Nevada -- true BUT ....

A Nevada DUer said that in the most populous county in Nevada, where Las Vegas is, the printers were NOT used in much of that county.

Nevada had that incident of people paid, apparently by Republicans, to gather new voter registrations apparently tossed some of the Dem registrations in the trash.

Sproul play
The RNC-funded firm Sproul & Associates stands accused of lying, cheating and even destroying Democratic voter registration forms to get more Republicans to the polls.
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By Farhad Manjoo
SALON
http://peoplesforum.com/cgi-bin/forum?14@160.5nntaBRgnnv.5@.3eb53c08/2294

Oct. 21, 2004 | Lisa Bragg, a 37-year-old mother of two in St. Albans, W. Va., spotted a newspaper ad last August for a customer-service position offering the pretty good wage of $9 an hour. Bragg, who studied communications in college and talks with the easygoing flair of someone who "really just loves people," called the number and soon found herself in the offices of Kelly Services, the national temp agency, filling out an application. And then, like the other people who'd come in for the job, she discovered that there was something strange afoot. MORE


The Green/Libertarian Parties tried to get a recount in Nevada, but Nevada decided to charge them out the kazoo, so it's not happening.

www.votecobb.org
December 2, 2004

Cobb Campaign Decides Not To Pursue Nevada Recount
Recounts go forward in Ohio and New Mexico

Ohio - Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb announced today that he would not pursue a recount in Nevada. Cobb and Libertarian Michael Badnarik had made the initial recount request on Monday.
"The Nevada Secretary of State's office presented us with hefty bill and a ridiculous list of tasks to be completed in an unreasonably short period of time" - Blair Bobier Cobb-LaMarche Media Director"The Nevada Secretary of State's office presented us with hefty bill and a ridiculous list of tasks to be completed in an unreasonably short period of time," said Blair Bobier, Media Director for the Cobb-LaMarche campaign.

"We were asked to pay $349,000 but were not provided a detailed breakdown of the actual costs and we do not have confidence that our money will be spent wisely. Apparently, using privately owned Sequoia voting machines creates a situation where the Secretary of State needs to bring in outside technicians at great expense in order to recount the ballots of Nevada voters. This creates an unacceptable obstacle for ensuring the integrity of Nevada's elections," added Bobier.

"At this point, we would rather focus our efforts on recounts in Ohio and New Mexico," said Cobb campaign manager Lynne Serpe The Ohio recount will be the subject of a hearing on Friday in Federal District Court in Columbus, Ohio. Cobb, Badnarik and their attorneys filed counterclaims against Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, alleging that Blackwell is stalling the recount effort there.

[understandinglife]

2. More than 500 incidents log'd at Voteprotect/EIRS; here's the link:

https://voteprotect.org/index.php?display=EIRMapNation&tab=ALL