News: NY Times: US Shuts Down E-Voting Testing Lab

[helderheid]

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04voting.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=363e471aee8b4edc&hp=&ex=1167886800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
and on BradBlog http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3982

January 4, 2007
U.S. Bars Lab From Testing Electronic Voting
By CHRISTOPHER DREW

A laboratory that has tested most of the nation's electronic voting
systems has been temporarily barred from approving new machines after
federal officials found that it was not following its quality-control
procedures and could not document that it was conducting all the
required tests.

The company, Ciber Inc. of Greenwood Village, Colo., has also come
under fire from analysts hired by New York State over its plans to
test new voting machines for the state. New York could eventually
spend $200 million to replace its aging lever devices.

Experts on voting systems say the Ciber problems underscore
longstanding worries about lax inspections in the secretive world of
voting-machine testing. The action by the federal Election Assistance
Commission seems certain to fan growing concerns about the reliability
and security of the devices.

The commission acted last summer, but the problem was not disclosed
then. Officials at the commission and Ciber confirmed the action in
recent interviews.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04voting.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=363e471aee8b4edc&hp=&ex=1167886800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

[oasis]

1. Something to keep an eye on. Thanks for posting.

[peacetalksforall]

2. Help keep this kicked. It's a slider - slide it under the radar of

the excietment in the House - it's an acknowledgement that the machines were not tested completely, accurately, or scientifically or for all those reasons. KICK RECOMMEND Don't let it get lost in the fun of the day.

[helderheid]

3. Kicks and recs, thank you!

[porphyrian]

4. That only took, what, five years? - n/t

[Uncle Joe]

5. Thanks for the post helderheid

Kicked and recommended

[renate]

6. aaarrrghh

"The commission acted last summer, but the problem was not disclosed then."

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Thank God we don't have to think "how different the 2006 election might have been"--especially on a wonderful day like today.

[Scriptor Ignotus]

7. only proves what the "crazies" have been complaining

about for years. K&R

[helderheid]

10. I'm nuts!

:hi:

[tavalon]

8. kicked and recommended

[bonito]

9. K&R n/t

[cap]

11. Good News: Ciber is part of the R. Doug Lewis cabal

I knew the name sounded familiar. This part of the black box voting machine mess.

The Election Center, run by an individual named R. Doug Lewis, also organized and trains state election officials, and, through NASED (National Association of State Election Directors) selects the certifiers of the voting machine.

Ciber is one of a series of four software certifiers for voting machines, each of whom dropped certification duties after a short time, each of whom hired Shawn Southworth to do the certification. Who chose Shawn Southworth? NASED, under the guidance of R. Doug Lewis.

I wonder if anyone has ever done a background check on Shawn?

[helderheid]

12. kick