Continued fears over Iran and Nigerian supplies, reports of gasoline shortage in the U.S. lead to 2 percent jump.
By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer
April 21, 2006: 4:26 PM EDT
From Getty via raw story a pic of Cheney napping
Oil just hit $75 a barrel and VP get-cher-gun is napping instead of talking to the guy who's currency is undervalued, and owns a big chunk of our debt.
Democrats: No Single Message Sums Us Up
Thursday, April 20, 2006
By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer
And the e-voting lawsuits just keep coming.
Information via BradBlog
LATEST E-VOTE LAWSUIT: Oregon Sues ES&S for Breach of Contract!
2006 Election 'Train Wreck' Continues as Company Fails to Meet Obligations in Yet Another State
Complaint Latest in Growing String of Legal Battles, HAVA-Related E-Voting Meltdowns Around the Country...
In the latest amongst a spate of lawsuits being filed against Electronic Voting Machine Companies around the country, the Oregon Sec. of State has announced today that they have filed a complaint against Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S) for breach of contract in failing to provide the state with disabled-accessible voting machines, as promised, in time to meet the January 1, 2006 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) deadline.The complaint, filed yesterday on behalf of the state of Oregon in Marion County Circuit Court, is summarized and linked in full, along with a statement from the SoS at the URL for this story posted below.
Amongst just some of the lawsuits and other legal proceedings now underway in light of HAVA implementation around the country (and, unfortunately, covered in full virtually exclusively by The BRAD BLOG)...
ALASKA: Democratic Party files suit against state to release Diebold voting data from 2004 Election.
CALIFORNIA: Voters file suit against SoS and Election Registrars to decertify Diebold machines.
FLORIDA: Leon County Supervisor of Elections begins legal action against Diebold for breach of contract after machines found to be hackable; Attorney General subpoenas Voting Machine companies in investigation of possible collusion.
ILLINOIS: Republicans ask for 20% recount after Sequoia machines fail in Cook County Primary Election; Democrat says he may file suit on behalf of both Republicans and Dems across state.
INDIANA: Sec. of State announces hearings, possible civil fines against ES&S.
MARYLAND: Republican Governor declares "no confidence" in paperless Diebold systems; Democratic-run House votes 137 to 0 to ban them.
NEW MEXICO: Voters file suit against state to decertify Sequoia machines; Legislation enacted outlawing paperless touch-screen systems.
NEW YORK: U.S. Dept. of Justice threatens state with lawsuit for HAVA non-compliance.
PENNSYLVANIA: Voters file suit against Allegheny County, PA and US Dept. of Justice in re: ES&S machines
TEXAS: Statewide Election Contest filed by Republican Supreme Court Justice after ES&S, Hart InterCivic machines failed across state in March 7th primary.
In addition to the state and county suits, a class action Securities Fraud complaint has been filed by shareholders against Diebold for, amongst other reasons, failing to disclose known problems with their electronic voting systems. Additional legal proceedings are currently in the works in several other states as well, The BRAD BLOG has learned, and so far we've only had two of 50 state primaries in 2006, the first year that HAVA kicks in in full...
COMPLETE STORY, FULL TEXT OF OREGON LAWSUIT:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002714.htm
I'm pooped, but Thank God for Brad Friedman, it's nice to know that someone else is collecting this information, and watching this train wreck.
(Matt Wuerker is brilliant, eh?)
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