EXCLUSIVES: New FL-13 News & More on NY Times' EAC/E-Vote Lab Scandal & Arnold's Surprise...

Two notable Exclusives late this afternoon and evening at The BRAD BLOG. Along with a couple of other items from earlier today. Oh, and the LA Times called us the "The state's most persistent blogger-watchdog on the dangers of voting technology." What could they be referring to?! -- Brad


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EXCLUSIVE: The EAC Now Admits 'The Ciber Report' Does Exist After All
Federal Commission Admits There is Paperwork on 'Barred' Voting Machine Testing Lab, Will Release 'When the Process is Complete'
Lab Was Secretly Refused Credentials in July; State and Local Voting Officials Were Kept in Dark Throughout November Elections Until NYTimes' Revelations...
Guest Blogged by John Gideon, Executive Director, VotersUnite.Org

While at first the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) had denied there was any paperwork documenting the reasons why they had denied interim accreditation to e-vote testing lab Ciber, I've now been able to learn from an EAC source that such paperwork actually exists. The EAC has simply, again, withheld it from the public. So far. I was then able to get confirmation about it from an EAC spokesperson, along with a hint as to when the world might get to see the actual reasons they withheld accreditation from the private testing lab...

COMPLETE EXCLUSIVE:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4005

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EXCLUSIVE FL-13 UPDATE: ES&S Moves to Strike U.S. House Admin Committee Letter
Voting Machine Company Claims Chairwoman's Missive 'An Attempt to Intimate, Unduly Influence' Court
Plaintiff Attorney Says Claim is 'Remarkable', 'Takes a Lot of Chutzpah'
Describing it as a "threat...intended to interfere with the independence of the judiciary" in Florida's 13th Congressional District election contest, one of the defendants in the case, Elections Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S), has filed a motion to strike a letter sent last week to Florida's appellate court from the Chair of the U.S. House Administration Committee, The BRAD BLOG has learned.

Attorneys for the plaintiff describe the motion as "remarkable" and "a blatant thumb in the eye of Congress."

COMPLETE STORY, FULL ES&S MOTION FILED TODAY:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4008

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The Irony Continues: New CA SoS Appointee Sued Governator in 2004
ALSO: LA Times Blogger Calls us 'State's Most Persistent Blogger-Watchdog on the Dangers of E-Voting'

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4001

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VIDEO - Exxon/Bush Administration Misleading Public On Global Warming
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman Interviews Greenpeace's John Passacantando

VIDEO: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4004

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VIDEO - Fox and Friends with Egg on Face
No Prob. Just Blame Someone Else...

STORY, VIDEO: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4003

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Was posted late last night...so refreshing it...