1/8/2008: "Oregon's Election System Decertified by Colorado"

Emailed 1/08/08 at 9:02 AM

Dear John,

We've received more dismaying news about ES&S election equipment. In mid-December the State of Colorado decertified all of its ES&S products including the ES&S Unity software and M650 Central Count Scanners used in some Oregon counties.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5451

What plans are in place for Oregon to conduct a comprehensive review of its ES&S equipment, or all of its election systems, in light of these disturbing findings?

ES&S Software (Unity)
Recommend Certification? No
Reasons:
. Failure to prove Federal testing was conducted
. Failure to provide required State documentation
. Failure to prevent and detect normal operator changes within system.
. Failure to detect election programming changes and errors.
. Inability to determine if tabulation software works correctly.

ES&S Central Count Scanner (M650)
Recommend Certification? No
Reasons:
* Failure to prove Federal testing was conducted
* Failure to provide required State documentation
* Failure to prevent and detect normal operator changes within system.
* Failure to accurately process folded ballots.
* Failure to process ballots with more than one page.
* Inability to determine if device works correctly.
* Failure to operate at documented performance levels.

Source: Colorado Secretary of State's Report, ES&S Project Overview at page 16
http://tinyurl.com/2cxpsx /

Sincerely,

Nancy Matela and Virginia Ross
Oregon Voters Rights Coalition