Clips Late Thurs-Early Fri: Ohio Voting Machines Do Suck, Governor Does Oppose Paid Sick Days Plan, Tributes to Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Dems Look for New Candidate, GM Lordstown, Aaron Pickrell

Ohio News

• GM Lordstown Unveils New Car – Youngstown Vindicator
• Obama, McCain not only picks for president – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio’s Voting Machine Glitch Exposed – Columbus Dispatch
• Strickland won’t support Sick Days mandate – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP balks at wage proposal – Columbus Dispatch
• No Deal on Sick Days – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial (Sick Days): Draw the Line – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Phillip Morris: Cleveland Loses Its Champion – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Connie Schultz: A Courageous Woman – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• What’s Next for Tubbs Jones’ Seat – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Tax Credits Proposed for College Grads Who Stay in Ohio – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio Dems Look for New Congressional Candidate – Associated Press
• Climbing the Dem Career Ladder – The Oskaloosa Herald (That’s in Iowa)

Ohio’s Voting Machines Have Glitch – I Hate Diebold

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner sued Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold) because they sold Ohio counties faulty machines. They said they didn’t. Guess, what they admit their machines have a problem in the “source code.” The source code is like, well, the brains of the damn things. A lot of people were critical of Diebold’s election machine business. It looks like for good reason. Oh, and why did they change the name of the company? Don’t want to soil Diebold’s reputation in other businesses? It’s one thing for Microsoft to put out buggy software. That’s just a pain in the ass and a reboot. But election software and hardware that can’t be trusted? That’s a WTF. What if everything got turned around because of technical error with voting equipment and we were all toiling under Governor Blackwell? That’s a ROTF WTF. The jobs in Hebron. Now this. I hate Diebold.

From the Columbus Dispatch, filed tonight:

Premier, formerly Diebold Election Systems, initially speculated that the problem was a conflict between its system and anti-virus software.

But in a letter Tuesday to Brunner, Premier President David Byrd admitted that further testing showed a source-code error that can cause votes not to be recorded when memory cards are uploaded to computer servers under certain circumstances.

“We are indeed distressed that our previous analysis of this issue was in error,” Byrd wrote.

Brunner is suing to recover the millions of taxpayer dollars spent to buy Premier touch-screens after she said an investigation this year showed that votes in at least 11 counties had been dropped in recent elections.

You Can Read the Entire Story Here.

Ohio SoS Brunner Sues Diebold

Wonder if this has anything to do with them moving jobs from Ohio?

• Ohio Sues Diebold – ars technical
• Diebold will close local plant – Columbus Dispatch
• Brunner’s Press Release – Ohio Secy of State Jennifer Brunner