Sarasota Cover-up
Sarasota was warned. Sarasota did nothing. Sarasota’s race for Congress came up 18,000 votes short. The wrong person went to represent Sarasota in Washington, D.C.
The loser filed suit over the voting machines. The state investigated. Sarasota did not mention the warning. The voting machine company (ES & S) did not mention the warning. The loser lost again. The voting machines were exonerated in the press.
The loser’s attorneys kept digging. On a website in North Carolina they found the warning memo. It said the touchscreens were erratic and slow. It said the voter may have to hold a finger on the screen for several seconds in order for the vote to register. It said to fix this problem before the election.
Sarasota didn’t do it, nor did they warn voters, nor did they admit they knew this when the 18,000 votes were missing.
I call that a cover up.
The whole story is well told at the Bradblog today. I am pleased to see Brad has abandoned his green background with the yellow lettering. This post is actually easy on the eyes, so I’m happy to link to it.