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Part of vote blame on Orr

Election report faults county clerk, technology firm

By John McCormick
Tribune staff reporter
Published January 9, 2007

Cook County Clerk David Orr and Sequoia Voting Systems are both to blame for vote-tabulation delays that triggered confusion and distrust following the November election, a panel of experts has concluded.

Led by retired federal Judge Abner Mikva, the Orr-appointed panel found that a combination of "technology failures in multiple areas" and a lack of testing triggered a spiraling series of glitches that left some results unclear for days.

The group's findings, documented in a 29-page report obtained by the Tribune, suggest that much work is needed if similar problems are to be prevented in the February and April municipal elections.

"Although technology problems occurring on Election Night constituted the primary cause of the reporting delays, operational shortcomings in the process leading up to Election Day also played a role in failing to understand and thus mitigate the risks," the report said...

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0701090215jan09,1,165486.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed

[Bridget Dooley]

1. David Orr

At least David Orr knows that there are problems and will be actively taking steps to rectify the situation. Can't say the same for Bob Barr in DuPage!

With all the good that David Orr has done in city government, it would take A LOT for me to see him in a negative light.

[mopinko]

2. me too

but i wonder :wtf: he is doing with this shit.
he is a neighbor, and for a while was a fellow baseball dad. a good guy. i think he has lost his mind on this one tho. i went to a hearing they had in city hall after the primary and just glared at him through the whole thing. he was squirming, and couldn't wait to get out of there. i was disappointed that they didn't grill him a little. i don't think they could have really compelled him to testify, and probably didn't want to push it. they were just having fun grilling blaine, and pretending to be a democratic (small d) institution.