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Judge Hears Challenge to Diebold Election Systems Selection in NC
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler Dec 15, 2005 11:59am |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 15, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | North Carolina's State Elections Board has approved Diebold Election Systems, Election Systems & Software and Sequoia Voting Systems for purchase by the state's 100 counties. A judge heard arguments about the validity of the Diebold recommendation on Wednesday but will not rule before Dec. 21.
All three are touchscreen systems and all, reportedly, provide a paper trail. However, at least two Diebold machines provided a blank record in Ohio's November 2005 election...
Last week, InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringely reported:
"After electronic voting booths in North Carolina misplaced 4,500 votes in last year's elections, the state passed rules requiring voting machine software to be independently tested before approving it for sale. Although Diebold refused to turn over the source code for its Windows-based product, NC's state elections board -- which employs a consultant who happens to be a former Diebold employee -- approved the software anyway..." |
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