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Elections: Results of GAO's Testing of Voting Systems Used in Sarasota County in Florida's 13th Congressional District.
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General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
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March 1, 2008
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GAO-08-425T February 8, 2008
In November 2006, about 18,000 undervotes were reported in Sarasota County in the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District (Florida-13). After the election results were contested in the House of Representatives, the task force unanimously voted to seek GAO's assistance in determining whether the voting systems contributed to the large undervote in Sarasota County. In October 2007, GAO presented its findings on the review of the voting systems and concluded that while prior tests and reviews provided some assurance that the voting systems performed correctly, they were not enough to provide reasonable assurance that the voting systems in ...
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