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Article: Several States Scrap Electronic Voting; Security, Programming Flaws Cause Return to Paper Ballots
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- The Washington Post
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- January 20, 2008
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With the presidential race in full swing, Colorado has found
critical flaws in the accuracy and security of its electronic voting
machines, forcing officials to scramble to return to the paper
ballots they abandoned after the Florida debacle of 2000.
And top election officials in Ohio declared last month that
widely used voting equipment is unfit for elections.
"Every system that is out there, one state or another has found
that they are no good," said John Gideon of the advocacy group
VotersUnite. "Everybody is starting to look at this now and starting
to realize that there is something wrong."
The pivotal states of California, Ohio and Florida have found
that security on touch-screen ...