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Article: SARASOTA VOTERS CHARGE ELECTION OFFICIALS, VOTING MACHINE COMPANY WITH WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE OF VOTING MACHINE MALFUNCTION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 21, 2007
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The American Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release:
Sarasota County voters contesting the 13th Congressional District election filed court papers late yesterday charging that Florida election officials and Electronic Systems & Software (ES&S) apparently misled a judge by claiming that there was no evidence that machine malfunction contributed to the loss of 18,000 votes in that race.
The voters" charge is based on newly discovered evidence of a flaw in the iVotronic systems that created an unusually long delay in capturing votes when voters pressed on the touchscreen machines. An August 15, 2006 memorandum from ES&S warned Florida election officials that the ...