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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The African-American who invented a voting machine that he believed would remedy the problems that occurred during the 2000 presidential election has died only eight months before the next contest between George W. Bush and John Kerry.

Athan Gibbs Sr. of Nashville, who unveiled his invention of a computerized voting machine with paper receipts at the summer conference of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) in Atlanta three years ago, was killed when the SUV he was driving was hit from behind by a tractor trailer as he changed lanes in the morning of March 12. He was 57 years old.

Determined to win full federal certification for the TruVote System, Gibbs, an accountant, never saw his dream come true. However, his family and associates say they will pick up where he left off.

“It’s going to go into full throttle,” says his son, Jonathan Gibbs, executive director of a marketing firm and graduate of the University of Memphis. “I’ll be one of the ball carriers.”

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