Maryland Court Rejects E-Voting Challenge

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Maryland Court Rejects E-Voting Challenge
Thu Sep 2, 2004 01:42 PM ET


By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Maryland judge has dismissed a challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.

Voting activists who had sought to block the state from using touch-screen voting systems said on Thursday they had appealed the decision.

Activists with the group TrueVoteMD have sought to force the state to add printers to its Diebold Inc. machines to ensure that they record votes properly.

But Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Joseph Manck said measures such as random testing provide a reasonable standard of security.



http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6138030

[GRClarkesq]

1. If MD goes red in November

perhaps we should be suspicious?

[EST]

2. If Md goes red

'twill be a little late for suspicion.

[GRClarkesq]

4. True, I was employing sarcasm n/t

[EST]

5. My sharp wit somewhat resembles a deflated prophylactic,

today. Think I'm suffering from sensory overload from continually asking, "how can people whom one would normally describe as mature, adult, discerning individuals actually drink this poison cocktail," and being unable to provide a satisfactory answer. Don't wish to tar everyone, but how could such a huge percentage of people be so absolutely brain dead?

[Blue_Tires]

6. already halfway there

with erhlich/steele

[tkulesa]

3. "a reasonable effort"

Is that all that is required? A reasonable effort to make sure that the votes will probably be counted?

:wtf:

[xxqqqzme]

7. that struck me as well.

Paper ballots have provided MORE than a reasonable effort 4 more than 200 years. Shouldn't THAT B the standard?

[Moderator]

8. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=795713