Some States Find Faults With Voting System

[ZombieHorde]

Disclaimer: I am not posting this as a protest to HRC's or Obama's win. I believe that they both won with their own merits and political skills. This article does not even discuss those states.

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Story by Walt Williams

West Virginia uses some equipment now under scrutiny in Ohio, elsewhere.

CHARLESTON -- Reviews in Ohio and other states have found flaws in some of the same voting systems used in West Virginia, prompting officials in those states to re-evaluate their procedures heading into the 2008 election season.

So far, no one in West Virginia is proposing replacing any of the voting machines used in counties throughout the state. However, state officials are reviewing reports from other states and likely will use any recommendations that apply, said Jason Williams, manager of the elections division for the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office.

"We are comfortable to continue moving forward with the voting systems we have in place," he said.

The Associated Press recently reported that officials in Ohio, Colorado, California and Florida found security flaws in tests of the touch-screen voting systems that have been put in place since the passage of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

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Congress passed The Help American Vote Act, or HAVA, to avoid the debacle of the 2000 presidential elections, which turned the phrase "hanging chad" into a household term.

All states were required by HAVA to put in place electronic voting systems to replace the paper systems that had caused so much trouble during the 2000 elections. The states also received millions in federal funds to implement the changes.

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More at link:
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=33382

[orleans]

1. don't we wish we owned these companies?

"All states were required by HAVA to put in place electronic voting systems to replace the paper systems"

on second thought: no.