Reply #14: PA: No glitches are evident in test of Montco's voting machines [View All]

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No glitches are evident in test of Montco's voting machines
By Nancy Petersen
Inquirer Staff Writer

Montgomery County officials are breathing easier today after a successful test of the county's Sequoia voting machines yesterday in Harrisburg.

"The machines worked beautifully," said Joe Passarella, the county's director of voter services. He said that the machines recorded votes exactly the way they were entered, and that the votes could not be manipulated "in any way, shape or form."

The tests were conducted by Michael Shamos, a computer scientist and voting machine expert from Carnegie Mellon University who has been hired by Pennsylvania to certify voting equipment. Shamos will issue a final report on yesterday's tests of the Sequoia machines within a few days, Passarella said.

"There was nothing today that would lead me or anybody else to believe they would not pass certification," he said.

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