Reply #3: Congress Launches Probe Into Florida Election [View All]

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Posted on Thu, May. 03, 2007

Congress launches probe into Florida election
By Mark K. Matthews

The Orlando Sentinel

(MCT)

WASHINGTON - Congress took the rare step Wednesday of ordering an investigation into a disputed U.S House race in Florida last fall that raised questions about the accuracy of touch-screen voting machines in Sarasota County.

Republican Vern Buchanan won by 369 votes, but Democrat Christine Jennings challenged the outcome because she thinks malfunctioning touch-screen voting machines prevented about 18,000 people from casting ballots in the House District 13 race.

These so-called "under votes" were six times greater in Sarasota County than the rest of the congressional district, but an ensuing state investigation found no problem with the machines built by Election Systems and Software.

Jennings filed a lawsuit seeking another election and took her case to the U.S. House, which has authority to referee election disputes.

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