BBV: Lawsuit challenges Md. voting machines

[Bushfire]

Truevotemd.org says new electronic system fails to meet state law; Paper trail sought for ballots

By Johnathon E. Briggs
Sun Staff
Originally published April 22, 2004

A citizens group in Takoma Park will file suit today against the state Board of Elections, contending that Maryland's 16,000 new electronic voting machines fail to comply with state law. The lawsuit, to be filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, asks that the machines be decertified until the manufacturer fixes security flaws and the devices are upgraded to print paper records of cast ballots.

The lawsuit brought by the Campaign for Verifiable Voting -- better known as truevotemd.org -- alleges that state elections officials violated the law when they certified the touch-screen devices and failed to decertify them once computer experts found they were susceptible to vote-switching.

The lawsuit notes that Maryland election law states the elections board cannot certify a voting system unless it determines that the system is secure, reliable and "capable of providing an audit trail of all ballots cast so that, in a recount, the election can be reconstructed."

State law also requires that the board decertify a system if it "no longer protects the security of the voting process," the lawsuit adds.


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[oasis]

1. BBV, America has it's eyes on you.You'll not slip anything by us this time

[Melodybe]

2. I just wrote the Baltimore Sun a thank you letter

Thank you for posting.

[ParanoidPat]

3. Thank you for writing!

If you're from Maryland, please call, fax and write to your State and Local election officials and demand that these machines be decertified until a proper voter verified paper ballot is included so elections can be audited. :evilgrin:

MARYLAND

Secretary of State - R. Karl Aumann
State House
Annapolis, Maryland, 21401

Phone: [phone]
Toll Free: 1 888 874 0013
E-Mail: [e-mail]

Maryland State Board of Elections - Linda H. Lamone
Administrator
151 West Street, Suite 200
Annapolis, Maryland, 21401
P.O. Box 6486
Annapolis, Maryland, 21401-0486

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Toll Free: 1 800 222 8683
TDD: 1 800 735 2258
Contact: http://www.elections.state.md.us/feedback/index.html
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Staff Directory: http://www.elections.state.md.us/about_SBE/sbe_staff.html

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[ParanoidPat]

4. Kick

:kick:

[Bushfire]

5. Kick

:kick:

[dusty64]

6. Lets hope the

truth comes out.

[maddezmom]

7. Diebold is on the way out

:)