Spate of lawsuits target e-voting

DENVER — Electronic voting machines, adopted widely after the disputed Florida ballot count in the 2000 presidential election, are under legal attack as primary election season heats up.
Lawsuits have been filed in at least six states, the most recent last week in Colorado, to block the purchase or use of computerized machines.

Voter Action, a non-partisan advocacy group, led the challenge filed Thursday against the state of Colorado and nine counties, as well as similar lawsuits in California and Arizona this spring and New Mexico last year. Court actions by others targeted the devices in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Most of the suits argue that the machines are vulnerable to software tampering, don't keep an easily recountable printed record and may miscount, switch or not record votes and even add phantom votes.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-04-electronic-voting_x.htm

Great news


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I decided I needed to alert my fellow Progressives at Progressive Action Now, and asked that they take a look at it. Guess they were way ahead of me in that situation, so I'm glad they're staying on top of this. I certainly don't want _MY_ state to be Georgia, Florida or Ohio, now that we've turned deep purple, about to turn blue for '08.

Hawkeye-X

Those friggin' vote riggin' machines are the death of our democracy, and it's time to put them to permanent rest.

:bounce: Get lawsuits going EVERYWHERE!!!

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If they go through the courts at their usual speed it will be too late for the Nov. election.

stupid speller

before November.

I hope they're successful.

From information at Voter Action's site it looks like they're only working to block purchases of new machines though. I wish someone would bring suits in Georgia to try to get rid of the damned things. Disenfranchisement bites.