Election uproar-Webb County Commissioners let ES&S have it

http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=16299334&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=473478&rfi=8">Laredo Morning Times article 3/14
Election uproar; County officials say there were plenty of red flags
A representative of Election Systems and Software was blasted Monday at Webb County Commissioners Court for errors in programming and inadequately training county staff.
The county paid almost $900,000 in federal grant money for the electronic machines, and officials fear that problems in the March 7 election could lead to more voter apathy and distrust.

"Someone needs to be held accountable," said Commissioner Jerry Garza. "We, here in Webb County, have an apathy problem. We stand to lose more voters and that certainly does not help the democratic process."

Garza added that he's heard talk that the City of Laredo and the Laredo Independent School District don't want the machines used in their elections.
More than 9,000 of the 33,640 votes cast during the primaries were cast electronically.

When Chris Moody, the Texas director for Election Systems and Software, came to the podium to offer an explanation, he simply stated that they had not expected to use flash cards to record the votes. The plan was to use the personal electronic ballots (PEBs) that they trained county officials to use.