Finally: Senators push to decertify computer voting systems
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO - Citing problems in last week's primary election, two leading senators yesterday asked the secretary of state to decertify the use of touch-screen voting systems for the upcoming November election.
"California has a lemon law which protects consumers if they buy an automobile that doesn't work. So far, electronic voting in California is a lemon. It needs to be fixed," said Sen. Ross Johnson, R-Irvine...
In Orange County, more than 7,000 voters were given incorrect electronic ballots, and 573 polling places across the state acknowledged they had glitches in their systems, Perata said.
"March 2 was a test flight for the widespread use of these touch-screen voting machines in the state and I think it's fair to say from the evidence so far that the test flight crashed and burned," Perata said.
Warning that California could become the "Florida of 2004," the senators requested that Secretary of State Kevin Shelley decertify the touch-screen system for the general election and ask counties to use paper ballots instead, "until, unless and until, we are truly satisfied that they are producing accurate results that reflect the will of the voters," Johnson said.
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SACRAMENTO - Citing problems in last week's primary election, two leading senators yesterday asked the secretary of state to decertify the use of touch-screen voting systems for the upcoming November election.
"California has a lemon law which protects consumers if they buy an automobile that doesn't work. So far, electronic voting in California is a lemon. It needs to be fixed," said Sen. Ross Johnson, R-Irvine...
In Orange County, more than 7,000 voters were given incorrect electronic ballots, and 573 polling places across the state acknowledged they had glitches in their systems, Perata said.
"March 2 was a test flight for the widespread use of these touch-screen voting machines in the state and I think it's fair to say from the evidence so far that the test flight crashed and burned," Perata said.
Warning that California could become the "Florida of 2004," the senators requested that Secretary of State Kevin Shelley decertify the touch-screen system for the general election and ask counties to use paper ballots instead, "until, unless and until, we are truly satisfied that they are producing accurate results that reflect the will of the voters," Johnson said.
http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~26642~2013132,00.html
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