Maryland May Cancel Voting Machines Purchase

joeunderdog

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Mon Aug-11-03 05:29 PM
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Maryland May Cancel Voting Machines Purchase

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland officials said they may cancel a $55.6 million agreement to buy electronic voting machines if an international computer security firm finds a problem with the machines' security.

The Washington Post reports the state had ordered 11,000 touch-screen machines from Diebold.

Maryland is reviewing its purchase after a report by Johns Hopkins University says the system's software could be easily hacked into, and election results could be tampered with. (Complete Text)

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/politics/2395518/detail.html

Does this mean that there is now good reason to jack up the contract of the phantom testing, or was there pressure to bear by those truly concerned?

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stickdog

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Mon Aug-11-03 05:48 PM
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1. Translation: Maryland officials said, "The Fix is in."

SAIC's has one job here. Rubberstamping voting fraud.

They are definitely international experts at this.

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gristy

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Mon Aug-11-03 05:54 PM
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2. So it depends on what the definition of "a problem" is?

Edited on Mon Aug-11-03 05:55 PM by gristy

They are certain to find something!

on edit: oh, and it depends on what the definition of "may" is, too.

But I like it. They've let their guard down, I think.

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pansypoo53219

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Mon Aug-11-03 07:05 PM
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3. all things considered

had a story. Its getting out.

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