BBV: New voting equipment didn't pass state muster (ES&S in Indiana)

Marion County clerk says Omaha company tried to cover up error by reinstalling old software.

By John Fritze
john.fritze@indystar.com
April 21, 2004


Marion County's optical-scan voting system was not ready for its debut last fall because it used unapproved software the manufacturer later tried to replace in a cover-up, Marion County Clerk Doris Anne Sadler said Tuesday.

The revelation, which came two weeks before the May 4 primaries, raised questions about the Omaha-based company, Election Systems & Software, that provides voting equipment to 41 counties and more than half of Indiana's registered voters.

"It's a trust issue on something that's very important to the public," said Sadler, a Republican, who was not clerk when the machines were purchased. "We're not buying tomato sauce here. We're conducting an election."

Sadler called for an emergency meeting of the Marion County Election Board on Thursday to decide whether the officials should take some action against the company. She said the primary and general elections would proceed as planned with the correct equipment.

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http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/139985-5092-009.html

this should wake up election officials / politicos / and voters who depend on optical scan machines.

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Thanks for noticing! :)

happening all over the Country. How do they continue to get away with this?

Get going on the LOCAL side of this. County officials should be held responsible, so they'll hold the vendors responsible. That's more than just the registrar or auditor- it's the county government.

Get going, get vocal, get to the meeetings- get the issue out front and don't let it disappear.

Clean voting is a grass roots movement- WE make it happen!

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We need to get S.1980 and HR2239 through Congress, and implemented!! Call your reps and senators- go to www.verifiedvoting.org, select your state, and call toll-free or email.

Then call, fax, write and e-mail your State and Local elections officials!

INDIANA

Secretary of State - Todd Rokita
Office of the Secretary of State
201 Statehouse
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204

Phone: 317 232 6536
Phone: 317 232 6531
E-Mail: aa@sos.state.in.us

Elections Division
302 West Washington Street, Room E-204
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204

Phone: 317 232 3939
Toll Free: 1 800 622 4941
Toll Free: 1 800 622 1948
E-mail: elections@iec.state.in.us

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