E-voting Dispute Hits North Carolina Courts

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E-voting Dispute Hits North Carolina Courts

By Roy Mark
December 9, 2005

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a complaint against the North Carolina Board of Elections, asking a state superior court to void what the EFF calls an illegal certification of three electronic voting systems.

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North Carolina law requires the Board of Elections to review all voting system code "prior to certification." Ignoring this requirement, the Board of Elections on Dec. 1 certified voting systems offered by Diebold Election Systems, Sequoia Voting Systems and Election Systems and Software (ESS) without having first obtained the system code.

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The EFF is seeking a temporary restraining order preventing North Carolina's 100 counties from purchasing any of the recently certified systems unless and until the Board of Elections reviews and certifies the code of each system.

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The electronic voting problem is not solely about Diebold. I'm glad to see they are addressing all three companies.

ES&S, Diebold and Sequoia, as a group, tabulate roughly 80 to 90% of ALL VOTES cast nationwide.

In other words, our elections are being bought and sold.