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DNC Demands...Recount in Race Marred by Diebold Machine "Sleepovers"
7/14/06, 3:49 pm EST
DNC Demands “Swift and Verifiable” Recount in Race Marred by Diebold Machine “Sleepovers”
First some context: A special election to replace criminal congressman Duke Cunningham in San Diego was held on June 6, between Republican Brian Bilbray and Democrat Francine Busby.
In the offical count, Bilbray won by several thousand votes. But in the aftermath of the election it has become evident that the election was run on machines that should have been decertified.
The district voted on Diebold optical scan machines that read Scantron-like fill-in-the-bubble ballots. The only problem? These machines have been shown to be easily hackable, meaning that the chain of custody of the machines is vitally important if ballot security is to be maintained.
However, in San Diego, election officials sent the machines home with poll workers to then take to the district’s polling places. Meaning that dozens of individuals had unfettered access to the machines for hours and days before the election. Some of the machines were even stored in the poll workers’ cars.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/?p=294
This race is yet to be certified, and a filling has occured to recont the race.
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