Ohio & Colorado: Electronic Voting Unfit for Elections


	Ohio & Colorado: Electronic Voting Unfit for Elections

BobbyRutan

12-31-2007 8:00 PM

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More: California, Ohio and Florida have chosen to use scanning machines that count paper ballots electronically

"I was surprised," Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman said Friday of the failures his office found. "It's an awful position to be put in, but I feel strongly it's important that this equipment be secure and accurately count a vote."

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