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Lawsuit Alleges e-Voting Negligence in Florida

Anne Broache writes on C|Net News:

Public-interest groups and concerned voters have launched a new attack on what was supposed to be a higher-tech solution to Florida's hanging-chad brouhaha from the 2000 presidential contest.

A lawsuit filed in state court Tuesday alleges that election officials in Sarasota County did a shoddy job of selecting and managing touch-screen machines during this year's congressional election--and it calls for a re-vote. The left-leaning advocacy groups People for the American Way, Voter Action, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and Electronic Frontier Foundation lodged the challenge on behalf of Republican and Democratic voters in the county.

posted by Fergie @ 11/21/2006 04:27:00 PM