Suspect Code Used in State Votes

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by Kim Zetter (Wired News)

Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:00 a.m. ET

An investigation by California's secretary of state has revealed that Diebold Election Systems placed uncertified software on electronic voting machines in a California county.

Voters in Alameda County, a densely populated region in the San Francisco Bay Area that includes the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, used a Diebold touch-screen-voting system utilizing uncertified software in Tuesday's election and in last month's gubernatorial recall election.

Although the software was used in at least two elections, Doug Stone, spokesman for the secretary of state, said voters should not worry about the integrity of the election results. He said the state tested the software but did not elaborate on when that testing occurred. Stone said his office learned late last week about the possibility that uncertified software may have been used in the machines. The state then launched an investigation into the matter and halted certification of the AccuVote-TSx, a newer model of Diebold's touch-screen machines, which were supposed to be used in California's primary election in March 2004.

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