Voters unable to have printed receipt (Miami, Presidential election)

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Tue, Apr. 20, 2004




PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Voters unable to have printed receipt

Miami-Dade election officials say they can't install printers on the county's 7,200 voting machines in time for this year's presidential election because they lack state approval and the technology.

BY LUISA YANEZ

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A proposal to add printers to Miami-Dade's touch screen voting machines by November's presidential election fizzled Monday. The culprit: The available technology is not state certified, election officials said.

''We simply cannot use the technology if it's not state certified, even if the printers were available,'' Supervisor of Elections Constance Kaplan told the County Commission's election subcommittee, while presenting the findings of a 309-page report.

Aware ''all eyes will be watching'' Miami-Dade in the upcoming presidential election, Commissioner Jimmy Morales had spearheaded an effort to install printers on the county's iVotronic machines, hoping the paper trail would restore more confidence in the process for Miami-Dade voters.

''It's hard to tell voters they can't have some sort of receipt when they vote. When you go to the ATM, you get a receipt; when you go the store, you get a receipt,'' Morales said Monday.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/8471447.htm

[President Jesus]

1. Diebold is dominated by Republicans...here's the proof

Diebold executives campaign contributions, 1993-2004

Walden O'Dell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Diebold
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Eric C. Evans
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Gregory T. Geswein
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Michael J. Hillock
President, Diebold International
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David Bucci
Senior Vice President, Customer Solutions Group
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Thomas W. Swidarski
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development & Global Marketing
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James L.M. Chen
Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Diebold
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Warren W. Dettinger
Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Diebold
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Charee Francis-Vogelsang
Vice President and Secretary, Diebold
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Larry D. Ingram
Vice President, Global Procurement
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Kevin J. Krakora
Vice President and Corporate Controller
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Dennis M. Moriarty
Vice President, Customer Business Solutions
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Daniel J. O'Brien
Vice President, Global Product Management and Engineering
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Anthony J. Rusciano
Vice President, Customer Solutions Group, Marketing and Sales Practices
(none)

Charles B. Scheurer
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
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Robert J. Warren
Vice President and Treasurer, Diebold
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Help spread this list!

[gristy]

2. More receipt bullshit

Makes me want to scream. I want a paper BALLOT. Not a f***ing paper receipt.

[gristy]

3. This is very darkly funny

From the article:

Miami-Dade supervisor of elections Lewis said a voting machine with a paper trail may offer more complications.

"For example, if you get a paper trail, then you have to decide what to do when you have to do a recount. Are you going to recount the electronic vote or the paper vote? That can take a long time. Florida never finished recounting its paper votes in 2000."

No shit Sherlock. The Supreme Court put a stop to it. Remember?

[Moderator]

4. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=498506