Gov. Bush Calls For Further Review Of Voting Machines

[The Straight Story]

Gov. Bush Calls For Further Review Of Voting Machines

POSTED: 7:27 pm EST December 17, 2005

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Jeb Bush said the state should review the way it tests electronic voting machines after a local elections official said the devices could be hacked to change race outcomes.

Bush's remarks Friday come after the acting secretary of state, David Mann, said he was confident in the process of certifying voting machines. Mann said he was "concerned" only that Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho might have given an outsider access to computer codes for a test of the Diebold optical-scan machines.

Sancho sent state elections officials a letter Friday requesting they do "further investigation" of Diebold Election Systems Accuvote 2000. Sancho said his internal tests showed the optical-scan machine's memory card produces false results when hacked by elections office insiders.

Sancho persuaded Leon County commissioners Tuesday to scrap the Diebold system in favor of one manufactured by Election Systems & Software, which also makes the ATM-style touch-screen voting machines used in Miami-Dade and Broward.

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[Cleita]

1. Better get suspicious when the fox gets interested in

the chicken house.

[Cassandra]

2. That's just what I was thinking.