Diebold admits using uncertified software in CA recall election

From the San Jose Mercury News, "Voting machine maker dinged":

Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said Tuesday that Diebold Elections Systems could lose the right to sell electronic voting machines in California after state auditors found the company distributed software that had not been approved by election officials.

The auditors reported that voters in 17 California counties cast ballots in recent elections using software that had not been certified by the state. And voters in Los Angeles County and two smaller counties voted on machines installed with software that was not approved by the Federal Election Commission.

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Diebold President Bob Urosevich told the six members of the Voting Systems Panel, which advises Shelley, that his company had been negligent in notifying the state about changes in its software. He explained the lapse as a result of conflicting state and federal certification processes.

Karl Dolk, of the auditor R&G, said he and two other independent consultants spent two weeks examining the hardware and software used by the 17 California counties who are Diebold customers. None of the counties was using state-certified versions of the election management software to tally votes. In addition, software used in Los Angeles, Trinity and Lassen counties had not been federally certified.

Posted by joebeone at Diciembre 17, 2003 08:45 AM