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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Norco Voting Machine Testing & Certification is Suspended

As the election season approaches, county officials have just received ominous news concerning our voting machines. We might not be able to use them.

WinVote Version 2.0.4, needed for November's election, must first be certified. But federal testers have suspended certification for three reasons. First, AVS has refused to pay any of its invoices for the testing. Second, testing has turned up a ton of source code errors, including 1,946 source code review anomalies and 25 documentation errors. Third, it appears that the hardware in the voting machines differs from what was originally approved.

The Elections Assistance Commission has posted the following correspondence regarding the Voting System Testing & Certification Program:

(1) iBeta Quality Assurance letter to EAC regarding AVS WINware 2.0.4 voting system

(2) EAC's reply to iBeta Quality Assurance regarding AVS WINware 2.0.4 voting system

(3) EAC letter to Advanced Voting Solutions (AVS) requesting written clarification

If these problems are not quickly resolved, AVS touchscreen voting machines will be prohibited in November's election. The state will either have to lease machines or permit the county to return to the lever.

"What do we do?" Conklin asked ET reporter Sarah Cassi. Dust off those lever machines.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 16, 2007 at 11:04 AM

    Bernie, I wonder why we payed more for the machines than Wayne County did. According to the Morning Call, Wayne County paid $270,000 for 100 machines and we paid around $2.1 million for 600 machines. According to my math, Wayne paid $2700 per machine and we paid $3500 per machine. That becomes over half a million dollars more. Where did that money go and why? The state grant of $1.5 million should have just about covered the cost if we had paid the same price as Wayne County

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  2. Bernie O'HareAugust 16, 2007 at 11:06 AM

    Rick,

    Good question. I'll check it out.

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