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Despite a summary in the report that states the Diebold system used in several state elections is "at high risk of compromise," the election officials and representatives of the company that wrote the report said they now have confidence in the Diebold system, and the state will proceed with its $55.6 million contract to purchase the machines.
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"We remain very comfortable with the voting system, and that the state board of elections is developing and will fully implement proper procedures safely that will allow Marylanders to have complete and total confidence in the integrity of the system," said Jim Pettit, spokesman for the board of elections.
"The Maryland plan of action is seriously out of whack with the SAIC risk assessment," he added. "This is a system with serious problems. I would expect them to suspend plans to use the Diebold machines until SAIC releases a report that says the system is safe to use."
Rubin said elections in states that have already used these systems were open to compromise. These include Georgia, which used more than 20,000 of the Diebold machines in its gubernatorial election last November, as well as counties in Maryland and California.
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