Decision on voting suit may take weeks (Palm Desert CA BBV case)

[Bushfire]

Woman wants touch-screen system replaced with one providing audit trail

By Darrell Smith
The Desert Sun
October 9th, 2003

A federal appeals court Wednesday heard arguments from a Palm Desert woman challenging touch-screen voting, but it could be weeks before a decision is rendered.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Pasadena agreed to hear arguments in Susan Marie Weber’s 2001 lawsuit against then-California Secretary of State Bill Jones and Riverside County Registrar of Voters Mischelle Townsend over the touch screens.

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"Are (touch-screens) more accurate? That’s the crux of the defense’s case, but there’s no audit trail," Weber said. "You wouldn’t accept an ATM that wouldn’t give you a receipt. We want a document to verify (the vote)."

It will likely be weeks before the court’s decision, but Weber has not ruled out an appeal to a larger, en banc panel of the court if the three-member panel affirms the 2002 ruling to toss the lawsuit.

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http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2003/local/20031009015613.shtml

[Spazito]

1. This is good news, BBV is hitting the mainstream!

Thanks for the link.