Agency says lever voting machines don't meet federal requirements

[RagingInMiami]

Don't know if this has been posted, but I thought we were supposed to be getting rid of computer voting machines, not adding them.

"If local election leaders can't use the old lever machines, they'll be forced in a few months to acquire more modern voting machines such as optical scan or touch screen devices."

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3855932

[forintegrity]

1. would that be the federal requirements that allow criminals

to steal elections?

[geomon666]

2. And there's the other shoe

When do the riots start?

[deacon2]

3. Glad to see that "election reform" is moving forward

right off a cliff.

[OKthatsIT]

11. yeah, this sux

[napi21]

4. I admit, I used all kind of different voting machines in the past.

I used the oldlever machines in PA, the punch card in SC and TX, and the touch screen here in GA. I really don't have any idea how accurate the old lever machines were. Mobody ever questioned them! They also didn't have any audit trail! I've been thinking about that for a long time. We really have no idea how accurate our votes have been counted in the past! I guess none of the elections have been close enough to cause us to question them!

[orpupilofnature57]

5. Unless being convoluted is a requirement, Function should dictate, form

Its a pretty simple mechanism, that has worked for umpteen million years, whats the problem? Hard copies ? Accuracy check ? We need to know our wishes are Honestly counted, WE need to stay on election Reform so Shrub can never happen again.U.S Election assistance commision? Hmmmmm

[AndreaCG]

6. This isn't really news

I heard about the federal requirements some moths ago. Complience with the post 2000 election "reforms" by 2006 or face loss of federal funding. I don't know what NYS is going to purchase but with Eliot Spitzer as attorney general we will hear a lot of shouting if the sec'y of state tries to screw us.

[loudsue]

7. Kicked & recommended! This needs to get out to the masses!

:kick::kick::kick:

[brentspeak]

8. Decision was probably made over lunch on K-Street

"Here's $20,000. Use your authority to make Connecticut spend millions to buy our touch screen device voting machines. There's more in it for you if you do the job right."

[Gman]

9. If you can't cheat or steal an election, they don't meet federal specs

[tom_paine]

10. Sad but true.