Nevada decides on new voting machines

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Nevada decides on new voting machines

Dec. 11, 2003 | Secretary of State Dean Heller said Wednesday that Nevada has become the first state to demand a voter-verifiable receipt printer on new touch-screen voting machines being purchased for the 2004 elections.

Heller picked Oakland, Calif.-based Sequoia Voting Systems over Diebold Election Systems of North Canton, Ohio, as the supplier of the new direct-recording electronic voting machines that will be bought with federal funds.

Heller also decertified all punch-card voting machines in Nevada as of next Sept. 1, just before the state's primary, saying it's his duty "to provide voters with the highest level of confidence that elections in this state are fair, unbiased and secure."

"A paper trail is an intrinsic component of voter confidence," Heller said in explaining why he insisted that Sequoia -- which already has nearly 3,000 machines installed in Clark County -- include the receipt printers on new machines for the upcoming elections. The printers must be added on existing machines by 2006.

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http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/12/11/nevada_vote/index.html

[aquart]

1. 2006?

So no problem stealing 2004.

[Sugarbleus]

2. Just curious..

What is wrong with paper and pen voting?

We get a little "envelope" with the voting cards/tickets in them. We use a permanent type marker to check the box next to the name. Put the cards back into the envelope and stuff it into a ballot box. We sign our names to a register when we come in before voting.
It's extremely easy and fast. Whats wrong with that?
Just curious..

[Nile]

3. If they make them look like slot machines...

they may get a higher percent of voter turnout.

[Gin]

4. is the Sequoia software proprietary? whats the scoop on this company?

gin

[dusty64]

5. This 2006 thing

is bullshit. Why would something like this possibly take so long? I guess they figure after the rethug "landslide" next year this issue will be taken off the table for good. Also without mandatory random counts matching the paper to the machine this really doesn't do a lot of good.