Ohio Election Officials Find Electronic Voting Machine Flaw

August 21, 2008 - An article on the washingtonpost.com website reports that Ohio election officials are the first to find a major flaw in the electronic voting machines used in 34 states. These officials deserve our congratulations for their diligence and willingness to raise a red flag. The machines are made by Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold). Premier officials at first denied the problem, but then later accepted the reports were accurate. It is not known at this time if the dropped votes were random or if they affected one party or candidate more than another. The dropped votes occurred more often when large numbers of vote tallies were uploaded to a central facility. Officials for the state of Ohio said past election results were not affected because of their practice of verifying the results at the end of the night.

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