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Ohio secretary of state says voting-machine purchases poorly done
Published on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008
By Connie Bloom
Beacon Journal staff writer
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner stopped by the Akron Summit County Public Library Wednesday to talk with voters about Ohio's voting systems to boost confidence in the March 4 primary.
The meeting was attended by 40 people.
It was the third stop in a series of four Town Hall Meetings in the area, prompted by the results of a comprehensive ''EVEREST'' report released in December that said crucial security failures in the state's three computer-based voting systems could affect the integrity of Ohio's elections.
In January, Brunner, a Democrat, issued a directive to election officials in 55 counties, including Stark, Medina, Portage and Wayne, that paper ballots be available in the March 4 primary.
Summit County already uses optical scan paper ballots.
The paper ballots will still be counted by tabulators and scanners, said Adele Eisner of Cleveland Heights, who called herself an election integrity activist. These machines are still ''grossly substandard'' and become even more vulnerable when managed by vendors, she said.
''I don't think we got what we paid for,'' said Brunner, when Ohio spent $100 million to upgrade voting equipment. She said she will make a series of proposals to the Ohio legislature that could be implemented in November to mitigate some of the numerous issues, but warned that legislature could make ''sausage'' of them.
Among them is the elimination of DREs (direct recording electronics or touch screens) because of their inherent vulnerabilities, additional auditing procedures for accuracy, the testing and certifying of electronic poll books and the continuation of no-fault absentee voting.
She also will propose a pilot program for multiple precinct polling places, called MP3s, that would extend the voting period by 15 days and accommodate about 7,000 at each location, at places like malls and community centers.
Connie Bloom can be reached at 330-996-3568 or cbloom@thebeaconjournal.com.
By Connie Bloom
Beacon Journal staff writer
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