Election Integrity Group Challenges Uncertified Voting Machines

DeLand FL -- A complaint filed today with Florida’s attorney general challenges the shipment of uncertified voting machines to Volusia, Putnam, Polk, and Glades counties, a felony under Florida law.  Florida Fair Elections Coalition (FFEC), the Volusia-based election watchdog group that brought the complaint, has asked the attorney general to initiate an investigation of the actions of both the state officials who gave permission for the delivery of the equipment and those of Diebold Election Systems, Inc., the supplier of the machines.

FFEC’s action came in response to the recent discovery by Volusia's election staff that the voting machines delivered by Diebold were not certified by the state as called for in the county’s contract with the vendor and as required by state law.  According to Volusia Supervisor of Elections Ann McFall, a member of her staff, Laurie White, discovered the problem during routine acceptance testing.  When McFall confronted the vendor about the issue, the company produced a letter signed by David Drury, chief of the Bureau of Voting Systems Certification, giving it permission to ship the uncertified Model D, Accu-Vote TSx (touch-screen) voting machines to its customers in Florida

Read the rest of the press release, the complaint and accompanying documents!

Florida Fair Elections Center, and its lobbying counterpart, Florida Fair Elections Coalition, are the two arms of a nonpartisan, nonprofit grassroots organization that serves the public good as an election watchdog, educational and research group, and advocate for fair, transparent, accessible, secure, and verifiable elections throughout Florida.

FFEC has been at the forefront of the effort in Volusia County, Florida, to preserve optical-scan, paper-ballot voting and to prevent the purchase of touch-screen voting machines without a voter-verified paper trail.

Since our founding in DeLand, Florida, in November 2004, we have expanded to include partnerships with other election integrity and civil rights groups at the local, state, and national level.

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