Voters Sue To Keep Diebold From Elections
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David Kravets of the Associated Press (via The Washington Post) writes:
A group of voters sued the state and 18 counties Tuesday in a bid to prevent them from using Diebold Election Systems’ electronic voting machines in California’s general election.
The suit - filed by the advocacy group Voter Action on behalf of about a dozen voters - alleges that Diebold’s touch-screen machines lack adequate security and aren’t user-friendly for the disabled.
Machines made by Diebold Election Systems, based in Allen, Texas, are slated to be used in as many as 18 of California’s 52 counties this November.
“We can’t have trustworthy elections with Diebold’s touch-screen voting machines,” said Lowell Finley, the plaintiffs’ attorney. “They are easily hacked…“