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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Lawsuit seeks to shut down voting machines

DENVER - A group of Colorado voters has sued La Plata and eight other counties, claiming their electronic voting machines are vulnerable to fraud.

The voters also sued Secretary of State Gigi Dennis for certifying machines made by Diebold Election Systems, Sequoia Voting Systems, ES&S and Hart InterCivic.

All of the machines have serious flaws, but the Diebold machines used by La Plata County have the longest history of security problems, said Lowell Finley, a lawyer from the group Voter Action, which is supporting the suit and has filed cases in other states.
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