June 19, 2005

"Panel directs ire toward voting system"

"The manufacturer of Boulder County’s new $1.4 million voting system made unrealistic claims about the machines’ capabilities both before and after the messy 2004 election, according to an investigative panel and government records.

Neil McClure, vice president of Hart InterCivic, estimated the system could tally the November 2004 election in nine hours when he spoke to county commissioners in January 2004 as they were mulling whether to purchase the equipment.

When election week came, printing problems and improperly trained volunteers contributed to a 68-hour ballot tally, according to the Election Review Committee report released earlier this week. County commissioners appointed the nine-member team in December to investigate the causes of the tumultuous tally."

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at June 19, 2005 10:08 AM