Following a disclosure that
a computer crash erased records from Miami-Dade County's first
widespread use of touchscreen voting machines, election reform groups
want an audit in more than a dozen counties during Florida's Aug. 31
primary. State officials Wednesday insisted auditing wasn't necessary
because all touchscreen votes were counted during the 2002
gubernatorial primary election, even though records of the votes were
lost during computer crashes last year. Some records of other elections
also were believed lost. A coalition of election groups contend the
problem, however, could be indicative of further problems with the
machines - and the only way to know for certain that votes are cast,
tabulated and reported accurately is if an audit is done during a live
election. They want the state to audit touchscreen voting machines in
15 counties. [more]
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