USA TODAY: Spate of Lawsuits Target e-Voting

[Wilms]

Spate of Lawsuits Target e-Voting

By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY

DENVER — Electronic voting machines, adopted widely after the disputed Florida ballot count in the 2000 presidential election, are under legal attack as primary election season heats up.

Lawsuits have been filed in at least six states, the most recent last week in Colorado, to block the purchase or use of computerized machines.

snip

Most of the suits argue that the machines are vulnerable to software tampering, don't keep an easily recountable printed record and may miscount, switch or not record votes and even add phantom votes.

snip

About one-third of the USA's 3,114 counties use some electronic systems, according to Election Data Services, a consulting group. It says half the counties use optical scanners that read dots or marks that voters pencil in on ballots.

snip

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-04-electron...


I'm wondering if the "About one-third of the USA's 3,114 counties use some electronic systems" is correct.