Electronic voting chief selected (FL) -Conflict of interest-ES&S

[liveoaktx]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-dconflict06jul06,0,6143461.story?coll=sfla-news-miami

Miami-Dade County election officials have hired the head of a computer firm that served as a subcontractor for Election System & Software Inc., the vendor for the county's touch-screen voting system.

Michael Johnson, former president of M. Johnson & Associates, topped 65 other applicants to become Deputy Supervisor of Elections. His job: overseeing electronic voting.
Critics of the county's elections department worry Johnson's former role with ES&S could be a conflict of interest. His hiring comes as Miami-Dade officials are considering scrapping the county's $24.5 million electronic voting machines for paper ballots and optical scanners..;...
Mahoney and other election reform advocates also wonder why Supervisor of Elections Lester Sola did not mention Johnson's four-year relationship with ES&S when he announced the appointment in a May 27 memo to County Manager George Burgess.

[Al-CIAda]

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[annabanana]

3. this is what truley drives me NUTZ

Why isn't this the NUMBER ONE issue for all of us and any interested honest republicans? (I KNOW there are some)

How can anything be put right if the straight edge is crooked?

[driver8]

2. Jeeesusss Effin' Keerist!!!

We can't catch a freakin' break, can we?

That's ok, Dems...sit on your hands and pretend everything is ok...and keep losing elections because of these criminals.