<
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Documents_show_Maryland_held_election_primary_0216.html>Documents show Maryland held election, primary on uncertified, illegal Diebold voting machinesCarlos Miller
Published: February 16, 2006
The Maryland State Board of Elections allowed Diebold Election Systems to operate its touch-screen voting machines during the state's 2002 gubernatorial election and the 2004 presidential primaries before the state agency actually certified the controversial machines, according to recently disclosed documents.
That is a violation of state law, according to Linda Schade, executive director of TrueVoteMD.org, an election integrity group.
Schade discovered the document among thousands of others she recently acquired through a lawsuit filed against the Maryland State Board of Elections in 2004. After almost two years of public records requests and attorney wrangling, she received four boxes filled with e-mail conversations, faxes and contracts between the elections office and Diebold.
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"I no longer have confidence in the State Board of Elections' ability to conduct fair and accurate elections in 2006," the Republican governor stated in the four-page letter.
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(If they think this is bad, wait til they use the CERTIFIED ones!):rofl: