Voting machines still not recertified
By Craig Gustafson
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
January 2, 2006
New state and federal election laws that affect voting kicked in yesterday, and the resignation of Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham has forced San Diego County to comply with them two months earlier than expected.
That could be a problem.
Secretary of State Bruce McPherson has yet to recertify the use of the electronic voting machines the county ordered two years ago from Diebold Election Systems. He recently asked a federal testing agency to review the memory cards used in the machines because of security concerns.
The decision comes less than four months before the April 11 special election to replace Cunningham, R-Rancho Santa Fe, leaving county officials anxious about how they'll meet the new laws to help disabled people vote independently and require a paper trail for electronic votes.
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