Truevotemd.org says new electronic system fails to meet state law; Paper trail sought for ballots
By Johnathon E. Briggs
Sun Staff
Originally published April 22, 2004
A citizens group in Takoma Park will file suit today against the state Board of Elections, contending that Maryland's 16,000 new electronic voting machines fail to comply with state law. The lawsuit, to be filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, asks that the machines be decertified until the manufacturer fixes security flaws and the devices are upgraded to print paper records of cast ballots.
The lawsuit brought by the Campaign for Verifiable Voting -- better known as truevotemd.org -- alleges that state elections officials violated the law when they certified the touch-screen devices and failed to decertify them once computer experts found they were susceptible to vote-switching.