ContraCostaTimes.com | 12/20/2005 | Voting machines rejected

ContraCostaTimes.com | 12/20/2005 | Voting machines rejected: "Suggesting the 'security and integrity' of electronic voting could be at risk, Secretary of State Bruce McPherson on Tuesday refused to approve the use of thousands of electronic voting machines pending a federal evaluation.

The touch-screen and optical-scan machines, made by Diebold Election Systems are used in 17 counties, including Alameda. They were found to have 'unresolved significant security concerns' with a memory card that stores votes in each machine, McPherson's elections chief, Caren Daniels-Meade, said in a letter to the company's vice president, David Byrd.

At issue is whether the removable cards, which are used to program and configure the machines, and count their votes, will keep data secure."