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October 09, 2003

Decision on touch-screen voting suit may take weeks

It seems pretty obvious that there should be a paper backup in the touch-screen voting process. The voting process is not the place to cut corners or take chances. Or at least it shouldn't be.

Decision on voting suit may take weeks
Woman wants touch-screen system replaced with one providing audit trail

By Darrell Smith
The Desert Sun
October 9th, 2003


A federal appeals court Wednesday heard arguments from a Palm Desert woman challenging touch-screen voting, but it could be weeks before a decision is rendered.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Pasadena agreed to hear arguments in Susan Marie Weber's 2001 lawsuit against then-California Secretary of State Bill Jones and Riverside County Registrar of Voters Mischelle Townsend over the touch screens.

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"Are (touch-screens) more accurate? That’s the crux of the defense’s case, but there’s no audit trail," Weber said. "You wouldn’t accept an ATM that wouldn’t give you a receipt. We want a document to verify (the vote)."

It will likely be weeks before the court’s decision, but Weber has not ruled out an appeal to a larger, en banc panel of the court if the three-member panel affirms the 2002 ruling to toss the lawsuit.
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