Reply #34: is progress being made re the voting machines?

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i.e. ES&S

Senator Hagel Admits Owning Voting Machine Company
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0301/S00166.htm

In 1996, Hagel became the first elected Republican Nebraska senator in 24 years when he did surprisingly well in an election where the votes were verified by the company he served as chairman and maintained a financial investment. In both the 1996 and 2002 elections, Hagel’s ES&S counted an estimated 80% of his winning votes. Due to the contracting out of services, confidentiality agreements between the State of Nebraska and the company kept this matter out of the public eye. Hagel’s first election victory was described as a “stunning upset” by one Nebraska newspaper.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-05.htm