Reply #21: 2006 Sarasota, FL undervote scandal -- 18,000 undervotes; ES&S says vote is "trade secret"

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http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/COLUMNIST13/612200305

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/LOCAL/61220007/-1/news

Election Systems & Software Inc., which manufactured the electronic voting machines used in Sarasota, refused to disclose the computer codes it uses to operate its equipment. Jennings has argued that a review of the software and hardware used in the iVotronic machines will let her prove that a machine malfunction caused the large undervote, allowing her to seek a new election against Buchanan. Mark Herron, a lawyer for Jennings, said voters had a right to review the voting machine codes, which ES&S considers a trade secret, to ensure that the election was properly conducted.