Mikulski Uses E-voting Machine and gets Error...........

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Tuesday September 14, 2004
Mikulski has voting machine mishap
by The Associated Press


TAKOMA PARK, Md. (AP) - Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski got a chance to see firsthand the potential for error when voting with the state's new electronic voting machines.



Mikulski was at the Takoma Park Folk Festival Sunday when she came across a booth demonstrating the AccuVote TS touchscreen machines manufactured by Diebold Election Systems. As she sampled the new machines, the senator apparently inadvertently brushed against the sensitive screens so that when she tried to vote "no" on a sample ballot, the machine displayed her vote as a "yes."


Michael Morrill, a spokesman for the Baltimore Democrat's re-election campaign said the sensitivity of the screen could stymie other voters in November. "It showed that, yes, there are potential problems with electronic voting machines," he said.


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