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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Outdated Md. Voting Machines Will Not Be Replaced Before 2014 Election

When the gubernatorial election rolls around next year, most of Maryland’s touch-screen voting machines will be past their prime.

The state is already facing a shortage of voting machines, with only four jurisdictions in the last presidential election providing enough to meet state regulations.

In 2014, voting machines in 23 of the state’s 24 jurisdictions will be at least 10 years old, reaching the limit of the manufacturer’s guarantee. Roughly a third of these machines will have exceeded their useful life as determined by the manufacturer.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

the dems will need more time to properly program the new electronic voting machines before they roll them out. i mean, come on, the just go the ones we have working "right", excuse me, LEFT, as the case may be.

Anonymous said...

BRING BACK PAPER BALLETS!!!!!!!!

Electronic voting only makes it easier to rig an election.

Hacking Democracy - a documentary that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that voter fraud is alive and aided by these machines. Yet not surprisingly nothing has been done about it.

Anonymous said...

We are supposed to be using paper now, unfunded mandate