E-Voting Machines Used in Disputed Franken, Coleman Race Failed Tests

By Jason Leopold
The Public Record
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Update: As of Thursday 9:04 p.m. EDT, Franken trails Coleman by 236 votes, down from 725 on Tuesday, according to unofficial results released by the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office.

Electronic voting machines that a Michigan election official said last week incorrectly tabulated vote counts during pre-election tests in the state were used in Minnesota where the senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken is in dispute.

According to an Oct. 24 letter sent to the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Ruth Johnson, the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds, warned that tabulating software in Election Systems & Software M-100 optical scan voting machines recorded “conflicting” vote counts during testing in her state.

Minnesota voters uses optical scan ballots that voters mark by hand. ES&S's M-100 optical scan voting was used in Minnesota counties and in more than a dozen other states on Election Day.

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