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Secretary of state says voting machine company misled her

By Keith M. Phaneuf, Journal Inquirer

01/05/2006

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"It took some very pointed questions from my staff" during contract negotiations just before Christmas to learn Danaher Controls hadn't yet filed an application with the federal Election Assistance Commission, Bysiewicz said.

Specifically, the company still hadn't sought federal approval for a key function of its machine: the ability to produce a paper receipt showing all ballot selections made by any individual voter.

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Both in paperwork given her office last spring shortly after the workshop, and later through comments made to her staff, Danaher Controls indicated it had applied for federal certification for the paper receipt function within its machines, Bysiewicz said.

"They misled us," she said. "We did not have any information about these misrepresentations until we sat down at the negotiating table" on Dec. 21.

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