Judge tosses voting lawsuit

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Activist says Sequoia machine did not count her 2004 vote

By MARTIN GRIFFITH
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENO -- A judge has dismissed a citizen activist's lawsuit against a leading provider of electronic voting machines, saying no proof was offered that they malfunctioned.

In her complaint filed in October 2006, Patricia Axelrod of Reno claimed her vote in the 2004 general election was not counted because of a defective Sequoia Voting Systems Inc. machine.

But in a ruling issued July 17, Washoe County District Judge Jerome Polaha said state statutes cited by Axelrod gave her no standing to sue the company over an alleged lost vote.

The judge further said the alleged lost vote fails to constitute a "property interest" as claimed by Axelrod, and that Sequoia's machines have not been shown to have malfunctioned.

[flamingdem]

1. Seeking links for action on voting machine irregularities etc. n/t

[flashl]

2. Why not 14th Am? To my dismay it worked for Boosh. nt

[Wilms]

3. Voters not having standing in a voting machine case.

So how's democracy in your neck of the woods?

[EFerrari]

4. Can you mfering believe that. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

5. So the burden of proof was on the voter and not Sequoia??

Man, that's messed up.

[samsingh]

6. let's turn this around shall we.

prove that the voting machine counted the vote.