"It wouldn't matter if the voting equipment is created by Martians,

[IDemo]

- because it all goes through a very vigorous testing process at the federal and state level."
- Sequoia spokeswoman Michelle Shafer

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/29/vote.machine.probe.ap/index.html


Pictured: Sequoia headquarters, Caracas, Mars

[donco6]

1. That's what they tell you, but . . .

. . . in Colorado, it turns out the machines don't meet state requirements at all:

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4337807

Under the gun to meet tight election-day deadlines, the Secretary of State's office certified a kind of voting machine for Jefferson and Mesa Counties that does not meet state requirements.

The information comes from the deposition of John Gardner - the man appointed by Gigi Dennis as an expert and charged with certifying the machines.

But Gardner testified he is not an expert in the areas required by state law. He also admitted that the Secretary of State's office was under pressure to certify the voting machines because counties had already purchased them.

[Wilms]

2. "goes through a very vigorous testing process"...

Fails...and gets certified anyhow.