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6.03.2005

Blackwell Getting Sued: Update

Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Dale Crawford granted a temporary block of Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's directive for all 88 counties to choose a new voting system by mid-May.

The new deadline is Sept. 15 for the 32 counties that joined the lawsuit filed last month by Election Systems & Software, an Omaha, Neb.-based voting machine maker. The deadline is temporary, pending an overall settlement. Crawford scheduled another hearing for Aug. 15.

The counties want a choice of touch-screen electronic voting machines. Currently, only a touch-screen machine made by North Canton-based Diebold Election Systems has met federal and state certification requirements.

ES&S claims Blackwell's certification deadlines were unfair.

Not only do I love it when Blackwell loses, but I also love it when counties are given time to make the best possible choice for their county instead of being forced into purchasing equipment from only one manufacturer.

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