Ohio Candidate Sues to Block Electronic Voting Machines
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Electronic voting machines being used by Ohio in today’s election contain a software “back door” that could allow manipulation of the results, a Green Party candidate for one of the state’s 16 U.S. congressional districts claimed in lawsuit.
Robert J. Fitrakis filed papers yesterday in federal court in Columbus, seeking an order blocking the use of the machines and the software in vote counting. Named as defendants in the case are Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and Omaha, Nebraska-based Election Systems & Software Inc.