What is the background and history on how Maryland got to be where it is with the Diebold AccuVote-Touch Screen Voting System?
As a result of the controversy surrounding the 2000 Presidential Election, legislation was enacted by the Maryland General Assembly that gave the State Board of Elections (SBE), in consultation with the Local Boards of Elections (LBEs), the authority to select and certify a uniform, statewide voting system. After reviewing the different types of voting systems, SBE selected a Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting system as the statewide, uniform voting system. The DRE voting system was chosen because it is the most accurate and accessible voting system on the market today. With a DRE voting system, there are no questions of voter intent. A voter cannot vote for more than one candidate for an office, all voters including blind and visually impaired voters are able to vote a secret ballot, and the ballots can be easily translated into multiple languages to comply with federal minority language requirements. The technology used in DRE voting systems is the same technology used for elec
As a result of the controversy surrounding the 2000 Presidential Election, legislation was enacted by the Maryland General Assembly that gave the State Board of Elections (SBE), in consultation with the Local Boards of Elections (LBEs), the authority to select and certify a uniform, statewide voting system. After reviewing the different types of voting systems, SBE selected a Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting system as the statewide, uniform voting system. The DRE voting system was chosen because it is the most accurate and accessible voting system on the market today. With a DRE voting system, there are no questions of voter intent. A voter cannot vote for more than one candidate for an office, all voters – including blind and visually impaired voters – are able to vote a secret ballot, and the ballots can be easily translated into multiple languages to comply with federal minority language requirements. The technology used in DRE voting systems is the same technology used for
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