Sequoia Voting Systems refutes allegations of untrustworthy voting machines
From Ballotpedia
October 17, 2008
Sequoia Voting Systems has issued a response to a lawsuit in New Jersey which alleges that Sequoia's AVC Advantage voting machines are "inaccurate, insecure and unreliable," thus making them unconstitutional for use in the state.[1] The company defends their machines, claiming to have debunked the report from a Princeton team of computer scientists.
Sequoia responds
Edwin Smith, Vice President of Compliance and Fulfillment for Sequoia Voting Systems said, "Throughout our report response, we show how simple, established, and previously used accuracy and security protections - removed from the Advantages studied in the report published by the plaintiffs - make the items in their report next to impossible."[1]
Smith called it "yet another classroom experiment" which does not translate to real life. The outcomes, he said, are next to impossible unless you have unfettered access to the machines and their source codes, and disable the security features, as the Princeton team did. He notes that there have been no documented cases of fraud involving the Advantage or any other Sequoia machine.
Electronic Voting under fire
Sequoia first came under fire in 2004 when the Rutgers University Constitutional Litigation Clinic filed a lawsuit against use of the machines because they did not produce a paper records. The Clinic filed the suit on behalf of a number of parties, including the Coalition for Peace Action and Assemblyman Reed Gusciora.
Gusciora is eagerly anticipating the release of the Princeton report, saying, ”There could be concern,” said Mr. Gusciora. “But the voters need to know if the integrity of the voting process is protected.”[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marketwatch: "Sequoia Voting Systems Refutes Academic Report Related to Court Case on the Constitutionality of Electronic Voting in New Jersey," Oct 17, 2008
- ↑ Princeton Packet: "Sensitive reports loom on electronic voting," Oct 17, 2008
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