Top voting machine maker reverses position on election security, promises paper ballots

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/09/voting-machine-maker-election-security/

By Zack Whittaker
TechCrunch
June 9, 2019

Voting machine maker ES&S has said it “will no longer sell” paperless voting 
machines as the primary device for casting ballots in a jurisdiction.

ES&S chief executive Tom Burt confirmed the news in an op-ed.

TechCrunch understands the decision was made around the time that four senior 
Democratic lawmakers demanded to know why ES&S, and two other major voting 
machine makers, were still selling decade-old machines known to contain 
security flaws.

Burt’s op-ed said voting machines “must have physical paper records of votes” 
to prevent mistakes or tampering that could lead to improperly cast votes. Sen. 
Ron Wyden introduced a bill a year ago that would mandate voter-verified paper 
ballots for all election machines.

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