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By CHRISTOPHER DREW
Published: January 4, 2007
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A laboratory that has tested most of the nation’s electronic voting systems has been temporarily barred from approving
new machines after federal officials found that it was not following its quality-control procedures and could not
document that it was conducting all the required tests.
The company, Ciber Inc. of Greenwood Village, Colo., has also come under fire from analysts hired by New York State over
its plans to test new voting machines for the state. New York could eventually spend $200 million to replace its aging
lever devices.
Experts on voting systems say the Ciber problems underscore longstanding worries about lax inspections in the secretive
world of voting-machine testing. The action by the federal Election Assistance Commission seems certain to fan growing
concerns about the reliability and security of the devices.
The commission acted last summer, but the problem was not disclosed then. Officials at the commission and Ciber
confirmed the action in recent interviews.
Ciber, the largest tester of the nation’s voting machine software, says it is fixing its problems and expects to gain
certification soon.
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