"Voting machines cleared in 2006 undervote; GAO says touch-screens didn't cause undervote"

The Herald-Tribune (Sarasota) offers this report, which begins: "U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan's campaign claimed a 'huge victory' late Wednesday when it released a federal report that found Sarasota County's touch-screen voting machines were not the cause of 18,000 undervotes in the 2006 congressional election. In a draft report provided by Buchanan's campaign, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said the touch-screen machines 'did not contribute to the large undervote' in the 13th Congressional District election, in which Buchanan, a Republican, was declared the winner by 369 votes over Democrat Christine Jennings." The newspaper has posted the draft report here. The Jennings camp is crying foul over the release.

Posted by Rick Hasen at February 7, 2008 09:07 AM