State Of FL Finds "No Evidence of Lost Votes"... State Finds "No Evidence of Lost Votes" In District 13...

SARASOTA, FL. (NS/FSOS) -

A state report issued today on two parallel tests of voting machines used in Sarasota County concluded that the machines accurately recorded the votes cast in the November election. Defeated Congressional
candidate Christine Jennings has sued the people alleging that the machines malfunctioned, a claim that has now been contradicted by the running of tests...

"The test results show that the iVotronic touchscreens accurately captures the voter's selection as presented to the voter on the review screens," stated the Florida Division of Elections report. "These tests did not identify any latent problems with respect to vote selection or the accuracy of the touchscreens' tabulation of the votes as cast."

The parallel tests focused on the machine's ability to accurately record votes as presented on the summary screen and examined complaints from Jennings' supporters who alleged they had difficulty casting
their vote...

"There are no indications of machine bias or otherwise voting machine faults that would yield rejected legal voters," said the report. "The claims made that votes were lost due to touchscreen malfunction are not supported by the results of this test...

The report concludes, "In summary, there is no evidence to support the position that the iVotronic touchscreens caused votes to be lost."

Congressman-Elect Vern Buchanan will be sworn in to office on January 4, 2007...

Today, a group of local Veterans joined the Congressman-Elect for a Roundtable discussion on the Iraq Study Group's report and Veterans issues that need to be addressed in the FL. District 13 area...

Retired Lt. Col. Lee Kichen led the Veterans Roundtable group discussion and questions were asked, as well as suggestions made to Congressman-Elect Buchanan...

The Congressman-Elect has made Veterans issues one of his key points and is even discussing making his first trip abroad to Iraq to find out more about what we can do to help our Military Troops on the ground there...

The future of the Middle East Region depends on what happens in Iraq. The United States "can not fail "as was mentioned by newly appointed Defense Secretary Gates after being sworn in...

For Now That's Just 'OUR' Opinion...

Matt Bruce
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