The Allegheny County Board of Elections (in Pennsylvania) is considering using electronic voting machines from Diebold. Please contact them now because the decision is to be made soon.
Post Gazette article
Allegheny County has until Tuesday to place an order for 5,600 touch-screen voting machines or it risks forfeiting a deeply discounted purchase price, the county Board of Elections was told yesterday.
More plus contact info below:
But the three-member board, which includes county Chief Executive Dan Onorato, put off a final decision because of concerns that the machines won't come equipped with paper printouts that voters can use to check their choices.
Diebold Inc. of North Canton, Ohio, has offered to sell the machines, which resemble ATMs, to the county for $11.9 million, almost $4 million less than a price put forward by Election Systems and Software Inc.
The County will qualify for $12 million in aid if it meets a deadline so the pressure is on. But these guys are somewhat aware of the problems:
Both Mr. Onorato and County Council have said they want machines with paper trails, already a requirement in many states.
The elections board is meeting again this Tuesday so now is the time to contact them!
Contact Info:
Office of the Allegheny County Chief Executive
Dan Onorato
Courthouse
436 Grant Street Room 101
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 350-6500
Fax: (412) 350-6512
email: executive@county.allegheny.pa.us