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August 6, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Optical scan voting machines from Diebold Election Systems slated to be used in the presidential primary election in Florida next year are seriously flawed and could compromise the balloting, according to a recent report.

A study by Florida State University researchers, released last week by Secretary of State Kurt Browning, concluded that the Accuvote OS optical scan machine from Allen, Texas-based Diebold is vulnerable to vote manipulation by people who illicitly insert preprogrammed memory cards into a voting terminal.

A Diebold spokesman said the company plans to fix the flaws in time to meet the states Aug. 17 deadline.

The researchers are now evaluating machines from Diebold rival Election Systems & Software Inc.

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