Voting machine tampering points to concern for fall election

Photo caption: FILE – Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert “Bo” Ortiz checks the status of voting machines that apparently failed to work correctly, causing long delays in election results being released on Nov, 8, 2016 in Pueblo, Colo. […] Photo credit: Chris McLean / The Pueblo Chieftain via AP, File. Article by Christina A. Cassidy and Colleen Slevin. AP News – August 25, 2022.

DENVER (AP) — On the last day of voting in Colorado’s June primary, a poll worker sent to wipe down a voting machine found a concerning error message on its screen: “USB device change detected.” The machine, used to mark ballots electronically, was taken out of use and an investigation launched. The message raised concerns that a voter had tried to tamper with it by inserting an off-the-shelf thumb drive. […]

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