Maui Judge Formalizes Ruling that Bans Electronic Voting

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Maui Judge Formalizes Ruling that Bans Electronic Voting

B.J. Reyes Star Bulletin Sep 15 2009

A Maui judge has made permanent an oral ruling that bars the state Office of Elections from using electronic voting machines or transmitting election results over the Internet or telephone lines.

Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza, whose written ruling on the matter was filed Thursday, sided with five Maui plaintiffs who argued the electronic voting methods should have been subject to public hearings through the administrative rule-making process.
 
Cardoza had issued an oral ruling in May.

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Hawaii Injunction Blocks Use of Voting Machines Until Rules Set

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Hawaii Injunction Blocks Use of Voting Machines Until Rules Set

Derrick DePledge The Honolulu Advertiser May 21 2009

A Maui judge issued an injunction yesterday preventing the state Office of Elections from using new voting machines or procedures in the 2010 elections without first adopting administrative rules.

The status of the new voting machines was already in doubt.
 
The state is appealing a ruling by an administrative hearings officer last August that canceled the contract for new voting machines after the 2008 elections because the Office of Elections acted in bad faith in awarding it to Hart InterCivic.
 

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