GAO: Fla. Under vote Not Due to Machines

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 8:00 PM

TAMPA, Fla. -- The large number of undervotes in a congressional election in 2006 probably wasn't caused by faulty voting machines, as some have suspected, federal investigators said Wednesday.

Testing of Sarasota County's ATM-style voting machines revealed no mechanical problems, according to the final report of an investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office provided to The Associated Press.

Democrat Christine Jennings lost the election by 369 votes to Republican Vern Buchanan. She called for the congressional investigation after finding out the machines failed to record more than 18,000 votes in the election in 13th Congressional District election.

The GAO says it's more likely that voters skipped the race on the ballot, either intentionally or by mistake.

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