After a year-long study of state election systems, the US Government Accountability Office says that states are reporting difficulties in a number of areas in the certification and testing of new voting systems. The scope of the problems are unclear as local agencies charged with running elections are not required to report troubles. The report is based on responses to survey questions posed to state election officials from 47 states (3 states declined to respond). Election officials reported challenges that included properly configuring voting systems and finding the money and qualified personnel to test the systems. Sixteen of the reporting states and territories reported “major” difficulties with voting systems.
Read the GAO report HERE
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