Friday, September 13, 2002

Unbelievable (sent in by 56k



Since November 2000, Election Systems & Software of Omaha has won several new contracts with Florida counties to supply equipment to replace the systems of punchcard ballots blamed for 2000 election problems. The company's equipment handled Tuesday's ballots in 31 Florida counties, including the high-population Miami-Dade County and Broward County - in all, more than half the state's votes. The nation watched Tuesday's statewide election closely because of
the balloting problems that delayed the results of the 2000 presidential election.

Mike Limas, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Election Systems, said there were fewer equipment problems than the company had expected, given that the systems were new for many of the counties.