Secretary of State Debra Bowen Withdraws State Approval of Premier Voting System

Submitted by Anna on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 17:52

Legislation to Require Disclosure of Product Flaws Clears First Hurdle

SACRAMENTO – Secretary of State Debra Bowen today announced she has withdrawn state approval of Premier Election Solutions’ Global Election Management System (GEMS) version 1.18.19, which contains serious software flaws.

Premier GEMS 1.18.19 contains the “Deck Zero” anomaly, a software error that can delete the first batch of optically scanned ballots under certain circumstances without alerting elections officials to the deletion.

In addition, the system’s audit logs fail to record important events and “clear” buttons permit deletion of key records, both of which violate federal standards.

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