Cook County Machines II

Another county, another election. Same company, different machines. Some problems. Earlier post here. Sun Times:

Sequoia spokeswoman Michelle Shafer said the systems -- and problems experienced -- in Pennsylvania "are totally different" from those in Chicago and Cook County.

While voters here used optical-scan and touch-screen machines, officials in Pennsylvania tested push-button machines, said Kevin Evanto, spokesman for the Allegheny County chief executive.

But he said a software problem, followed by a computer science professor's ability to manipulate vote totals during testing, caused concern among officials and, with their May 16 primary looming, the move to another voting system.

Pennsylvania officials are set to retest Sequoia's system next week to consider it for certification, a state spokeswoman said.

Needed are foolproof machines. We wouldn't want anyone to be able to manipulate vote totals or anything in Cook County would we?