CORRECTION - The e-voting blame game

25.10.2006
Due to a reporting error, the story "The e-voting blame game," posted to the wire Oct. 19, misidentified the U.S. state that was referred to in an e-voting report and implied that an advocacy group proposed only one course of action to correct the problems.

The story has been corrected on the wire and the amended fifth paragraph follows:

While some of the problems associated with e-voting are technology- based, many simply amount to a lack of best practices. For example, e-voting machines initially didn't generate paper records, so Diebold now includes a thermal printer. The printed summary, viewable through a window, reassures the voter and provides a paper-based alternative that officials can use to verify the electronic tabulations. But the Election Science Institute, in reviewing an Ohio election, worried that paper jams or printer malfunctions could cause "profound" problems. The advocacy group suggested, among other things, extensive training of poll workers.