California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley recently announced that
the state has banned the use of any voting system that does not
provide a paper ballot. Specifically, California has banned the use
of touchscreen voting systems for use in state elections until
security measures are in place to safeguard the November vote. The
California March 2, 2004 primary election presented a host of problems
to voters and election day workers, resulting in approximately 7,000
voters in Orange County receiving incorrect computer access codes to
cast ballots. Poll workers unfamiliar with how the district's
electronic voting technology worked made the error that resulted in
voters receiving the wrong ballots to cast their votes. This
experience closely followed the California Governor's recall election
in October 2003, during which electronic voting machines supplied by
Diebold were reported to have used uncertified changes to software.

California Report "On the Investigation of Diebold Election System,
Inc.":

http://www.epic.org/redirect/ca_report.html

California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley Press Release:

http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/2004/04_030.pdf