A voter-rights group announced Wednesday that they would ask a judge to block electronic voting machines from the November election.
Denver attorneys at Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP – backed by the national voter advocacy group Voter Action – announced the filing of the injunction request in Denver District Court on Wednesday to block the use of the controversial Direct Recording Electronic machines.
“These unreliable and insecure DRE computerized systems have disrupted elections across the country and have created a crisis in voter confidence,” Paul Hultin of Wheeler Trigg Kennedy said in a release.
The same firm filed a lawsuit June 2 to block the use of the machines. The group named Secretary of State Gigi Dennis and nine of the counties that are planning to use the electronic machines.
Voter Action is backing similar suits in states across the country.
The injunction request comes a day after attorneys for the secretary of state’s office filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
“It is our belief that their lawsuit has no grounds,” spokeswoman Dana Williams said.
“Our concern is that their lawsuit ignores all of the security requirements that are in place.”
Williams said the machines that counties will use in November have all been certified at the state and federal levels.
The DRE machines have been increasingly criticized as secretaries of state and clerk and recorders around the country turn to them in order to comply with the federal Help America Vote Act.
Staff writer George Merritt can be reached at 303-820-1657 or gmerritt@denverpost.com.
