New Jersey electronic voting machine ruling [NJ Sup. Ct.] News
New Jersey electronic voting machine ruling [NJ Sup. Ct.]

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora et. al. v. McGreevey et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Judge Linda Feinberg, October 26, 2004 [ruling that the state's voters will be able to cast their ballots in next Tuesday's election using electronic voting machines, despite the objections of voting rights activists]. Excerpt:

Plaintiffs filed suit to prohibit 15 counties of the State from using the State-certified electronic voting machines for the November 2, 2004 Presidential election. Plaintiffs' application is to be heard within one week of this unprecedented election. The machines they seek to enjoin from use have been utilized by hundreds of thousands of voters over a significant period of time for numerous elections and for which there have been no widespread failures or overturning of elections because of machine malfunctions. For the reasons set forth herein, the court finds that the applicants have failed to meet the standards for injunctive relief…

Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.