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Elections board continues to mull over lawsuit options
The Butler County Board of Elections will now meet with the county commission in executive session to discuss if the county will proceed with its own lawsuit against Premier Election Solutions, or take its share of the Secretary of State’s settlement. Here is the last story written about this.
The executive session meeting with the commissioners was tentatively set for Monday, Aug. 30, but Butler County Board of Elections executive director Betty McGary said the meeting is likely going to happen in early September.
The board met Thursday, Aug. 26, and Friday, Aug. 27, to discuss their options - either sticking with its lawsuit against Premier where they are seeking about $5 million in damages, or take part with the Secretary of State’s settlement.
The elections board claims the Diebold machines had a glitch during the March 2008 primary election which initially caused more than 200 votes to go uncounted.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner settled on behalf of 47 counties. Each county that used Premier voting equipment will split $470,424, and receive up to $2.4 million in free software licensing for two years, free voting machines, a 50 percent discount on new generation optical scan equipment and the right to use other vendors for services. Premier had purchased the voting machines originally manufactured by Diebold Inc.
So, should the Board of Elections take the Secretary of State settlement deal or proceed with its lawsuit?
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By Jim
August 27, 2010 11:03 PM | Link to this
I don’t know about the Board of Elections, but the Commissioners need to go into executive session and discuss bringing a lawsuit against the former owner of Normap, Ron Lutwen, and try to recover the $1.3 million he ran off with.