Maryland votes against electronic voting machines

ComputerWorld.com is running an article about how Maryland has voted against Diebold electronic voting machines:

"The state House of Delegates this week voted 137-0 to approve a bill prohibiting election officials from using AccuVote-TSx touch-screen systems in 2006 primary and general elections. . . .

If the bill becomes law, the state’s Diebold systems will be placed in "abeyance" and the vendor will be required to equip them so that they provide the requisite paper trail, she said.

Healey said the law would require that the machines provide a paper trail before the 2008 elections or Diebold would risk losing its contract with the state."