Below is the content of my Letter to the Editor of the Columbia Free Times concerning new voting technology being developed by Dr. Juan Gilbert at Clemson University.

“I greatly enjoyed your article “Gambling with Democracy” (Cover story, Oct. 6).  You have done an outstanding job of gathering the many viewpoints on the iVotronic voting machines and quoting many of us who have made our views known. I was impressed that you included the history of the purchase as well as input from Duncan Buell; Steve Skardon; Brett Bursey; Frank Heindel; the Verified Voting Foundation; Vic Rawl’s attorney, Truett Nettles; Marci Andino; Chris Whitmire; S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts; S.C. Sen. Phil Leventis; S.C. Sen. John Scott; Steven Abrams; Jason Smith; and Will Moredock. Did I miss anyone?

The breadth of your research is impressive.

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