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Colorado drops troubled voter registration computer system
By wire services
Published December 1, 2005
DENVER - Colorado pulled the plug Wednesday on its problem-plagued voter registration computer system and will miss a Jan. 1 federal deadline for having it up and running.
Dana Williams, a spokeswoman for Colorado's secretary of state, said the system had numerous problems. She said a letter was sent to data-processing company Accenture canceling the $10.5-million contract.
The state has spent $1.5-million on the system, she said.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires states to have statewide voter registration systems in place by Jan. 1.
Federal officials won't take over the elections of states that miss the deadline, "but we could seek an order from a federal court to comply," said Justice Department spokesman Eric Holland.
[Last modified December 1, 2005, 01:08:09]
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