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Name :   Rachel Garner
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Comment :  (Quoted by Rachel Garner, who submitted this comment.)

SENATE CANDIDATE QUESTIONS HAGEL'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Charlie Matulka, the candidate who ran against Chuck Hagel in  
Nebraska's U.S. Senate race in November 2002, also wrote to the  
Nebraska Secretary of State and to state elections officials in  
October 2002. He pointed out that his opponent had ties to ES&S, and  
asked them to look into the conflict of interest, but received no  
answer.

Several Nebraska ES&S machines malfunctioned on Election Day, and Matulka  
filed a
request for a hand count on December 10, 2002. It was denied, because  
Nebraska has a
new law that prohibits election  
workers from looking at the paper ballots, even in a recount. The  
only machines permitted to count votes in Nebraska are ES&S.