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San Bernardino County, Calif., Halts E-Voting System Decision to Hear Appeals.

By Matt Bender, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 17--With the county Board of Supervisors poised to award an electronic voting system contract today worth more than $10 million, the county's purchasing director granted appeals to two finalists protesting the selection process.

Ohio-based Diebold Inc. and a partnership between Virginia-based Maximus and Texas-based Hart InterCivic both filed protests last week after being passed over for a selection committee's recommendation.

The board had been sched

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