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Voting Machine Fuss at theBPW

Jared DeMarinis waits till last minute to buy Republican Voting Machines

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J. Barry O'Connell
Jul 26, 2026
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THE ELECTION SYSTEMS FIGHT THAT’S ABOUT TO LAND IN ANNAPOLIS

When the Board of Public Works (BPW) approved a multi-year voting system procurement worth up to $109.4 million with Election Systems & Software (ES&S), the public headline read like standard administrative modernization.

Inside the State House, however, the reaction was very different.

What took…

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