State of California adopting EML 5.0 for election results reporting

Following media and press enthusiastic interest - the SOS of CA has provided a sample of 2006 Election results as an initial test sampler from their web site. It's using the new EML 510 format from v5.0 of the Election Markup Language specification:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ca_elect_results/result_example.htm

Obviously this can provide media across the country with faster and more accurate details on election results in 2008.

Why use reputable COTS hardware for voting systems?

One reason can be seen from the following report by Dan Rather on ES&S machines assembled in the Phillippines.

Obviously using reputable suppliers with real ISO 9001 compliant manufacturing practices and facilities ensures that the election boards buying the systems are getting what they are expecting.