Federal court dismisses challenge aimed at voting machines

By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: October 27, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: October 26, 2018 2:52 PM CT

<p class="p1"><b>Volunteer Rick Riedell works on getting the voting machines ready at the Election Commission Operations Center in advance of early voting. </b>(Jim Weber/Daily Memphian) — **Volunteer Rick Riedell works on getting the voting machines ready at the Election Commission Operations Center in advance of early voting.** (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

An effort to have the federal Department of Homeland Security conduct a cyber-security threat assessment of Shelby County’s touchscreen voting machines and a have a special master review the county’s voting system has been denied in Memphis Federal Court.

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Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.

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