Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr REPUBLICAN is ahead in the polls.
The Dems are doing what Dems do.
Ross Goldstein, the state's deputy elections administrator, said Maryland now uses version 4.6 and that the public should be confident that their votes are secure.
The disks contain "nothing that's being used in this election," Goldstein said.
Diebold marketing director Mark Radke said the company is investigating the chain of custody of the disks and is asking its testing companies to pull their logs.
"These disks contain codes used for testing purposes," Radke said. "They were shipped from the testing authority. Diebold was never in the chain of custody."
Older versions of Diebold's computer code have long been in public circulation, including the copy discovered by Rubin.
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But it makes a headline and fodder for the drive-by media.
Umm, no, actually, Erlich has trailed in almost every poll for the past 3 months.
If there is something funny going on, it's more likely aimed at Steele.