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143. Telephone Interview with Rokey Suleman, Executive Director, Washington, DC Board of Elections and Ethics (Apr.1, 2010).144. Id.145. Mary M. Cheh, Phil Mendelson, and Harry Thomas, Council of the District of Columbia, RestoringConfidence in the District’s Elections: Preliminary Report and Recommendations of the CouncilBoard of Elections and Ethics Investigation Special Committee 1 (Oct. 8, 2008) [hereinafter D.C. CouncilReport].146. Id.147. Nikita Stewart and Elissa Silverman, Primary Vote Still Doesn’t Add Up, Wash. Post, Sept. 22, 2008 at B1; NikitaStewart, District’s Primary Results Certified, Wash. Post, Sept. 26, 2008 at B1.148. Id.149. D.C. Council Report, supra note 145, at 4; Sequoia Voting Systems, Report to the District of ColumbiaBoard of Elections and Ethics 1 (Sept. 22, 2008).150. Sequoia Voting Systems, supra note 149.151. Id. at 3 (emphasis added).152. Id. at 1 (Sept. 22, 2008).153. Committee Protective Order between Board of Elections and Ethics Investigation Special Committee of the Districtof Columbia Council and Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc. (Jun. 5, 2009), available at http://www.voteraction.org/files/Exhibit%20I%20-%20DC%20protective%20order.pdf [hereinafter D.C. protective order].154. Nikita Stewart, Cheh to Seek Court Order in Elections Code, Wash. Post, Apr. 23, 2009.155. Letter from Mary Ellen B. Offer to Mary M. Cheh, Re: Subpoena Duces Tecum to Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc., (Sept.26, 2008) (“[T]here are no documents that are responsive to this request with regard to the voting system used bythe DCBOEE - a combination of the Eagle III-P precinct-based optical scan units, Edge I non-VVPAT touchscreenunits and WinEDS 3.1.012.”).156. D.C. protective order, supra note 153; Tim Craig, Firm to Give D.C. Information about Its Voting Devices, Wash.Post, Jun. 6, 2009.157. Stewart, supra note 154.158. Id.159. D.C. protective order, supra note 153; Craig, supra note 156.160. D.C. protective order, supra note 153; Craig, supra note 156.161. City Council R. 18A18-0238, 2009, Council Period 18 (D.C. 2009), 2009 D.C. Law L18-0103.162. E-mail from David Zvenyach, Chief of Staff, Office of Councilmember Mary Cheh, to Lawrence Norden, SeniorCounsel, Brennan Center for Justice (Apr. 12, 2010, 18:17 EST) (on file with the Brennan Center).163. Andrew W. Appel, et. al., Princeton University, Insecurities and Inaccuracies of the Sequoia AVC Advantage9.00H DRE Voting Machine 117 (October 17, 2008) [hereinafter Princeton Study].Brennan Center for Justice | 105