Coffman said Sequoia's Edge II and Edge II Plus, used in Arapahoe, Denver, Elbert and Pueblo counties, were certified with some restrictions along with the Election Systems and Software's iVotronic, which is used in Jefferson and Mesa counties.

The iVotronic certification, for example, includes a requirement that clerks install a piece of equipment that would be able to stop a magnet from disabling the machine, Coffman spokesman Rich Coolidge said.
In December, Coffman disqualified most of the electronic voting equipment used in Colorado because of security and accuracy concerns. State lawmakers then passed a bill allowing him to retest the machines using different fixes to see if they could be used in this year's primary and general elections.
Last week, Coffman held a hearing to demonstrate the machines and the proposed fixes. On Monday he said he wanted to do more testing and consider those comments before making a decision on Hart's eScan optical scanner and its BallotNow software. He scheduled a meeting with county clerks Tuesday at the Douglas County commissioners hearing room in Castle Rock to discuss the scanner.
In a written announcement, Coffman said he was still working to schedule testing of two kinds of optical scanners made by ES&S, the M100 and M650.
Because of the uncertainty of how many machines would be available for this year's elections, legislative leaders and Gov. Bill Ritter have been working on a plan to conduct the elections mainly by paper ballot. However, the state is still required to have electronic voting equipment available for disabled people and for anyone else who asks to use it. The optical scanners are also needed to count the paper ballots.
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