Kiffmeyer’s favorite voting software company coughs up $750,000 after Indiana debacle

ES&S, the voting system software company that Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer has touted as a way to make Minnesota’s elections more efficient, has agreed to a $750,000 settlement with the state of Indiana for election foul-ups.As the Associated Press reports, the Omaha-based software company agreed to pay the amount in response to complaints that its voting software had caused significant delays for voters and elections officials in some Indiana counties during the May primary election.

In four Indiana counties, the ES&S software malfunctioned, requiring that election officials manually enter votes for each candidate in each precinct.

“I am confident that future elections will be better,