The spokesman also noted that security procedures during elections extend beyond the safety of the equipment.

"If I gave you the keys to my house and told you when I was out, you would have a good chance to get in," the spokesman said.

On another front, Diebold's status as a provider of e-voting equipment in North Carolina is in limbo after a judge last week denied its request for an injunction that would shield the company from the state's election transparency laws.

Diebold had argued that the laws requiring e-voting machine vendors to place all source code and related software in escrow can't be followed.

"We're not trying to evade anything," said Doug Hanna, a Raleigh-based attorney representing Diebold. He said vendors can't possibly comply with the statute because they can't legally place system components from third-party vendors in escrow.