In this environment, DefCon, an annual conference of hackers, promoted the "Voting Machine Hacking Village" at which multiple voting machines, mostly DREs, were made available.
The bill would require multiple voting sites in each county.
But Mr. Karzai's rivals insisted that only his supporters were engaged in multiple voting.
The latest draft takeover directive does not address multiple voting rights.
Most polling booths opened for only an hour to prevent multiple voting.
Election day was marred by ballot-stuffing, inaccuracies in voter lists and multiple voting.
Problems with the rolls and with multiple voting may be considered by Ukraine's parliament.
"We set the editor tool to prevent people from multiple voting," Wally Edge explained in an e-mail message.
Germany has said, though, that it will again oppose the new draft law unless it addresses multiple voting rights.
One-fifth of the companies issue shares with multiple voting rights, giving additional votes to selected shareholders.
Among other things, it values Mr. Stronach's multiple voting shares at about 1,800 times their market value.
