Reply #17: PA: New voting machines to be used in November (old ones in primary) [View All]

[EFerrari]

New voting machines to be used in November

Rather than deploy a hodgepodge of lever voting machines and new Danaher full-face electronic screen units, Bucks County officials have decided to maintain status quo - for one more ballot session.

Subsequently, the Eisenhower-era lever units that have served the county's now-303 precincts for the last half-century will enjoy one final hurrah during the May 16 primary elections.
"We can't get enough of the Danaher machines," explained county chief operating officer/managing director David M. Sanko during the April 19 commissioners board meeting at Falls Township's Village Park Elementary School. "There are also serious training issues (for voting officials)."
According to the mandates of the 2002 Help Americans Vote Act (HAVA), all county election boards were required to have HAVA-compliant machines in place by Jan. 1, 2006.
Bucks County officials continued to weigh their options past that deadline, interviewing vendors while monitoring events around Pennsylvania and the United States to determine their best long-term option.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16545028&BRD=1685&PAG=461&dept_id=45363&rfi=6