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[EFerrari]

Cuyahoga facing another voting system overhaul

CLEVELAND (AP) - The beleaguered voting system in Ohio's biggest county isn't finished remaking itself.

This November, for the third straight major election, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections faces a major change. The board already had spent $1.5 million renting equipment that compiled votes at central locations in the March primary.

That came after the county in December scrapped, at the order of the state's elections chief, a $21 million touch-screen electronic system that was less than two years old.
Cuyahoga needs different equipment for the November presidential election because the state is abandoning the central count procedure because it does not allow a voter who filled out a ballot incorrectly to change it at the polling place.

Cuyahoga needs different equipment for the November presidential election because the state is abandoning the central count procedure because it does not allow a voter who filled out a ballot incorrectly to change it at the polling place.

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