FL: Group Offers to Drop Lawsuits in Exchange for Paper Ballot Option

[flpoljunkie]

This is absolutely what is needed to ensure that our votes willl be counted in Florida, and counted properly!

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9902109.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Groups offer to drop lawsuits in exchange for paper ballots

BY GARY FINEOUT
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TALLAHASSEE - U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler and a coalition of unions and civil rights groups offered Tuesday to drop their ongoing lawsuits against the state if Florida would give all voters the choice of using a paper ballot on Nov. 2.

Attorneys representing the Palm Beach County Democrat and the groups made the offer to top state election officials during an hour-and-a-half meeting, where they presented a lengthy proposal that would also require a federal court to appoint special masters to oversee voting in the 15 counties that use touch-screen voting machines. Those counties include Broward and Miami-Dade.

Rick Perez, the general counsel for Secretary of State Glenda Hood, had no immediate reaction to the proposal but told the groups assembled that he had ''found a lot of common ground'' in some of the ideas they offered.

But Alia Faraj, a spokeswoman for Hood, suggested that parts of the proposal went beyond what the department had the authority to do. She said the department is primarily interested in coming up with a way to perform a manual recount in case there is a close election in the counties that use touch-screen machines.

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[kslib]

1. Just an interesting note

we still use paper and pen in my county in Kansas (or at least we did in the last election.) Quaint, isn't it? :kick:

[flpoljunkie]

2. Quaint, but transparent and verifiable!

I hope you continue the tradition.

[kslib]

3. It's actually

very satisfying to see the result right there in front of you. Kind of makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

:hug: