Forsyth County, N. C. votes to keep options open on Voting machines

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Board delays voting system
Proposed bill requires electronic machines to produce paper records
By Michael Hewlett
JOURNAL REPORTER
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


The Forsyth County Board of Elections voted yesterday to keep its options open as it faces a looming deadline to buy new electronic-voting machines.

The board voted to extend its request for proposals until Dec. 31. It had been set to expire June 30.

Forsyth County could lose about $322,000 in federal money if it does not have a new voting system in place by Dec. 31. And the county faces a state-imposed deadline of 2006 to get rid of its punch-card voting machines.

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Kathie Chastain Cooper, the county's director of elections, recommended extending Forsyth's request for proposals, but said that officials still have to wait for the state's decision. The county does not want to buy a machine that officials later find out is not state-certified, she said.

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