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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-29-06 06:27 AM
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Race to Adopt Electronic Voting Raises Concern Over Elections
Electronic voting machines are coming to Centre County, Pennsylvania, and residents see a mess in the making.

On a recent morning, more than 30 constituents -- twice as many as usual -- attended a meeting of the county board in the locality of 136,000, home to Pennsylvania State University. One after another, 16 people rose to denounce the county's purchase of the machines. After hearing reports of malfunctions elsewhere, residents said they are worried the technology is unreliable.

``I'm an angry citizen,'' said Ben Brewer, 21, a county poll worker attending the meeting. ``I like to vote, and I'd prefer that my vote be counted.''

Centre County is just one of thousands of areas across the U.S. scrambling to update voting equipment in time to meet a January deadline set by the Help Americans Vote Act, the law enacted by Congress following the disputed 2000 Florida vote count that eventually gave George W. Bush the presidency.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aTrz304l11pA&refer=home
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-29-06 12:51 PM
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1. wonder where the push is coming from?
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