Despite the extra planning, state ballot shortages persist

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NEW YORK - It's a simple question with no simple answer: Why do polling places across America keep running out of ballots when it's no secret that this contentious primary season keeps breaking voter turnout records?

For one, even the best-made plans have gone awry; officials in state after state have ordered more ballots, only to see turnouts exceed their most ambitious estimates.

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Not helping is the fact that ballot printing is a highly specialized field with a limited number of companies willing to take on the heavily monitored and time-consuming burden of producing and delivering voting cards.

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So with Pennsylvania's April 22 primary looming, and nine other state nominating contests scheduled for May, election activists wonder if even more voters could be subject to huge lines and disenfranchisement caused by an insufficient supply of ballots.

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[Wilms]

1. In Ohio, some newspaper editorial hassled Brunner for printing too many ballots.

Be verrrrrry careful.

A VVPAT-less DRE would "solve" the problem.