Reply #15: PA: Residents push for paper ballot system [View All]

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Thursday, May. 08, 2008
Residents push for paper ballot system
By Anne Danahy
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STATE COLLEGE — Centre County commissioners heard once more from residents about why paper ballots should replace the current touch-screen voting system during the board’s second public meeting on the topic Wednesday night.

Commissioners said they plan to make a decision in June about keeping or replacing the county’s paperless voting machines. Almost all of the 20 people who spoke at Wednesday night’s forum gave the commissioners reasons why they think a system with a paper trail that can be confirmed and recounted is needed.

“Unless we have a voter-verified paper ballot we cannot be sure whom we voted for is exactly what got recorded,” said Carol Gold, of State College.

Gold and others who spoke at the forum described problems reportedly encountered with touch-screen voting machines, including voter confusion and machines not highlighting the choice a voter selects.

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/578918.html