BBV: New voting machines getting final testing in Nevada

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New voting machines getting final testing in Nevada

The Associated Press
Last Updated: July 12, 2004, 12:25:16 PM PDT


LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada voting machines are still being tested for use in the September primary and November election, alarming election officials who say they are already under immense strain.

Nevada plans to be the first state in the nation to use touch-screen machines with an attached printer that keeps a paper record of electronic votes. But officials said it was taking longer than expected to get federal certification.

The independent testing companies vetting the machines and software were supposed to approve them a month ago, Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said.

"We're pretty frustrated down here," Lomax told the Las Vegas Sun in a recent interview. "This is a really tough election for us."

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