Voting Machines Not Ready (Diebold)

[phoebe]

http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2017659&nav=LQlCOcij

Most Ohioans who still vote by punch card will be seeing them again in November.

Plans to replace the punch-card systems with electronic voting machines have fizzled to the point that only four of Ohio's 88 counties will consider the idea for the November election.

The four counties -- Hardin, Lorain, Mercer and Trumbull -- must decide after the state completes a test of the machines, made by North Canton-based Diebold. The secretary of state's office says the tests should be completed by July 19th.

As many as 31 counties were prepared to switch from punch cards and lever voting devices to electronic machines, but the number has dwindled to four. The rest of the state must complete the conversion to electronic machines by the 2006 primary election.

[stellanoir]

1. yayyyyyyy !!!!

anyone who knows anyone in those 4 counties. Tell them to vote absentee!

[FatSlob]

2. Punch cards rock!

errrrrr, I like them because I grew up with them. change bad! :crazy:

[mermaid]

3. Errr, I Like 'Em Because It Makes It Harder To Cheat!! n/t

n/t

[apnu]

4. yeah!!!! n/t

[phoebe]

5. Wonder if the voters will get their money back from Diebold?

Worth asking..

[mosin]

6. Yay!

Excellent. I like those old punch-card machines. Shame on Florida for giving them a bad name. There's nothing wrong with them that a little preventive maintence won't fix.

That said, I wouldn't mind touch-screen voting with a retained paper voting record for recounts and verification.