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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
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06 Feb 2006 04:09:24 PM |
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New voting machines await you for the 2006 "elections" |
From The Associated Press, 2/6/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-voting-machines,0,30387.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Study: New Machines Await 4 in 5 Voters
By ROBERT TANNER
AP National Writer
Fewer voters will cast their ballots by punching a card or pulling a
lever in this November's elections as the country continues to turn to
newer, electronic machines, according to a study released Monday.
While the study says old systems that were prone to error are on their
way out, experts also note that means many Americans will be voting on
unfamiliar equipment this fall.
At least four out of five registered voters will use the newer
generation of machines -- either ATM-style touchscreen machines or
ones that ask voters to fill in the blanks, a vast change from the
contested 2000 presidential election that spurred states and Congress
to push for improved equipment.
Back in 2000, just over half the voters had access to the latest
technology.
By this fall, however, only one out of 33 voters will be asked to use
the system that raised the most objections in Florida -- punch cards
-- and just one in 10 will use a lever machine, according to a survey
by Election Data Services, a political consulting firm that tracks
election equipment.
Six years ago, one in six voters used punch cards and one in five used
levers.
The changes are bound to create their own glitches as voters and
administrators learn how to use equipment they haven't voted on
before, said Kimball Brace, president of Election Data.
Just over 30 million voters will be casting ballots on unfamiliar
equipment, he said.
"You throw that many people in on something new, you're always bound
to see something go wrong," he said.
The changes have created new controversies, especially with
accusations that touchscreen-style machines are vulnerable to
manipulation.
In response, 25 states have passed laws requiring election
administrators to use machines that allow voters to verify their vote
has been accurately counted, and that create paper receipts for a
recount.
Those paper trails -- called voter-verified paper audit trails -- are
creating their own challenges, as manufacturers try to respond to
lawmakers' demands for the equipment, Brace said.
Some of the survey results may change by the time the fall election
arrives, the study said, because some states are still trying to
change over from older equipment as encouraged by the federal Help
America Vote Act, which was passed after the contested 2000 election.
The widespread push to modernize means that, in the six years between
November 2000 and this fall's elections, nearly 82 million people in a
nation of 170 million registered voters will have cast ballots on new
equipment, the study concludes.
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Happy voting
Harry
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| User: "robbin hood" |
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| Title: Re: New voting machines await you for the 2006 "elections" |
07 Feb 2006 02:12:35 PM |
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So what assurances cant the average Joe get that the voting machine is
not rigged in those 25 states that are demanding "paper trails"
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| User: "James Of Tucson" |
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| Title: Re: New voting machines await you for the 2006 "elections" |
07 Feb 2006 02:17:04 PM |
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Where I vote they use a paper ballot where the voter makes a mark with
a pen.
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