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Need paper ballots, Arkansas lieutenant governor candidate says
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| Last Edited | COSDem Aug 25, 2005 12:58pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, August 25, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LITTLE ROCK ? Drew Pritt, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said Thursday he has started an online petition to get more paper ballots in next year?s elections.
The Warren resident said paper ballots are needed because electronic voting machines are often unreliable.
?We, as Arkansans, deserve the right for our voice to be heard,? he said. ?We have seen in elections across our country, as well as have heard from activists in Arkansas, that the present touch screen voting machines represent a problem for free and fair elections.?
Janet Miller, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State Charlie Daniels, had no comment on Pritt?s petition, but did say that the office is in the process of seeking bids on electronic voting machines and scanners to count paper ballots, estimated to cost more than $18 million.
She said the office is upgrading voting systems statewide to comply with state and federal elections laws passed after the 2000 recount that determined the presidential election.
Miller said she expects both electronic voting machines, as well as paper ballots will be used in voting precincts across the state during next year?s election.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002, however, requires at least one electronic ballot in each polling place by the May 23 primary, she said. |
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