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Touch-screen voting machines in Miami-Dade concern Penelas
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| Contributor | Qbanito |
| Last Edited | Qbanito Aug 05, 2004 08:32am |
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| Media | Newspaper - South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| News Date | Thursday, August 5, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Less than three years after Miami-Dade County spent $24.5 million on 7,200 touch-screen voting machines, Mayor Alex Penelas wants to know whether elections officials should scrap them.
Concerned that voters have lost confidence in the county's system of electronic machines after elections officials lost data from the disastrous 2002 primary, Penelas has asked County Manager George Burgess to determine whether the county should instead use paper ballots and optical scan equipment. His proposal drew a sharp rebuke from the head of the county's Election Reform Coalition, who said the county should not consider spending money on paper ballots when officials don't have time to test that system or train workers.
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