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  Problems at the polls? [IL Primary]
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News DateTuesday, March 21, 2006 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAfter all the political promises, the clever and not-so-clever ads, the charges and the countercharges, it's time to hear from the voters, who are reporting some problems with the new polling system.

People headed to the polls will cast their votes in the Illinois primary will find a new system in place.
"This is the first time with this new ballot," said Judy Baar Topinka, gubernatorial candidate, as she voted this morning.

Across Illinois voters are noticing some changes in how they cast their ballots. Punch cards with their pregnant and hanging chads are history. They're being replaced in several ways. In Chicago a few voters are using touch screens. However, most are using ballots that are filled with a pen and then scanned and recorded by machine.

At about half-dozen polling sites, the optical scanners that read the ballots malfunctioned and voters put their choices in a box to be counted later.

"It makes me a little uneasy about the election process," said Linda Junker.
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