Then they're putting their machines in (all together now) Florida for the 2004 election. And to make sure there's no proof of foul play - or votes - this story from the Palm Beach Post. Happy voting! And keep a freakin' eye on this story, readers.
Florida won't require printouts of touch-screen votesSURE. The same "safeguards" they used on 2000 - to make sure the GOP wins Florida. Watch these crooks, folks. They're ready to do it again.
California will require that its touch-screen voting machines provide paper printouts for each ballot cast, but Florida's top elections official says she does not favor a similar standard here.
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's recent paper-trail edict is scheduled to take effect by 2006. The action in the nation's largest state -- and America's largest market for new voting hardware -- hands a potentially precedent-setting victory to opponents of paperless electronic voting.
As manufacturers develop ballot printers to accompany touch screens, Florida will be "very open-minded" in reviewing any printers submitted to the state for certification, Secretary of State Glenda Hood said this week. If printers are certified, Hood said, counties would have the option of using them.
But Hood said making a paper trail a statewide requirement is not necessary because Florida has multiple safeguards to assure the accuracy and security of touch screens, which are used in Palm Beach County and 14 other counties.
