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Florida Ruling May Lead To E-voting Paper Trail

Posted by timothy on from the plain-language-of-the-law dept.

dorkus123 points out this Palm Beach Post story which begins "An administrative law judge over-ruled an administrative decision Friday that the 15 counties that use touch-screen voting systems must be able to perform manual recounts in extremely close elections." Prior to this, counties using touch-screen voting were exempt from a requirement requiring that certified voting machines be amenable to manual recounts. wierzpio adds a link to the AP's similar story.

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  1. The quote in the summary, translated into English: by CedgeS · · Score: 4, Informative

    An administrative law judge over-ruled an administrative decision Friday. The 15 counties that use touch-screen voting systems must be able to perform manual recounts in extremely close elections.

  2. International observers to monitor US elections by MSBob · · Score: 5, Informative
    One of the most interesting developments in this election campaign that was completely "overlooked" by mainstream US media is the fact that for the first time in history, US presidential elections will be monitored by international observes.

    How did America get to the point where the fear of rigged elections (normally something reserved for so called "rogue states") is so real that many feel the neat to bring in overseers from abroad? Is it really ture that you always become what you hate?

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