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Florida Literally Scraps Touch-Screen Voting

Posted by kdawson on from the do-not-want dept.

Kaseijin writes "Florida Governor Charlie Crist is getting his wish. The New York Times reports the state will replace touch-screen voting machines with optical-scan models by July 1, 2008 — the most aggressive timetable of any jurisdiciton rethinking this approach to voting. The touch-screen machines most likely will be sold to other jurisdictions or stripped for parts."

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  1. Re:Will the new system be any more reliable? by jackb_guppy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope. Not on the ones I have used.

    1) you fill them out with a special black pen.
    2) if you make a mistake, ask for new sheet and start again.
    3) you place it into the optical scanner.
    4) Green Light - your ballot is correct and you are done.
    5) Red Light - you get a new ballot and start again.

    Advantages:
    Positive and Negative feedback if the ballot is clean and correct.
    Voter SEES what is they choose, clearly.

    Disadvantages:
    Paper pile. But need only until election is confirmed.