By Andrew Heining | 11.04.08
Hardly any Americans will pull a lever or punch out chads this election day. But that doesn't mean the problems of the past are gone.
Computerworld is reporting on issues with touchscreen voting machines in key battleground states of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia. The malfunctioning machines caused some polling places to resort to back-up paper ballots, and in some cases those ran out.
Though touch screen machines seem to get the most attention, a marjority of the nation's counties are using optical scanning machines. These require voters to fill out a paper card that's fed into a scanner. A No. 2 pencil isn't required, but the process isn't hassle-free.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.