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Article: New Allegheny County voting machines criticized in court hearing.
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- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2006
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Byline: Paula Reed Ward
Apr. 26--A blind man testified at a hearing in federal court yesterday that the voting machines chosen by Allegheny County for the upcoming primary election are the worst he's tested for accessibility for disabled people.
And a lawyer who has worked on voters' rights issues in Philadelphia for decades said the county lacks enough time in the 20 days before the May 16 primary to properly educate poll workers and voters on how to use the new machines.
Both men were called to testify as part of a lawsuit filed this month seeking to block the use of the new iVotronic touch-screen voting machines.
The county agreed ...