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Article: Officials stocking up for votes ahead Metro counties' aim: paper ballots for one and all.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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Byline: Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News
It's a problem in almost every major election: not enough paper ballots for voters who show up at the polls.
Denver-area elections have relied mostly on machines. This year, however, more places are using paper ballots because of concern over e-voting security. So ordering enough paper ballots will be especially important this time around.
Getting it right can be harder than it seems. On Super Tuesday, for example, ballot shortages plagued polling places in California and the Washington, D.C., area.
Election officials on tight budgets try not to print too many ballots, which cost from 25 cents ...