Article: Paper record rightly carried the day in Yarmouth recount ; The careful preservation of ballots is the best way to make sure that the right person wins.

Article: Md. Election Problems Fuel Push for Paper Record; After Primary Day Fiasco, Some Area Officials and Activists Say Electronic Voting Systems Need Backup
The Washington Post;  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......efforts to ensure that election systems create a paper record of each vote, according to some elected officials...all voting systems in the commonwealth produce a paper record of each vote. The voting in Virginia's June primary...10,000 to 12,000 voters had to use provisional paper ...

Article: Paper Ballots Are the Way To Go in Maryland
The Washington Post;  September 24, 2006 ;     507 words ......coming in, but at least there would be paper ballots to recount if the outcome is disputed...open to observation, and there is a paper record of the ballots to review. The Diebold...counting votes. Because there was no paper record, there was no way of knowing whether...

Article: Jeffco voters can opt for paper ballots Decision means most in state can make that choice.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 21, 2008 ;     591 words ......voters will have the option of casting paper ballots this year as part of a national trend...in the state, said they will offer paper ballots in addition to electronic machines...latest of several major counties to add paper ballots. Douglas and Adams decided this year...

Article: Paper ballots more expensive, less than 500 used
Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  March 31, 2008 ;     619 words ......poll about how many people would use paper ballots, the Wayne County Board of Elections spent an extra $7,800 to have 22,000 paper ballots on hand for the March 4 primary. Secretary...required boards of elections to have paper ballots equal to 10 percent of the highest...

Article: County returning to paper ballots
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  August 22, 2007 ;     274 words ......Tuesday that her office would revert to using paper ballots for elections. Verjil told the county Board...unanimously approved bringing back the paper ballots. Switching back to paper ballots will cost the county $1.5 million, officials...

Article: Officials stocking up for votes ahead Metro counties' aim: paper ballots for one and all.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 29, 2008 ;     535 words ......every major election: not enough paper ballots for voters who show up at the...however, more places are using paper ballots because of concern over e-voting security. So ordering enough paper ballots will be especially important...

Article: Paper ballots clog county results
Dayton Daily News;  November 5, 2008 ;     198 words ......count on Tuesday, Nov. 4, until all paper ballots could be counted, board Director Steve...counted. That total includes none of the paper ballots cast on Election Day in those precincts...workers will have to count 50,000-70,000 paper ballots throughout the morning hours because...

Article: Paper ballots will be available for voters.
The News-Item (Shamokin, PA);  November 3, 2008 ;     297 words ......voter registration officials will make paper ballots available to voters in Tuesday's general...already made provisions to provide paper ballots if any of our electronic voting machines...requiring us to have the emergency paper ballots available, commented Mary Thew, director...

Article: SUCCESS IN MARCH PROMPTS SECRETARY BRUNNER TO SUPPORT BACK-UP PAPER BALLOTS FOR FALL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 25, 2008 ;     328 words ......voting machines to provide back-up paper ballots in the Nov. 4, 2008 general election...touch-screen counties. These back-up paper ballots will help alleviate the potential for...building on the successful use of back-up paper ballots in the March primary. As documented...

Article: Plenty of paper ballots to be available just in case
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  November 1, 2008 ;     387 words ......system in Fayette County, stacks of paper ballots will be available if needed on Election...Director Jim Montini said 20,000 emergency paper ballots will be sent out to each of the county...just want to make sure we have enough paper ballots to handle any issues that arise," he...

Article: Brunner: Paper ballots worked despite delays ; Counting of paper ballots lasts into Wednesday night
Dayton Daily News;  November 6, 2008 ;     535 words ......We really tried to use the backup paper ballots as not a de facto second voting system...results because of problems counting paper ballots. All use electronic touch screen machines and were required to also offer to paper ballots and separate lines for voters. Local...

Article: A vote for paper ballots
Oakland Tribune;  March 14, 2006 ;     617 words ......elections fair and honest, we need paper ballots that can be double-checked. The continued...electronics-only voting machines rather than paper ballots or punch-card ballots is an invitation...card ballots, or optically scanned paper ballots, are safe and reliable. The problems...

Article: County to urge voters to choose paper record
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  September 13, 2006 ;     433 words ......are available. There is no paper record. With eScan machines, voters fill out paper ballots and feed them through an...electronically. They produce a paper record. The Board of Elections...current inability to produce a paper record. But the majority ...

Article: Paper ballots.
Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM);  May 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......they're accustomed to, they'll find paper ballots, a change decided on this year by the...expecting to get new equipment for paper ballots -- vote tabulators and ballot marker...June 6 primary election. The switch to paper ballots was pushed heavily by voter rights...