Transcript: Profile: State election officials concerned over when they may receive federal funding to update their voting equipment

ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
02-19-2004
Profile: State election officials concerned over when they may receive federal funding to update their voting equipment

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

State election officials learned this week that it will be at least May before they get billions of federal dollars to help them buy new voting equipment and make other election changes. The states are struggling to avoid the problems of the 2000 elections. But they face delays not only in receiving their federal money, but also in continued controversy over the security of touch-screen voting machines. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

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