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Article: Paper ballots return to polls, but only as a backup

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Paper ballots will be at each of Westmoreland County's 306 voting precincts today as a precaution against glitches that left several computerized machines inoperable in November.

"They're there just in case there are problems," said Election Bureau Director Jim Montini.

With a light turnout expected and a lawsuit challenging electronic voting machines stalled in appeals, officials and pundits predict few problems with today's primary election.

"I sense no sense of excitement about this election whatsoever," said Moe Coleman, director emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh's Institute of Politics. "Spring's here and people have got other

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