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Article: Paper Ballots Are the Way To Go in Maryland
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 24, 2006
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Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s call for a special session of the
Maryland General Assembly to provide voters with a paper ballot for
the Nov. 7 general election is not as unrealistic a proposal as it
might appear.
Yes, we are less than seven weeks away from the election. But
Maryland counties already have optical-scan machines that they use
to count absentee and provisional ballots, and the counties may be
able to lease more of them. If they can't lease more by Nov. 7, the
election results would be slower coming in, but at least there would
be paper ballots to recount if the outcome is disputed.
Right now, Montgomery County is counting approximately 12,000
provisional ballots from the ...