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Article: County returning to paper ballots
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
- Article date:
- August 22, 2007
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Sounding somewhat perturbed, San Bernardino County Registrar Kari
Verjil announced Tuesday that her office would revert to using paper
ballots for elections.
Verjil told the county Board of Supervisors that the move was
necessary to comply with Secretary of State Debra Bowen's recent
decision to decertify the county's $16 million electronic voting
system.
The supervisors unanimously approved bringing back the paper
ballots.
Switching back to paper ballots will cost the county $1.5 million,
officials said.
The cost is primarily based on the county having to buy new voting
booths and paper ballots.
As she spoke to supervisors, Verjil repeatedly prefaced her
statements by attributing the ...