Article: Election officials have mixed reaction to Brunner plan ; Secretary of state has called for a voting machine switch, but some are worried about the cost.

DAYTON -- Offering voters paper ballots as an alternative to electronic voting machines in the March primary would be fairly easy, but the counting of those ballots may create election night logjams, area elections officials said.

But what has county officials even more worried is the other part of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's proposal to eliminate electronic voting by November's General Election because of what she believes are unsolvable problems with the machines used in 57 Ohio counties.

County officials look at her plan and see mounting bills and wasted taxpayer money on machines that are typically less than three years old.

"Who's going to pay for all this? The ...

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