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Article: Paper ballots more expensive, less than 500 used
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- Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
- Article date:
- March 31, 2008
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By BOBBY WARREN
Staff Writer
WOOSTER -- Responding to a directive from the secretary of state
and a poll about how many people would use paper ballots, the Wayne
County Board of Elections spent an extra $7,800 to have 22,000 paper
ballots on hand for the March 4 primary.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, who wants to abandon touch-
screen voting machines, required boards of elections to have paper
ballots equal to 10 percent of the highest voter turnout for a
similar election.
Board of Elections Director Patty Johns said the county was
prepared to print 15,000 paper ballots, but decided to increase the
amount after reading a poll in The Columbus Dispatch that showed 54
percent of ...