Article: Brunner orders backup paper ballots for November election ; Secretary of state wants voters to have the option of not using touch screens.

Article: Ohio requires counties to provide paper ballots
University Wire;  January 15, 2008 ;     578 words ......to offer paper ballots as an alternative to touch screen voting, the...compared to paper ballots. "One problem with the new touch screen machines...alternative to touch screen voting. According...offering paper ballots as an alternative...

Article: Paper ballots more expensive, less than 500 used
Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  March 31, 2008 ;     619 words ......people would use paper ballots, the Wayne...have 22,000 paper ballots on hand for...to abandon touch- screen voting machines...elections to have paper ballots equal to 10...people requested paper ballots in Holmes County...from using ...

Article: Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials
The Washington Post;  August 31, 2008 ;     504 words ......precincts to turn to emergency paper ballots if there are not enough touch- screen machines to keep lines moving. Paper ballots, used now for absentee and...Baltimore who has researched paper ballots extensively, made...election administrators said a paper ballot ...

Article: Wyoming holds on to paper ballots
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 21, 2005 ;     245 words ......counties that now use paper ballots, five will switch...four to electronic touch screen systems. Of the 12...six will switch to touch screen machines and five...counties will keep their touch screen machines, and the...are switching to touch screen ...

Article: Counties reject Brunner's proposal ; Secretary of state hoping elections officials will compromise on replacing touch screen machines with paper ballots.
Dayton Daily News;  January 23, 2008 ;     299 words ......require most counties to replace nearly new electronic touch screen voting machines in time for the November general election...state's elections. After the study, she proposed replacing touch screen machines in 57 counties -- including Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Darke and Butler -- with ...

Article: Jeffco voters can opt for paper ballots Decision means most in state can make that choice.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 21, 2008 ;     590 words ......voters will have the option of casting paper ballots this year as part of a national trend...in the state, said they will offer paper ballots in addition to electronic machines...of several major counties to add paper ballots. Douglas and Adams decided this year also to offer ...

Article: Kanawha to use touch-screen voting machines: Devices set to be in place for 2006 election are cheaper than the optical scan alternative
Charleston Daily Mail;  May 26, 2005 ;     565 words ......install. With the touch- screen machines, the...to pay for the paper ballots and other machinery...McCormick said the paper ballots alone for the...election. The touch- screen voting machines...require external paper ballots. The machines...save money on ...

Article: Officials stocking up for votes ahead Metro counties' aim: paper ballots for one and all.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 29, 2008 ;     535 words ......major election: not enough paper ballots for voters who show up...more places are using paper ballots because of concern over...security. So ordering enough paper ballots will be especially important...didn't have enough backup paper ballots. The county has since ...

Article: Increase in paper ballots, 'fried' card cause delays
Dayton Daily News;  November 13, 2008 ;     360 words ......wrapping up ballot counting at 4 a.m. Nov. 5. Processing paper ballots -- offered by a secretary of state order as an option to touch screen voting machines -- delayed release of results first...running two systems now." Then, with just a few hundred paper ballots to count, a memory ...

Article: SUCCESS IN MARCH PROMPTS SECRETARY BRUNNER TO SUPPORT BACK-UP PAPER BALLOTS FOR FALL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 25, 2008 ;     328 words ......using electronic touch-screen voting machines...provide back-up paper ballots in the Nov...practice for touch-screen counties. These back-up paper ballots will help alleviate...With back-up paper ballots, touch screen counties can...

Article: Brunner: Paper ballots worked despite delays ; Counting of paper ballots lasts into Wednesday night
Dayton Daily News;  November 6, 2008 ;     535 words ......tried to use the backup paper ballots as not a de facto second...of problems counting paper ballots. All use electronic touch screen machines and were required to also offer to paper ballots and separate lines for...of the huge volume of paper ballots that ...

Article: A vote for paper ballots
Oakland Tribune;  March 14, 2006 ;     617 words ......and honest, we need paper ballots that can be double-check...machines rather than paper ballots or punch-card ballots...optically scanned paper ballots, are safe and reliable...hour or two to count paper ballots on a busy election night, but paper ballots ...

Article: Paper ballots.
Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM);  May 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to, they'll find paper ballots, a change decided...new equipment for paper ballots -- vote tabulators...election. The switch to paper ballots was pushed heavily...using a new type of touch-screen electronic machine...machines to change to paper ballots. He ...

Article: Md. May Not Count Primary Paper Ballots
AP Online;  May 21, 2004 ;     369 words ......Maryland voters who requested paper ballots for the March primary because...not trust the state's new touch-screen voting machines may never...its supporters to request paper ballots to create a verifiable...votes. But under state law, paper ballots can be used only if ...