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Article: Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 31, 2008
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It goes without saying that some voters will encounter long lines
at the polls this Election Day. The question for voting rights
groups and election officials is how to shorten waiting times, and
they're sharply at odds.
SAVEourVotes and the Fair Elections Legal Network want 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 provisional voting, record votes with optical scan
machines that read voters' marks on the ballots, similar to
standardized tests.
William A. Edelstein, an election judge from Baltimore who has
researched paper ballots extensively, made his case to the State
Board of ...