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Article: Md. House Approves Paper Ballots; Senate Support Uncertain for Switch for Sept. Primary
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- The Washington Post
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- March 10, 2006
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The Maryland House of Delegates unanimously passed legislation
yesterday to ditch the state's touch-screen voting machines for the
coming election in favor of a system that uses paper ballots.
The 137 to 0 vote in the House and the endorsement of the plan
this week by Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. represents a
stunning turnaround for a state that was on the leading edge of touch-
screen voting in 2001, and it reflects a national shift toward
machines that provide a paper record.
The touch-screen system, for which Maryland has committed more
than $90 million, would be put aside for one year while the state
spends at least $13 million to lease optical scan machines.
"It's critically ...