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Article: Voting machines pose problems in 2 counties: Greenbrier County will use paper ballots in Tuesday's primary

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May 5, 2006
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Just as Kanawha County gets on track with its optical-scan and handicapped-accessible voting machines, two counties have announced difficulties in getting their systems online for Tuesday's primary.

The problems stem from April 19 disclosures by Election Systems and Software, the state's provider of the new machines, that it was behind in preparing the software for the systems.

The Nebraska-based company has since equipped many counties for Election Day, but some areas are still facing struggles.

Greenbrier County officials have decided to abandon the new touch- screen machines, which were to be introduced Tuesday. The county is refusing to test the machines for usage and is planning to use ...

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