« Previous | Main | Next »

July 21, 2005

"New vote system is touching"

"Elections in Monterey County will soon be conducted by touch-screen voting machines that look as though they could be R2-D2's grandchildren.

Registrar of Voters Tony Anchundo today will ask the Board of Supervisors for permission to convert the county election system to touch-screen ballots at polling places, a move Anchundo said would meet new federal voting laws.

"It will be a whole new era in voting," he said. "People will still have the option of using paper ballots by voting absentee, but they will use the touch screens at polling places."

The article is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at July 21, 2005 08:54 AM