Wednesday
Sep012004
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at 12:13AM
The touchscreen voting machines in Sarasota and Charlotte
counties performed without any major problems, elections officials said
Tuesday. Critics have been warning for months that the machines can't
be trusted to record votes accurately because they don't have a paper
backup for each vote to assure the computer registered them properly.
Sarasota and Charlotte are among 15 counties in Florida that use
touchscreen voting. Despite the criticism and scrutiny, supervisors of
elections have steadfastly stood by the iVotronic voting machines. [more ]