See? That wasn't so hard
Nevada First to Use Electronic Voting with Printers
Fri Jul 16, 2004 02:37 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nevada on Friday said it would be the first U.S. state to use voting machines that will leave a paper trail, the first large-scale response to concerns that a paperless system could lead to ballot fraud.
Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller said he hoped his state would set an example by using touch-screen voting machines equipped with printers and avoid a repeat of the 2000 presidential election debacle.
The disputed 2000 election led many states to move from punch cards to electronic voting systems. But computer experts have warned that some of the systems are vulnerable to hacking, fraud and malfunctions.
President Bush won the White House over Democrat Al Gore after weeks of post-election court battles over whether votes were uncounted because of "hanging chads" and holes that were pushed but not punched.
Heller said he had decertified punch-card voting machines in Nevada in favor of touch-screen machines. He said a paper receipt also adds to voter confidence.
