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"Senate OKs paper-trail votes"
Baltimore Sun ^ | 7 April 2007 | Melissa Harris

Posted on 04/11/2007 6:25:53 AM PDT by lifelong_republican

"...The Maryland Senate unanimously approved a bill yesterday that would require the state to scrap its $65 million electronic-voting system and switch to new machines that have a paper record..."

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: america; americans; representation; vote
The Maryland Senators are all to be commended for this step in the right direction.
1 posted on 04/11/2007 6:25:54 AM PDT by lifelong_republican
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To: lifelong_republican

Add in the “purple finger” and I give it a 10.


2 posted on 04/11/2007 8:04:53 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: lifelong_republican

Bad headline. The paper-trail machines were already lawful. The Senate made them mandatory, prohibiting the paperless machines.


3 posted on 04/11/2007 9:04:09 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Don Corleone

Well, with proper security in place, we wouldn’t really need to ink fingers.

Convenience stores have video security that’d work to protect the paper ballots.


4 posted on 04/11/2007 10:53:58 AM PDT by lifelong_republican (Real Americans: Real Ballots)
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To: Beelzebubba

You make an interesting point. Thank you.

The paperless devices really should be banned.


5 posted on 04/11/2007 10:54:47 AM PDT by lifelong_republican (Real Americans: Real Ballots)
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To: lifelong_republican

Great... From now on we can be CERTAIN that the rats have won the very blue state of maryland by 32 points.


6 posted on 04/11/2007 2:21:00 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Even I have a better chance than Hagel)
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