Reply #5: FL: Forum's Topic Will Be Voting Technology

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VOLUSIA & CENTRAL FLORIDA THE AREA IN BRIEF

Forum's topic will be voting technology

April 29, 2006

DELAND -- A voter-advocacy group that opposes paperless voting said Friday that it is planning a town meeting focused on whether votes cast are being accurately counted.

The DeLand-based Florida Fair Elections Coalition plans to bring national and local experts to talk about voting technology and answer questions at Daytona Beach Community College on May 20. The event will be 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 112 of Building 110.

Speakers planned include David Cobb, former Green Party presidential candidate; Ion Sancho, supervisor of elections in Leon County; Clint Curtis, a computer programmer; and Susan Pynchon, executive director and founder of Florida Fair Elections Coalition.

To comply with voting-reform laws, Volusia has purchased handicapped-accessible -- but paperless -- touch-screen voting machines to augment its paper ballot scanners.

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