Reply #11: CO: New Voting Equipment Will Help Disabled, Make County Compliant

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New voting equipment will help disabled, make county compliant
By Jennifer Klein Journal-Advocate staff [email protected]

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - STERLING - Logan County voters can expect to see new electronic voting equipment in this year's August primary election and November general election.

The voting equipment will be available to all voters but will specifically impact disabled or blind voters.

The county will purchase 17 electronic machines. That will put a machine in all 16 precincts and one in the Logan County Courthouse, according to Logan County Clerk and Recorder Bobbi Perry. The purchase will make the county compliant by the Help America Vote Act, passed after the close 2000 presidential election when paper ballots caused a contested Florida recount.

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Perry said it will mean Logan County voters will now have a choice between the traditional paper ballot or the electronic machine, called a direct-recording electronic voting machine. Perry said it will also help the disabled vote.

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