Florida is now one big step closer to PAPER ballots

[flvegan]

WASHINGTON - Florida received a green light Tuesday to use $28 million in federal money to pay for Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to switch all state counties to paper ballots.

"I'm satisfied," a relieved Secretary of State Kurt Browning said Tuesday after pleading his case to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in Washington, D.C.

But while agreeing that it was good news politically, the Florida Senate's lead proponent of the Crist plan maintained that the spending decision always has rested with the state.

The governor hopes to have touch-screen machines purchased by counties replaced with optical scanners to read paper ballots before the 2008 presidential election.

More:
http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB51I3871F.html

Hope this isn't a dupe, but I didn't see it already posted.

[BeFree]

1. Yeah, but

There is a law in Florida that won't allow a hand count of the ballots.

So the ballots will still be counted by electronics. And there will be little, if any, double checking.

To be fair, my state is in a similar predicament. That's why I am leaning hard and heavy on my local election people to do everything possible to make sure my vote is counted as cast.