Reply #8: Ballot paper trail unlikely in '06, Palm Beach elections chief says

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Ballot paper trail unlikely in '06, Palm Beach elections chief says

By Anthony Man
Staff Writer
Posted December 4 2005


It has been almost a year since Arthur Anderson took office as supervisor of elections after a campaign that included a promise to "ensure there is an auditable paper trail for all touch-screen voting machines."

Progress toward that goal has been glacial, and for months Anderson has said there is no realistic chance that Palm Beach County residents will vote in the 2006 gubernatorial election on anything but the electronic machines that are vilified by some of the people who worked to put him in office.

Meanwhile, he has somewhat softened his commitment to printers.

Appearing before the Democratic Executive Committee this summer, Anderson acknowledged many members of his party were concerned about the paper-trail issue. "I don't want to make an unqualified commitment," he said.

Opponents of the electronic, touch-screen machines plan to protest on Thursday at the next meeting of Anderson's Election Technology Advisory Committee.

More: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-ppapertrail04dec04,0,2304525.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines