Reply #16: PA: Allegheny County touch-screen voting machines OK'd

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Allegheny County touch-screen voting machines OK'd

Court ruling clears way for use in May 16 balloting

Saturday, April 29, 2006

By Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


The waiting game to see which voting machines Allegheny County will use for the May 16 primary is over.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that the county's newly purchased electronic voting machines -- the ones that were the subject of a three-day court hearing this week -- will be in place at the polls in the election now less than three weeks out.

Officials from the county, which was named as a defendant in the lawsuit challenging the machines, said they will now focus their efforts on voter and poll worker education and ensuring that the election goes off without a hitch.

"This now lifts any impediment put in front of us to conduct the election," said county Solicitor Michael Wojcik.

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http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/06119/686067-85.stm