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Voting
systems tested
Updated:
3/23/2005 6:06 PM
By: Capital
News 9 web staff
What will
the future of New York State's voting system look like?
On
Wednesday, legislators and the public got a chance to "test drive"
two voting systems that could be used in New York. One is the DRE system which
uses touch screen technology to record votes. The other uses a combination of
paper ballots and an optical scan system.
New York
received a federal grant from Help America Vote Act to get its voting machines
up to date. And it comes not a moment to soon -- New York is the last state to
pick a new system.
The state of
New York is working to get its voting system up to date, and on Wednesday two
systems were tested.
Rep. Keith
Wright said, "If we don't come to a resolution I would say quick, fast and
in a hurry, New York is in jeopardy of forfeiting over $250 million, and New
York cannot afford to forfeit any money right now. We have to act quickly to
provide good voting standards for the people of New York State."
The state
Senate and Assembly are currently debating over which voting system to
purchase.
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