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Colo. lawmakers kill paper ballot bill, keep voting kiosks

March 20, 2008

The Associated Press: State lawmakers killed a proposal on Thursday that would have forced counties to conduct paper ballot elections this year, freeing them to use their controversial electronic voting kiosks. Colorado was one of five states considering moving to paper because of questions about electronic equipment. The reversal essentially puts the state back to where it was in December, before Coffman decertified most of the computerized voting equipment and optical scanners used in the state because of security and accuracy concerns. U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairwoman Rosemary Rodriguez of Denver said the measure lets states use money to equip electronic machines with paper receipt printers and doesn't endorse any voting system over another.
 
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