Reply #21: (Volusia County ) Paperless voting pushed [View All]

Paperless voting pushed
State deadline looms for disabled access

By By JAMES MILLER
Staff Writer
Last update: 10:05 a.m.

DELAND — When the political oven of the 2000 presidential recount was at its hottest, Volusia County elections officials stayed relatively cool, scouring paper ballots with marked ovals.

Paper has been local officials’ ballot of choice -- even for disabled voters who can use touch screen systems with relative ease — partly to allay public fears about the security of the vote. And Volusia has mostly steered clear of the touch screen vs. paper debate.

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"I don’t want to say it’s silly or ridiculous, but the fact is there’s never been a factual case of a security issue with a touch screen," said David Bear, a spokesman for Diebold Elections Systems.

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