Voting measure may appear on ballot
Concerned voters in 15 Florida counties are closely watching Sarasota's paper-ballot referendum this fall before considering similar initiatives.
Volunteers for SAFE -- the Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections -- gathered 2,000 more signatures than the required 12,030 well before the July 7 deadline, and Elections Supervisor Kathy Dent has certified the signatures as valid.
The final ballot language and title were submitted to the county commission this week by lawyers for SAFE.
The proposal would require independent, voter-verified paper ballots and random audits of voting machines in selected precincts across the county immediately following an election, by 2008.
If the measure survives legal muster and voters approve it Nov. 7, it would become a part of the home rule charter, Sarasota County's "constitution."More:
http://www.venicegondolier.com/NewsArchive3/072306/vn3.htm
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