Palm Beach Selling Votomatic Machines
Palm Beach County is selling the voting machines at the center of last year’s chad debate to help pay for more modern voting equipment.
Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore says that, because the Florida Legislature has voted to ban punch card ballots, the county will soon begin selling some or all of its 5,000 Votomatic machines on eBay, the online auction house.
Proceeds from the sale will help the county buy voting equipment expected to cost from $3 million to $14 million. The state will give the county $1.9 million. New machines will be bought whether or not the Votomatics are sold, she said.
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