Palm Beach County Tests New Vote Machines
Hoping to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election debacle, Palm Beach County held a mock election to test its touch-screen vote machines.
At shopping malls and supermarkets across the county, nearly 4,000 residents voted on such topics as favorite holiday, best president and favorite patriotic landmark. About 73% of voters said the words “under God” should stay in the Pledge of Allegiance.
A collection of congressmen pushed for a mock election to test the machines, but Saturday’s election amounted only to a demonstration, not a measure of their accuracy.
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