State Court Throws Out Voting Machine Suit
From Times Wire Reports
A state appeals court in West Palm Beach dismissed a lawsuit that sought a paper trail for Florida’s new touch-screen voting machines, ruling that voters were not guaranteed “a perfect voting system.”
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) had argued that the new machines would not allow an accurate manual recount -- such as the one needed during the 2000 presidential election fiasco.
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