On February 14, the New York Senate passed S2339, which allows mechanical voting machines to be used for local elections during 2011. Some years ago, Congress outlawed these machines for federal elections.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
On February 14, the New York Senate passed S2339, which allows mechanical voting machines to be used for local elections during 2011. Some years ago, Congress outlawed these machines for federal elections.
Still using any stuff from the 1890s — repeat 1890s ???
Yes, the first mechanical voting machines were implemented in 1892.
West Virginia bill HB2935 which will repeal the entire voting machine article (Article 4) of WV Election code (Chapter 3) is well on its way through committees.
The bill can be read here:
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2935%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2935
Bill tracking:
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2935&year=2011&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
And here is the current election code:
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm?chap=03&art=4#04
Note that Chapter 3, Article 4 is clearly concerning mechanical voting machines since 3-4A clearly defines “electronic voting systems.” Our next step in the Mountain State is to lobby all fifty-five county commissions to implement 3-4A-4 “Procedure for terminating use of electronic voting systems” and replace them with hand-counted (in public view) paper ballots.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/ChapterEntire.cfm?chap=03&art=4%20A§ion=4#04%20A
What do the OLD surviving mechanical voting machines (and even New Age scanner ballot machines) do when NOT in use ???
Communicate with outer space folks ???
How many offices and ballot questions on the ever longer ballota ??? — esp. in urban areas — with a zillion judges.