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We told you so …Touchscreen voting

   November 10, 2006

Morning paperFrom Orlando Sentinel: Touch-screen-voting machines in at least four Florida counties recorded unusually high percentages of ballots with no votes in Tuesday’s election — a sign that new electronic-ballot machines may not be as foolproof as hoped.

Most of the post-election attention Thursday remained focused on Sarasota County, where more than 18,000 blank ballots — representing 13 percent of the 142,284 ballots cast — could have affected the outcome of one of the most hotly contested congressional races in the country.

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