Connecticut Sticking To Old Voting Machines

[Thom Little]

Connecticut gave up Wednesday on meeting a federal mandate for using a new generation of voting machines in 2006 that must protect against fraud and be accessible to disabled voters.

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said the state will use its mechanical lever machines one more time, because no vendor offered a replacement that meets state and federal requirements.

"No matter what happens, we will be using lever voting machines in 2006," Bysiewicz said.

Her decision was praised by local voting officials and some academics who claimed that Connecticut's efforts to procure new voting technology was biased toward computerized voting machines.



http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-vote0105.artjan05,0,752064.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics-state

[Wilms]

1. Thanks Thom. Another good one. n/t