BBV possibly coming to Kansas City

[pstokely]

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/12717911.htm

KC, county split on casting better ballots

By DAVE HELLING

The Kansas City Star


Kansas City and Jackson County election officials are at odds over the purchase of thousands of new voting machines to replace aging punch-card ballots — the kind of system blamed for the Florida 2000 re-count fiasco.

Some Kansas City election authorities prefer ATM-like touch-screen voting machines, which they say are convenient and state of the art.

Jackson County officials say those machines are too expensive. They are leaning toward an optical-scan system, in which voters use a pen or pencil to fill in an oval next to a candidate’s name. A machine then reads those ballots.

[Seedersandleechers]

1. I'm assuming

the touch-screen will not leave a paper trail, but,
the optical-scan will? Do you know?

[pstokely]

2. They claim it would cost $1000 a machine for a paper trail

[evlbstrd]

3. There is an organizing session for people interested in doing something.

Tomorrow, Monday, September 26, at 4:00 PM.
Location: SEIU Local 1
4526 Paseo Blvd., Kansas City, MO

If you want to get the vote you deserve, be there.

[evlbstrd]

4. Voting Machine Demonstrations at Election Board

Here's a schedule (all meetings are at the KCEB: 1828 Walnut, 2nd floor):

Tues., Sept. 27, 8:30 a.m. - Sequoia demonstration

Tues., Oct. 4, 8:30 a.m. - Populex demonstration