Wisconsin News
Voting machine on blink again
By Jesse Hirsch
Daily Register
Since Columbia County Clerk Jeanne Miller took office in 2003, there have been problems with the two ballot-counting machines at every election. It looked like this spring might be an exception - until Tuesday afternoon.
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After frantic telephone calls all over the state, Miller found there was no repairman in the state of Wisconsin who could fix the machine. The state Elections Board advised Miller Tuesday afternoon that she should revert to a hand count, rather than rely on the other voting machine, but she said she would risk it.
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Many of the voting machine problems have stemmed from the reader heads, but there have been other issues, including broken bearings and belts that won't move the ballots.
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Instead of buying new central count machines, Miller said, county officials are looking at ballot scanners for individual municipalities, at a cost of $5,000 each.
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