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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.04.2006
Disabled voters in Pima County will be able to vote using touch-screen
technology in the September primary and the November general election.
A 3-1 vote of the Pima County Board of Supervisors Friday authorizes the use
of the Diebold TS-X voting machines in the upcoming election. The vote
brings Pima County in compliance with the Help America Vote Act, which
requires that the disabled have the ability to vote in secret, rather than
with assistance.
But dozens of political activists, most of them from the Democratic Party,
said the decision actually jeopardizes the rights of the disabled. They say
the machines have enough security flaws that the public cannot be sure votes
will be counted as they are cast.
Pima County officials said they are taking every precaution possible. The
supervisors called for an audit of all votes cast on the electronic voting
machines.
They also lambasted Secretary of State Jan Brewer for requiring them to use
machines manufactured by Diebold because the county's optical scanners are
made by Diebold.
Most voters will continue to vote using bubble sheets and optical scanners.
Supervisors Sharon Bronson, Ramon Valadez and Ann Day voted in favor of
using the machines. Supervisor Richard Elias voted no.
Supervisor Ray Carroll, who also opposes the use of the machines, was
absent. He is attending the National Association of Counties meeting in
Chicago.
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