Good-government groups and election security experts are sounding the alarm bells about new electronic voting machines that may soon come to New York. The state Board of Elections as early as this summer may approve touch-screen electronic voting machines that have come under scrutiny in other states. In a new letter to state leaders, election security experts from around the country as well as organizations that advocate for fair elections made the case for lawmakers to approve legislation that would ban the machines before the end of this year’s legislative session on June 2.
The machines, called hybrid or all-in-one voting machines, would replace the current paper ballot and scanners that voters currently use in New York.
...Pennsylvania and Georgia, two of the states that have recently begun using the new machines, have pending lawsuits to get rid of them.
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