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Counties Ditch New Voting Machines
Posted Thursday, May 4, 2006 ; 06:36 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Thursday, May 4, 2006; 11:47 PM

Two more counties in southern West Virginia are choosing not to use the new machines

By Aaron Mesmer


Greenbrier and Mercer counties announced plans Thursday to use paper ballots instead of the new voting machines in Tuesday's primary election.

Election officials in Greenbrier County say they are definitely using paper ballots. To complie with state and federal laws, the county will also have one handicapped accessible electronic machine in each precinct.

Mercer County Clerk Rudolph Jennings says the county wants to use paper ballots, but it doesn't have the necessary handicapped accessible machines to go along with them.

Jennings says Tuesday's voting process in Mercer County is now in limbo.

"Whatever we do, we'll come up with something that every registered voter, every legal voter gets to vote and their vote is counted," Jennings said.

The Mercer County Commission is in the process of trying to figure out what method voters will use on Tuesday.

Wyoming County had already decided to use paper ballots for the primary election.

Fayette and McDowell counties will use optical scans.

Pocahontas, Raleigh and Summers Counties will follow through with the new voting machines. Those counties have all finished testing software. Monroe County is still testing its machines.

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