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#1099492 - 11/05/09 10:03 AM
Southern Tier Elections Part of Pilot Program
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newsman38
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Registered: 03/21/01
Posts: 2558
Loc: Fourth Estate
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Election '09: Ballot scanners raise privacy issues
ALBANY -- Change isn't always easy, and that came through this week in the comments of voters who marked paper ballots and scanned them into machines.
A number of voters said they didn't have enough privacy, and the areas where they filled out ballots weren't the right size or were in the wrong place, said John Conklin, a state Board of Elections spokesman.
At a few poll sites, people who were signing in were right next to voters who were marking their ballots, he said.
Nineteen counties participated fully in a pilot program for new voting machines
Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Putnam, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates counties were among the counties that participated fully in the pilot. Twenty-eight counties used a combination of lever machines and paper ballots/optical scanners.
In Chenango, privacy was an issue for some voters, said Harriet Jenkins, Republican elections commissioner.
"We're trying to figure out how to make it better," she said.
By Cara Matthews •clmatthe@gannett.com • November 4, 2009, 9:50 pm
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#1100074 - 11/06/09 09:51 AM
Re: Southern Tier Elections Part of Pilot Program
[Re: newsman38]
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rosepetal
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Registered: 01/27/08
Posts: 92
Loc: new york, usa
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Speaking of elections, does anyone know if the water district passed in the Town of Wayne? I haven't seen any news on it. I called Steuben County Board of Elections and was told that that was a local issue. I called the Town of Wayne and there is no answer.
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#1100128 - 11/06/09 10:41 AM
Re: Southern Tier Elections Part of Pilot Program
[Re: rosepetal]
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the Federalist
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Registered: 04/13/00
Posts: 4723
Loc: the Obamanation...g-d help us ...
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Have you tried posting this question on the Schuyler County board?
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#1101551 - 11/09/09 02:04 PM
Re: Southern Tier Elections Part of Pilot Program
[Re: the Federalist]
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rosepetal
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Registered: 01/27/08
Posts: 92
Loc: new york, usa
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The Town Clerk was in on Saturday morning. She stated that the water district is headed for defeat. Not all absentee ballots are in, but the vote is 140 something noes and 90 something yeas
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