Counties Want to Keep Outlawed Voting System

05/18/2008 09:34:28


CLEVELAND, Ohio- Officials in three counties have asked Ohio's chief elections official to help them keep an outlawed voting
system through the November presidential election.
   
Cuyahoga County -- which includes Cleveland -- and Mercer and Van Wert counties in western Ohio tell Secretary of State Jennifer
Brunner they want to kept the system used successfully during the March primary.
   
Ballots are collected from various precincts and scanned and counted by computer at one central site. The American Civil
Liberties Union says the system does not allow voters to fix errors that could render ballots invalid.
   
Some county officials say a switch would mean a financial burden.

A spokesman says finances are also a concern of Brunner. Her office is looking for funding to help counties make the switch to
precinct-level scanning.
   

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