February 1, 2007
Governor Seeks Overhaul of Voting System in Florida
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he wants to spend about $32 million to convert all voting machines in Florida to produce paper trails.
''What we're talking about here is Democracy and it is precious,'' Crist told a crowd of several hundred people at a gathering of the nonpartisan Voters Coalition of Palm Beach County.
''You should, when you go vote, be able to have a record of it,'' Crist said, calling it ''common sense.''
The proposal will be part of Crist's budget he presents to the Legislature on Friday.
Fifteen of Florida's 67 counties use paperless touch-screen voting machines. The remaining counties use optical scan machines where a voter marks a paper ballot with a pencil and it is electronically scanned.
Critics of the paperless machines say voters are disenfranchised because there is no record for a manual recount should questions arise about an election.
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