Friday, February 6, 2004

Computer miscounts? Not likely in New Hampshire

By Rachel Konrad, AP in the San Francisco Chronicle, 01/28/04



Excerpt:

"Maybe people elsewhere trust machines more than they trust humans, but that would be totally out of the question here," said Secretary of State Bill Gardner, one of the longest-serving elections officials in the country. "I'm aghast that other places are considering touch-screen computers."



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"People in other states talk about the unbelievable burden of recounts," said Anthony Stevens, New Hampshire's assistant secretary of state. "They don't realize the cost of restoring legitimacy is far greater than the cost of maintaining it."

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