Reply #8: GA: Voting machines become an issue [View All]

Voting machines become an issue

By Walter C. Jones | Morris News Service

Sunday, June 18, 2006 ATLANTA - Though Cathy Cox is running for a post that has nothing to do with elections operations, the topic of voting machines is always going to be a part of her campaign.

That's because as secretary of state, she served as Georgia's chief elections official. And, in that capacity, she lobbied for the state to become the first in the nation to replace all of its voting machines with electronic ones.

...snip

"It is inconceivable that the state of Georgia would buy $70 million worth of voting machines that do not offer paper receipts with the prospects that these machines are now obsolete and can never offer paper receipts even if we spend millions more to upgrade," he said.

...snip

Ms. Cox is also getting attacked by nonpartisan ballot-security groups who say she should step down as secretary of state to avoid a conflict of interest in overseeing the counting of the ballots in her own race for governor.

More: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/061806/met_85770.shtml