Reply #27: FL: Wexler May Take Voting Machines Case to U.S. Supreme Court [View All]

Wexler may take voting machines case to U.S. Supreme Court

Jun. 21, 2006

BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler said Wednesday he was considering an appeal of a federal court ruling that said Florida could use electronic voting machines that don't leave a paper trail.

In 2004, Wexler sued Florida's secretary of state and Palm Beach County's elections supervisor, alleging the state disenfranchised voters by approving the machines that don't create a paper record for use in a recount in close elections.

Wexler said he was considering asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case after the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his claim in ruling Tuesday that paperless machines don't violate Floridians' constitutional rights.

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The appeals court acknowledged that a recount would differ in counties using touch-screen machines but noted it did not rise to the level of unequal treatment of voters.

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/14869941.htm


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