E-vote tab adds up to big trouble
Democracy isn't cheap, but it sure used to be less expen- sive.
Switching from punch cards to touch-screen voting machines doubled the cost of this year's election.
And taxpayers will continue to hand over millions of dollars to machine-maker Diebold as long as the state uses the equipment.
"I'm not sure any of us realized how much it is going to cost to own and operate this system," said Michael Cragun, elections director for the ...
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