Paperless Ballots Lose Voters League Backing
From Times Wire Reports
The League of Women Voters rescinded its support of paperless voting machines after hundreds of members voiced concern that paper ballots were the only way to safeguard elections from fraud, hackers or computer malfunctions.
About 800 delegates who attended the nonpartisan league’s biennial convention voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that supports “voting systems and procedures that are secure, accurate, recountable and accessible.”
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