Le coût des machines à tricher aux élections : 25 millions de dollars pour les machines à voter dans 940 bureaux de vote

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USA

.....Voting Technology

Florida’s election reforms decertify punch card ballots, certify touch voting systems, and require every Florida county to use either optical scan or direct record electronic voting systems that have “second chance” technology. While these are welcome reforms, replacing the punch card machines has potential shortcomings. First, local election officials have a limited choice of voting machines certified by the Division of Elections.
Second, there is the possibility that a malfunction or error will not be corrected because there is no paper ballot to provide vote verification. Finally, insufficient funding is an obstacle. In Miami-Dade County, the supervisor of elections purchased new voting machines. With approximately 940 precincts, Miami-Dade County spent about $26,596 per precinct. The total cost for voting machines throughout the county was approximately $25 million. Under the legislature’s formula of $3,750 per precinct for counties with populations larger than 75,000, Miami-Dade County would likely receive slightly more than $3 million from the Division of Elections.

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