Touch screens in jeopardy
The state's decision to decertify Los Angeles County's election system could jeopardize the county's ability to provide tens of thousands of voters with early touch-screen voting in the upcoming presidential election, Registrar-Recorder Conny McCormack said Tuesday. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.
McCormack told the Board of Supervisors that Friday's decision by Secretary of State Debra Bowen requires all votes made on computer touch-screen systems to be hand-counted after the election to ensure accuracy.
Normally, only 1 percent of those votes are manually recounted.