http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1090571731236551.xmlVoters who are worried that their ballots won't be counted accurately on Mercer County's new electronic voting machines would be allowed to file absentee ballots in the November election under a proposal made public yesterday by the county administration.
Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes submitted a letter to the state Attorney General's office late yesterday to ask the state to expand the absentee ballot criteria so that people who have no confidence in the new machines could be sure their votes are counted.
"We should try to do what we can to add to the security of the voting process," Hughes said. "It is the central function of our democracy."
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Sequoia officials contend their machines have not had any tabulation problems over the years and are completely secure, citing several security checks built into the system.
Good article from July 23, 2004
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