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CT Pull Lever Voting Machines from Elections

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Source: AP

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Lever voting machines that voters have used since the 1920s to elect officeholders in Connecticut are history.

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told municipal elections officials today that towns and cities may no longer use the lever machines in primaries set for September Eleventh, ending their use.

They will be replaced with optical scan voting machines that officials say provide a reliable paper trail.

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In addition, a state law enacted this year requires recounts in 10 percent of voting precincts statewide to confirm that the new voting technology works. Bysiewicz says there is no way to comply with state law using the lever machines.

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