Rep. Wexler (D-FL) fights for paper ballots in federal appeals court

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Yesterday, Wexler was back in Federal Court arguing that Florida is currently not in compliance with the Bush v. Gore standard and the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Currently, 52 counties in Florida with optical scan machines have a means to conduct a manual recount, while the other 15 counties with touch-screen machines have a paperless system that cannot. U.S. Circuit Judges Joel F. Dubina, Phyllis A. Kravitch and visiting U.S. District Judge Lyle E. Strom heard oral arguments yesterday. During the hearing, Judge Dubina questioned Rick Figlio, Florida’s Deputy Solicitor General, as to how a manual recount would be conducted on a touch-screen voting machine if he would have lost a County Commission race within the margin of error of one quarter of one percent. Mr. Figlio conceded that a manual recount cannot be done on a touch-screen voting machine. Wexler’s attorney Bob Peck requested that the Federal Appeals Panel move expeditiously in their decision.

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