Carteret county to use paper ballots in next election

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This article today:

BEAUFORT - Carteret County will return to hand-counted paper ballots for the upcoming fall elections.

The decision made to use paper-ballot voting was the first action of the newly organized Carteret County Board of Elections, which now has a new member and chairman.

The Board of Elections met Wednesday to swear in its three members and quickly named its newest member, Bill Henderson of Newport, its chairman. Discussions then turned to the issue of how Carteret County voters will cast their ballots in the Atlantic Beach municipal election on Oct. 11 and the remaining municipal races and school bond referendum Nov. 8.

The county's current electronic voting system has been under scrutiny since the November 2004 election, when 4,438 votes were lost due to a mishap over the storage capacity of one of the control units.


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[In Truth We Trust]

1. OH YES! One small victory. Hopefully they will PERMANENTLY choose

hand counted paper ballots!

[Kenergy]

2. Good for them! n/t