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Title: Breaking News: Politician has a Brain
Post by: Adam_Fulford on Sep 21 06 11:30
[FONT size=5]Ehrlich Wants Paper Ballots For Nov. Vote
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State Election Chief Says Staff Toiling to Fix Electronic Glitches
 [FONT size=-1]By Christian Davenport and Ann E. Marimow
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 21, 2006; A01
[/FONT]  A week after the primary election was plagued by human error and technical glitches, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) called yesterday for the state to scrap its $106 million electronic voting apparatus and revert to a paper ballot system for the November election.

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Title: Re: Breaking News: Politician has a Brain
Post by: Gopher on Sep 21 06 11:31
Loved the heading. News indeed!
Title: Re: Breaking News: Politician has a Brain
Post by: Raver on Sep 21 06 11:36
What?  You guys don't trust the infalible and totally tamper-proof and hack-proof world of computers?  

  Consider me shocked !
Title: Re: Breaking News: Politician has a Brain
Post by: kitten on Sep 21 06 11:41
I'm shocked that a person with a brain would be a politician.  That's rare!