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Times Union
May 8, 2007
By KENNETH C. CROWE II, Staff writer
TROY - Controversial electronic voting machines for the Troy
City School District budget vote and Board of Education elections will be
programmed at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections on Wednesday morning.
District officials will work with the county elections board
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the county offices to prepare the machines.
Election reform advocates have criticized the use of the
uncertified voting machines provided by Liberty Election Systems of Albany.
Because state election law does not govern school district votes, the machines
do not have to be approved.
The Troy district is using the machines in an effort to
avoid last year's foul-up when one of the old lever machines malfunctioned and
did not tally votes. The lever machines are slated to be replaced across the
state.
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