OPTICAL SCANNER #1 VOTE COUNTER - Calhoun Already In Compliance

(03/15/2005)

Secretary of State Betty Ireland plans to help West Virginia counties become compliant with federal voting laws by using optical scan voting machines. Calhoun County has used the system for several years, one of 28 counties in the state. Ireland says she likes the optical scanner systems because they comply with the federal rules, but importantly they keep a paper trail and because they're affordable. Ireland said part of the solution is providing one electronic voting machine per precinct that will allow the blind and disabled to cast ballots on their own. It will bring WV in compliance with the Help America Vote Act. Florida. Twenty-eight counties already use optical scanners, 12 use punch cards, ten use paper ballots, three use lever systems and two have electronic voting machines.

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