Voting Machine Backup Wanted

A state advisory committee is adding a new twist to the controversy over plans to use touch-screen voting machines in November's elections. The panel is recommending that ten counties provide paper ballots as a backup if they want to use the electronic voting machines this fall. Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has the final say on the panel's recommendation. He's expected to decide by tomorrow.

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