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New York City Picks New Electronic Voting Machines
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After nearly five decades as a mainstay of the New York City voting experience, the metal lever machines that audibly marked when voters cast their ballots are being replaced by paper ballots and electronic scanners.
The city's Board of Elections selected the new machines Tuesday, awarding a contract estimated at $50 million to Election Systems & Software Inc., board spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez said.
Under the new system, to be in place by this year's elections, voters will cast their ballots by filling in ovals on a form that is then fed into a scanner. The forms will be kept in case a paper recount is necessary.
Some election experts have voiced concerns that the new paper ballots might cause confusion or that voters might fill in ovals for two candidates. But the board says the machines will alert voters to any errors and let them fix them on the spot.
The board's selection of one of two options certified by the state comes under deadline pressure. If the decision hadn't been made by Jan. 14, the state would have stepped in and made the decision.
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