Palm Beach to Auction Voting Machines
Palm Beach County is selling the voting machines at the center of last
year's chad debate to help pay for more modern voting equipment.
Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore says because the Florida
Legislature has voted to ban punch card ballots, the county will soon
begin selling some or all of its 5,000 Votomatic machines on eBay, the
online auction house.
Proceeds from the sale will help the county buy voting equipment
expected to cost between US$3 million and US$14 million. The state will
give the county US$1.9 million.
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