Elections chief 'comfortable' with touch screens

[Freddie Stubbs]

By George Bennett

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Concerns about paperless electronic voting helped Arthur Anderson win a campaign for Palm Beach County elections supervisor in 2004.

But now that he's in charge and preparing to oversee another round of municipal elections Tuesday, Anderson is a staunch defender of the county's touch screen voting machines.

"I have every confidence in the touch screens, and I have no reservations to vote on the touch screens... even without the paper trail," Anderson said last week.

more: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbccentral/content/local_news/epaper/2006/03/12/s1c_anderson_0312.html

[redphish]

1. Something must have happened between his election and now...

Must have got comfortable sittin' on a fatter wallet.

[Patsy Stone]

2. How nice for him...

I am nowher enearly as confident. He'll be dragging his feet until the last legal minute.

[Mythsaje]

3. Man with crooked nose say:

"If you want your family to be safe, youse gonna GET comfortable, see?"

[Wilms]

4. More of a mixed bag from the article.

If the county stays with touch screens, Anderson said, he wants them outfitted with printers so each voter could verify a tangible ballot before casting it electronically.

"Although I personally feel quite comfortable with the machines at this point, I know that many in our community want to have that added comfort of having that paper trail," Anderson said.

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Activist Harriet Lerman says Anderson has been "brainwashed" by staff he inherited from previous Supervisor Theresa LePore. Lerman lost a Democratic campaign for county commission in 2004 and is now a vocal critic of electronic voting as part of the Palm Beach Coalition for Election Reform.

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Since then, some pro-paper activists have accused him of not pursuing the matter aggressively.

[Kurovski]

5. He also appears to be quite comfortable with his cluelessness.

Oh well, just one more little stone on the rocky road to victory.