"We've been wracking our brains to come up with some way to speed this up," said Jill Kelly, director of the Lucas County Board of Elections. "There's nothing we can humanly do."
She said 10,000 paper ballots could add four to five hours to her counting.
She has advised Toledo-area voters that they won't see results, for the presidential contests or for local races, on election night.
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Elections officials throughout the state told The Plain Dealer that they expect to be counting votes into the early hours of Wednesday, March 5.
They blame an order by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner that gives all Ohio residents the option of using paper ballots. Almost 60 of Ohio's 88 counties that have used only touch-screen equipment now must stock polling locations with paper ballots for voters who request them. Boards also must combine precinct vote totals from the electronic and paper voting methods that night.
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Electile Dysfunction
The inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president put forth by either party in the 2008 election year.
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BRING THE TROOPS HOME-NOW!
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"They keep talking about drafting a constitution for Iraq.Why don't we give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, and we're not using it any more".
A small price to pay for greater accuracy, less conflict of interest, restored faith in the system, etc....