Paperless voting debuts in county

By Nicole Sterghos Brochu
Staff Writer
Posted February 10 2002

They are so efficient and easy to use, many liken them to ATM banking machines. But rather than cash, these touch-screen systems promise to dispense something even more valuable to every voter scarred or jaded by the 2000 balloting debacle: a guaranteed voice on Election Day.

Tempted by the lure of almost instantaneous, error-free voting, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties are spending a combined $56 million to deliver to their citizens suffrage without suffering, voting that is literally at their fingertips and -- most important -- free of chads.

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