Hanging bytes, pregnant bits (19 Sep 2002)

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Hanging bytes, pregnant bits (19 Sep 2002)
At first sight, doing away with paper and letting computers register votes seems an attractive proposition. At least in theory, touch screens should be less confusing than the infamous 'butterfly ballots'. Computers are unlikely to produce anything like the 'hanging' or 'pregnant' chads that plagued Florida's 2000 presidential election. Electronic votes can be easily counted and recounted. At the mock election in Palm Beach, for instance, it took no more than an hour to tally all the votes.

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