Touch-screen voting in Iowa is dead and that's a good thing. With a stroke of his pen, Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a new plan for the state to spend $4.6 million to bring the same voting technology to all 99 counties. The whole state would have voter-marked paper ballots that could be recounted by hand if necessary.
Not only will this save voters time, but greatly reduces the opportunity for voter fraud that touch-screen machines may allow. Although there was initial disagreement about providing a paper trail for every voter, the Governor and Secretary of State Mike Mauro were able to stand together on this important issue.
According to Sean Flaherty from Iowans for Voting Integrity, nationwide, about 30 percent of voters will use paperless touch-screen voting machines in November, including all voters in South Carolina and Georgia, and some voters in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas.
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