Sentences with phrase «use electronic voting machines»

He however noted that the Kaduna State Government has decided to use electronic voting machines for its Local Government elections, and was free to train their personnel on how to use the machines.

«We are relieved that come November, we will be one step closer to using these electronic voting machines as they were actually intended,» he said.

Not exact matches

Election officials decided to resort to the older lever voting machines during Tuesday's primaries because the newer electronic machines used in 2012 confused voters, sparked long lines and caused problems during the tallying process.

From now on, the electronic memory sticks from inside of voting machines will be used to calculate preliminary, election - night totals, just like every other county in the state.

He said that the commission had made public demonstration of the use of newly introduced electronic voting machines in all political wards across the state.

The city had used the classic lever voting machines in the September primary, but on Tuesday reverted to electronic voting machines that scanned paper ballots.

The issue, according to Altschuler's camp, appeared tied to the use of the new electronic voting machines, which are being used throughout the state for the first time and which have been criticized for problems both in the September primary and in the general election.

The county, which has used mechanical lever machines for generations, has chosen optical scanners over electronic touch - screen voting machines, which have been the subject of controversy because they keep no physical record of votes.

The electronic voting machines that one - third of American voters will be using in November are no more reliable than your home computer.

The Weber County elections office provided electronic voting machines for the students to use in an attempt to draw the youngest demographic of voters to the polls in November.