October 29th, 2008
07:35 PM ET
14 years ago
Judge: PA must have paper ballots ready if half of machines fail
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Pennsylvania must have paper ballots available for its voters if half the machines at a polling place break down, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
The state wanted paper ballots mandatory only if all the machines in a polling place failed.
"Emergency back-up paper ballots shall be used thereafter until the county board of elections is able to make the necessary repairs to the machine(s) or is able to place into operation," Judge Harvey Bartle ruled.
The state will not appeal the decision. In a statement, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes said the state will work with counties to ensure emergency ballots are used consistently, and that there is a sufficient supply.
It's gonna be a long night, folks!
Obama '08
terriffic....
Great!!! DO NOT give the McCain campaign any HINT of an upper hand or a chance of swooping in at do or die time and pulling it out their butt!!!
Thank you! Good call!
Meaning if one machine breaks down all those votes will not count!
Remember Ohio, remember Diebold. Overt theft is possible.
Why can't we have one ballot for national elections with the back of the ballot being for local stuff , and one machine like the one in north carolina that seems to work without problems......
PA we are counting on you to turn BLUE Tuesday.
Good! I can hear McCain's advisors heading for the lifeboats now. This ship is going down this fall!
Hey..!
Are They gonna provide Kleenex Tissues for the Republicans? 😛
Of course, shouldn't everyone have them in case there is a power outage, or the machines fail? Its common sense.
LET'S GET OUT AND VOTE.......... YOU, COLLEGE STUDENTS...... GET GOING! YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT!
Good. Let's make sure everyone who can vote, votes.
been here, done this. when are the good citizens of Pennsylvania going to demand that their votes be counted?
He looks like he just hawked up a lugi and is ready to launch!
When I saw Dole's "Godless" ad about Hagan in North Carolina, I immediately went to Hagan's website and donated to her campaign. And I live in Washington State, about as far from North Carolina as you can get. Regardless of Hagan's religious views, persecution of atheists is intolerable in this nation.
WE ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT IN PA...
What's the point of putting mccains picture on this article, he's gonna lose pennsylvania anyway....
YES. MAKE SURE THE rEPUBS DON'T GET TO WIN BY CHEATING AGAIN!
I've come to the conclusion that McCain is worse than Bush.
It is so hard to blog on this website if you are not for Obama. Doesn't Obama supporters want to engage in debate with other people? Do you really believe that the Democrats (or Republicans) know what is best for everyone?
There is no room for thought on this website, at all. Unless you say mean and nasty opinions about the other side, you don't get posted here.
Hey Obama people, you do know that the president's job is commander in chief, he does not write legislation don't you? You are putting way too many expectations on your candidate.
Two party system. Look up the last three times in 25 years there was all dems or all republicans. It is always bad.
COUNT OUR VOTES!!
Oh wait, I have to go turn the channel to HBO or Showtime, for Odumb dumbs imfomercial is about to air!
McCain and Palin at least give interviews, when is the last time you heard Obama without a teleprompter to read from, oh and by the way again tonight. Can't he talk to Sean Hannity and answer some tough questions. What is he afraid of. If he can't talk now without a teleprompter what is he going to do when meeting world leaders?????
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