August 3, 2001
MIT and Caltech Researchers Propose Shifts in Voting Technology
Researchers at the California and Massachusetts Institutes of Technology released a report in July proposing reforms in U.S. voting technology that they say could avoid millions of "lost" votes in 2004, but would require spending 50 percent more than is now spent by state and local governments on elections.
The report also recommends a national research-laboratory program. Industry and academic laboratories would conduct tests on new voting equipment and ballot formats before they are
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