Florida Ballot Machines to be Auctioned

Palm Beach to Auction Voting Machines Palm Beach County is selling the voting machines at the center of last year's chad debate to help pay for more modern voting equipment. Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore says because the Florida Legislature has voted to ban punch card ballots, the county will soon begin selling some or all of its 5,000 Votomatic machines on eBay, the online auction house. Proceeds from the sale will help the county buy voting equipment expected to cost between US$3 million and US$14 million. The state will give the county US$1.9 million. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org