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Council debate urges paper backup as electronic voting systems considered
Summary
Los Angeles City Council members debated touchscreen and electronic voting systems, with multiple members urging any system include a tangible paper ballot for hand recounts; county election officials warned that a new state 15‑day registration rule will increase provisional ballots.
Los Angeles — Council members spent the opening portion of the meeting debating whether to pursue touchscreen or other electronic voting systems and what safeguards would be required.
Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg said the city should examine systems that immediately produce a paper ballot that voters can fold and place in a box. “I think we will always need to have a paper backup that someone can hand count if there's a challenge,” Goldberg said, urging pilots that create an auditable paper record.
Several members raised security…
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