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O'Fallon resident urges council to back hand‑counted paper ballots after Supreme Court action
Summary
Doug Gaines of Ward 5 told the O'Fallon City Council the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded Boss v. Illinois State Board of Elections and urged the city to support hand‑counted paper ballots and notify county election officials that O'Fallon will not accept current electronic ballot machines.
Doug Gaines, a resident who identified himself as representing Ward 5, used the council's public comment period on Feb. 17 to urge the O'Fallon City Council to support hand‑counted paper ballots following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Gaines told the council the Supreme Court reversed and remanded Boss v. Illinois State Board of Elections and said that decision gives candidates…
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