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Election‑security advocates and residents urge Legislature to scrutinize $34M voting‑machine plan
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the Legislature to pause a $34 million plan to buy new touchscreen voting machines, citing security, barcode‑auditability and cost concerns; election‑security advocates recommended hand‑marked ballots or additional vendor review.
Residents and election‑integrity advocates used the public comment period to urge the Suffolk County Legislature to reconsider a proposed $34 million purchase of ES&S/ExpressVote XL voting machines and to require independent cost audits before proceeding.
‘‘I am here to speak in opposition to the capital budget item 1451,’’ said Susan Greenhalgh of Free Speech For People, who argued that the machines ‘‘record and count the vote in a barcode’’ that voters cannot verify and that the…
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