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March 25, 2008 Archive

March 25, 2008

E-voting most user-friendly, but error rates too high

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Citizens would rather vote electronically than by paper ballots, according to a new study published by the Brookings Institution.

E-voting machines - especially the touch screen variety - have a higher degree of usability, but voters still make errors casting their ballots too often, according to study author Paul Herrnons, political science professor at the University of Maryland.