Tennessee: 28 of 95 counties now have paper trail for voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say 28 of 95 counties now have voting machines that leave a paper trail, and more are planning to buy them.
Tennessee Elections Coordinator Mark Goins told a state Senate panel Tuesday the number is up from just three counties in 2010.
Goins says 45% of the votes cast last year had a paper trail.
"Certainly, the marketplace seems to be driving that direction," Goins said.
Most election security experts consider a paper record as crucial to ensuring accurate vote tallies. Some are pushing for officials to ditch electronic vote-casting altogether in favor of paper ballots filled out by hand and machine-scanned.
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(Chattanooga Times Free Press)