BELLEFONTE -- Voter in middle County will cast their ballots with touch-screen machines in upcoming elections.

BELLEFONTE -- Voter in middle County will cast their ballots with touch-screen machines in upcoming elections, on the other hand critics of the electronic scheme here and across the region say they aren't done making their case.

The middle point County Board of Commissioners vot 2-1 Tuesday to pay Election orders & Software $1.17 million for touch-screen voting equipment, software and training, $906448 of which will be secreteed by federal grants.

The decision came after a commissioners meeting in which about 14 nation spoke against the touch-screens. The machines, in which voter touch a computer sieve does not produce a voter-verified paper trail, which opposers say is needed to make sure the integrity of the proces and voters' trust in that proces

Laura Brown of State association said she hadn't come forward sooner to voice her disquiets because she thought the decision was a "no brainer."

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