Blacks were more likely than whites to live in districts that vote with old punch-card machines instead of the more modern and reliable optical scanning system.
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Optical scanning machines require voters to blacken in ovals on a ballot _ similar to a standardized test _ that are then tabulated by a computer.
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A task force recommended Friday that Florida get rid of punchcard and paper ballots and use optical scanning equipment in all 67 counties during the 2002 election.
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The four counties used punchcard ballots, which state lawmakers are considering eliminating in favor of optical scanning equipment for the 2002 election in all 67 Florida counties.
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The GOP is particularly interested in the 27 counties that used optical scanning devices similar to the one used in Roosevelt County, said GOP spokeswoman Natalie Rule.
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The publishers decided to move to computer-based production and used optical scanning and character recognition of the preceding edition to compile a digital database ready for editing.
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Republicans had suggested that the canvassing board address potential undervote issues in 27 other counties that used optical scanning devices similar to those used in Roosevelt County.
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EyeTicket is a leader in optical scanning security technology, which identifies a person by recognizing his or her iris, the ring around the pupil of the eye.
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In Union County, southwest of Jacksonville, elections workers had to hand count 3, 000 ballots on Wednesday when optical scanning equipment there would only read Republican ballots.
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"The U . S . can lower the number of lost votes in 2004 by replacing punch cards and lever machines with optical scanning, " the report said.
