Reply #29: NY: Help at polls for disabled voters

[tbyg52]

Albany County legislators are expected to approve tonight the purchase of 210 voting machines for the September primary that are specifically designed to allow a voter -- and, particularly, disabled people -- to mark a ballot with a special device.

The court-ordered requirement that the so-called ballot-marking device voting machines be in place by this year's primary in the county's 188 polling places needed action by the 39-member legislature to approve the financing.


Lawmakers will be asked to OK an amendment to the budget to allow the county to meet the state requirement of 5 percent matching funds, or $80,448, of the total of more than $1.6 million for the machines and related equipment and software.

More:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=680536&category=REGION&newsdate=4/14/2008