Athens voters will see some changes at the upcoming May 2 election.
Athens County Board of Elections recently purchased ES&S Optical Scan ballot counters to replace the punch-card system and improve voting procedures. These ballots are processed in the same way as Scantron tests.
Following the 2004 elections, Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell mandated that punch-card voting machines be updated by 2006, although specific replacements were not designated. Athens County received a grant of roughly $657,000 for new machines and purchased 69 optical counting machines for $5,500 each. The county also bought two additional machines from their budget.
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Dianne Selden
