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Florida county waves farewell to 'chads'

Palm Beach County commissioners in Florida have approved spending up to $16m (£11m) to replace punch-card voting machines with ‘‘touch-screen’’ voting on ATM-like computer monitors.

Florida county waves farewell to 'chads'

Thu, 17 May, 2001 - 12:24

Palm Beach County commissioners in Florida have approved spending up to $16m (£11m) to replace punch-card voting machines with ‘‘touch-screen’’ voting on ATM-like computer monitors.

Palm Beach was one of four counties where Vice President Al Gore asked for recounts after the November 7 election.

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