Correction to This Article
A graphic that appeared with a Dec. 1 story on electronic voting incorrectly identified a number of states as using electronic voting systems that do not provide a paper record of each vote. This version has been corrected.

What Paper Record?

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What Paper Record?

The following states exclusively use electronic voting equipment that does not provide a paper record of each vote.

Delaware

Georgia

Louisiana

Maryland

South Carolina

The following states, along with the District, use such systems in at least some jurisdictions, sometimes in conjunction with optical-scan systems that provide a paper record:

Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New Jersey (which will switch to a paper-trail system by 2008), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming.

SOURCE: Electionline.org



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