WASHINGTON - Florida received a green light Tuesday to use $28 million in federal money to pay for Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to switch all state counties to paper ballots.
"I'm satisfied," a relieved Secretary of State Kurt Browning said Tuesday after pleading his case to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in Washington, D.C.
But while agreeing that it was good news politically, the Florida Senate's lead proponent of the Crist plan maintained that the spending decision always has rested with the state.
The governor hopes to have touch-screen machines purchased by counties replaced with optical scanners to read paper ballots before the 2008 presidential election.
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http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB51I3871F.htmlHope this isn't a dupe, but I didn't see it already posted.