Oklahoma to install touch-screen voting machines

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- State election officials say they'll use $33-million in federal money to install touch-screen voting machines by next year.<br/><br/>Election Board Secretary Mike Clingman says

Friday, July 22nd 2005, 10:12 am

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- State election officials say they'll use $33-million in federal money to install touch-screen voting machines by next year.

Election Board Secretary Mike Clingman says the government provided the money in response to the controversy in Florida over the 2000 presidential election.

Clingman says the new machines will probably use the same kind of ballot, but will include scanners designed to allow the blind and others with disabilities to cast a secret ballot for the first time.

Clingman says the state is working with federal officials to determine whether all of the state's 2,400 precincts must have the new machines