Touch screen voting is dead in Florida, or it will be soon. I've long felt that this should be a bipartisan issue, but if it weren't for the efforts of a number of Democratic activists, this would never have gotten the play necessary to make it a reality.
In a 118-0 vote, the Florida House Thursday morning passed an elections bill to use optical-scan balloting as a replacement to touch-screen machines in 15 counties, including Palm Beach and Broward. The $28 million cost will come from the federal government.
Replacing the controversial touch-screen machines was among Crist's top priorities.
"Floridians have told us that they want trustworthy, reliable and verifiable elections," said state Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange.
I'm glad it's happened. I only wish we wouldn't have had to sit through unreliable elections for us to get to this point.