A change in voting equipment across the state may be on the horizon, according to discussion at Friday’s meeting of the Mississippi County Election Commission. Tom Wiktorek, who was voted chairman of the commission Friday, said because of security concerns, discussion at the March 19 Arkansas County Election Commissions Associations conference centered around the possibility of returning to a paper ballot voting system.
Some systems being offered would still use a touch-screen and then produce a paper ballot for tabulating, while others would actually have voters filling out the paper themselves. In either case, voters would submit their ballots for electronic tabulation themselves before leaving the polling site.
Full Article: Blytheville Courier News: Local News: State could return to paper ballot voting system 03/27/15.