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Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
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Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns vs. Lions live …
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Akron trounces Howard to reach .500
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Robiskie, Harrison inactive
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
A Random Rant on Testing
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Jennifer Brunner's increasingly expensive proposition
Published on Tuesday, Mar 04, 2008
Brunner based the lower figure on having multiple precincts vote at the same location. Such ''voting centers,'' as she also proposed, would ease staffing shortages and hold down the cost of purchasing new equipment. After local election officials said the change would be too disruptive, she put the voting centers on hold. Thus, she explained, more optical scanning machines must be purchased.
As it stands, moving ahead with the conversion (ultimately affecting 57 counties) depends on finding the money, Ohio having already spent around $100 million on electronic voting under the Help America Vote Act. Speaker Jon Husted, a Kettering Republican, wisely says he wants to hear more from the local officials who, under Ohio law, actually conduct elections. The statewide organization representing election officials recommends improved training and security, rather than scrapping touch-screen voting.
The latest cost figure from Brunner makes that argument all the more compelling.
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