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Associated Press - June 18, 2009 6:15 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A measure has failed this session that would delay starting a new Tennessee law that requires a paper trail from voting machines.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfeesboro was voted down 16-14 in the Senate on Thursday. The measure, which passed the House 73-20 earlier this week, needed 17 votes to pass.
Under the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act passed last year, new optical-scan machines are required to create a paper trail in case there are voting irregularities. Every county in the state was supposed to have the machines ready in time for the gubernatorial election in 2010.
But proponents cited cost and technical concerns for delaying the law from going into effect until 2012.
Read SB0872 at: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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